Why Scotland won’t secede

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When Scotland voted on independence in September 2014, Nicola Sturgeon, then the deputy leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) and now its leader, described the referendum as a “once in a generation” event.

I suppose the definition of “a generation” is flexible. To Sturgeon, it evidently means “four years”: She now wants another vote next fall.

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