re: #1 1Peter G1

More’s the pity if that war is being won. Ethnically based nationalism is a curse on humanity.

I will say, briefly, that there’s a big difference between Scottish nationalism and British nationalism, a distinction you fail to make.

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Billy Bragg

For me, the most frustrating aspect of the debate on Scottish independence has been the failure of the English left to recognise that there is more than one type of nationalism. People who can explain in minute detail the many forms of socialism on offer at any demo or conference seem incapable of differentiating when it comes to nationalists.

Confronted by someone recently who claimed to believe that there was no difference between the Scottish National party and the British National party, I can’t help wondering if this is wilful - like the Daily Mail’s insistence that anyone who wants to see a fairer society must be a Stalinist.