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Why the SNP need to have the courage to admit there’s no fast route to independence
Nationalists have no option but to cultivate the virtue of patience, writes Joyce McMillan On Wednesday evening, the mighty Scottish writer Irvine Welsh – bard of Leith, and resident of many other fine global cities – took a brief break from bashing out …