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Independence Timeline

This list is just intended as a quick reference to the Scottish independence movement. The list is by no means complete.

McCrone Report

Background North Sea Oil Platform Shortly before the first General Election in 1974, Ted Heath's Conservative Government commissioned a report to re-assess Scottish Independence against the background of recent North Sea oil discoveries and EEC membership. The paper, now known under its author's name, Gavin McCrone, then economic advisor to the Scottish Office, was considered so incendiary that it was classified secret immediately.

Line in the Dust

To-day, I was stuck behind a dark-blue Fiesta at the traffic lights when I noticed  that someone had written "Scots oil - where is it?"  in big letters on the rather dusty hatch.

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