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Many Englishmen are particularly worried about devolution for Scotland−Wales is less of a problem−since a semiautonomous sub-government in Edinburgh would eventually lay claim to most of the North Sea oil revenues that are counted upon to bail Britain out of the economic doldrums. On the other hand, if the legislation fails, Labor is in deep trouble: its command of Parliament depends on the vote of 41 Scottish M.P.s. According to one recent poll, 30% of Labor voters in Scotland will switch to another party−most of them to the Scottish Nationalists−if self...
With riches from six North Sea fields either landing or scheduled to appear on its shores, Scotland's most important liquid asset these days is not whisky but oil. From the Shetland Islands (noted for knitwear and shaggy ponies) in the north, to Peterhead, Edinburgh and Glasgow, oil is becoming Scotland's biggest industry. Already it is creating jobs, money and humor. One joke about the high pay of Scottish oil workers: "Did you hear that one of the welders married a commoner...
...Stuart Wood) -are the ultimate squeaky cleans. They claim not to drink. Only one admits to smoking, and then only cigarettes. At their press conferences, a pitcher of milk is always conspicuous on a table front and center. Their personal promotion describes them as just working-class lads from Edinburgh. That turns out to be true...
...three years they worked this joint and that in Edinburgh for at most $55 a night. Then one day in 1970 a record-company executive missed his flight back to London and dropped in at the Caves Club. The Rollers were playing. Almost immediately, the Rollers had a contract, and began turning out such British top-ten hits as Remember, Shang-a-Lang and All of Me Loves...
Jonquils bloomed across Britain last February, and there was snow in Edinburgh in June. Thus it should have come as no surprise that this summer London (at 90°) was hotter than Casablanca. So, for that matter, was the rest of Europe, as the Continent suffered through the ninth straight week of a subtropical heat wave that was widely regarded as the worst in a century...