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...Once the black rain falls in Scotland, Scotland will be free...
...first widespread resurgence of nationalism in this century. One indicator of the new mood was the dramatic breakthrough scored in February's British elections by the Scottish National Party, a modest fringe group for most of its 40-year history. Claiming, among other things, that "it's Scotland's oil," the S.N.P. won 22% of the Scottish vote and seven seats in Parliament. Last week the Scottish Labor Party-a branch of the British Labor Party that holds a majority in Scotland-reversed a 16-year record of adamant opposition to home rule in favor...
There are no demonstrations, no underground armies of the night, no threats of violence in the air. Indeed, the nationalist campaign in Scotland is being conducted rather like a civilized divorce proceeding, as befits a people who pride themselves as much on what they repress as what they show. "You can't live day to day with your own rage," says Neil Kay, 25, a graduate student in economics at Stirling University and a Nationalist activist. "If we're going to do anything, we are going to do it by rational and reasonable methods...
...case for greater autonomy is gaining surprising strength. It is built upon both a Scottish sense of uniqueness and a fear that if affairs are left to drift, Scotland will be in deep trouble. Fishermen worry that with Britain's membership in the Common Market, they will be powerless to prevent incursions from European fleets. Residents of towns touched by the offshore oil boom are anxious about the soaring inflation brought on by, among other things, sudden prosperity, population growth and shortages of housing and services...
...gunman was identified as Ian Ball, 26, who apparently had hoped to kidnap the princess. In his car, police found a neatly typed but disjointed letter full of grievances against the royal family. The letter asked the Queen for a ransom of ?2 million ($4.7 million). Scotland Yard immediately launched an investigation to discover any possible accomplices; preliminary evidence indicated that Ball had acted alone...