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Caron Lindsay

SNP Councillor calls Alistair Carmichael a “supposed Scot” as furious debate over shipyards continues for too long

By Caron Lindsay | Thu 7th November 2013 - 6:47 pm

It’s been a fairly depressing couple of days for anyone watching the independence referendum campaign north of the border. Both sides would do well to remember that people are losing their jobs in Portsmouth, Glasgow and Rosyth after the BAE Systems announcement yesterday. It would have been appropriate, I think, for the main focus to have been on support for the people who were going to be out of work, but, no. Sadly and predictably, there’s been a big row about what would happen if Scotland votes for independence next year.

It stands to reason that if Scotland votes to stay …

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