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Asking the right question


Article by Richard Simeon

The wording of a referendum is crucial but the experience of Canada and Quebec suggests that a satisfactory formulation is hard to reach, writes Richard Simeon.

What is the question? This is now vigorously debated between the Westminster government and the SNP in Edinburgh – just as it was in Canada in 1995 when the sovereignist Parti Québécois (PQ) sought the independence of largely French-speaking Quebec from the Canadian federation…

Continue reading this article online at The Scotsman.

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