Scotland After Britain keyword-cyril-briggs In a new afterword

In a new afterword

veteran correspondent Richard Gott places the country’s controversial President in historical perspective

and no familiarity with the jargon of structuralism is assumed

revealing a landscape both mythic and real

Scotland After Britain keyword-cyril-briggs In a new afterwordSince the referendum, Scottish independence has been captured by conservative forces. Scotland After Britain argues for fidelity to the true meaning of the word independence. It should mean not only a break from the failing British state, but also from the prison of free trade and militarism that has delivered successive crises. Most of all, independence must honestly address the huge injustices of income, wealth and power that continue to define