How Russia Is Prodding Scotland Toward Independence

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To justify its breakup of Ukraine, the Kremlin seeks to embarrass the U.K. and other major NATO allies. But the Scottish National Party wants nothing to do with Putin.

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How Russia Is Prodding Scotland Toward Independence

To justify its breakup of Ukraine, the Kremlin seeks to embarrass the U.K. and other major NATO allies. But the Scottish National Party wants nothing to do with Putin.

BY DAVID LEASK

 | FEBRUARY 18, 2020, 10:15 AM

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon acknowledges applause following a speech at the party's annual conference in Perth, Scotland, on Nov. 15, 2014. JEFF J. MITCHELL/GETTY IMAGES

Alittle over two years ago, Alex Salmond, the former first minister of Scotland, announced he was being hired to host a show on RT, the Kremlin-funded network once known as Russia Today.

The response from his colleagues in the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP) was unmistakable: “What the is he thinking?” Alyn Smith, then a member of the European Parliament and now foreign affairs spokesman for the SNP, told the Herald newspaper. The F-word, Smith added, was for quoting. This was not just cursing; it was cursing for the record.

Smith’s barb aimed to puncture any potential opposition narrative that the SNP somehow approved of Salmond’s actions or, worse, of Vladimir Putin’s government

 

Edited February 20, 2020 by 90DayFinancier

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Catlan, Basque, California....next

 

 

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11 hours ago, 90DayFinancier said:

Catlan, Basque, California....next

 

 

Sounds good.  Hoping that includes the western half of Oregon as that seems to really be just an extension of California.