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Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher. Nicola Sturgeon

Never Voted Scotland Thatcher Margaret Margaret Thatcher

I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U. Nicola Sturgeon

Independence Stage Independent Out Some Come Votes Another Because Referendum Scotland Want Happen Choose England

Northern Ireland must, in future, be absorbed into the Irish republic. Wales and Scotland must advance from devolution to full independent status. The four nations of these islands must commit themselves absolutely to the project of a United Europe. Norman Davies

Future Project Independent Must Status Absolutely Advance Absorb Islands Ireland Irish Wales Scotland Commit Northern Northern Ireland Nations Republic Themselves Full Europe United Four

Because Scotland and Northern Ireland want to remain part of the E.U., there is the quite real possibility that Scotland and even Northern Ireland might now choose to go their own way on membership within the E.U. and the 'United Kingdom' would suddenly effectively be only England and Wales. Peter Bergen

Own Way Possibility Membership Would Kingdom Only Remain Part Because Within Real Go Effectively Ireland Wales Scotland Northern Quite Northern Ireland Want Might Choose England Even Suddenly Now United United Kingdom

I've always been an outsider. Even in London. If I returned to Scotland, I'd feel a complete foreigner. Peter Doig

Complete London Outsider Feel Returned Always Been Foreigner Scotland Even

If the U.K. were threatening to withdraw from Europe, I would certainly want Scotland to be out of that. Peter Higgs

Out Would Threatening Withdraw Were Scotland Want Certainly Europe

In Scotland, we're a colony in more ways than one. So when directors come up to work, there's a very particular way they want Scotland to look like and to behave like. Peter Mullan

Work Way Ways More Directors Colony Particular Come Like Look Particular Way Up Very Scotland Than Behave Want

Scotland forms a crucial part of our Armed Forces which should not be jeopardised by rushed cuts or a rush to the exit from the U.K. Defence jobs are vital to the Scottish economy and yet independence puts thousands of jobs at risk. Philip Hammond

Independence Defence Our Jobs Thousands Vital Rush Rushed Risk Crucial Part Puts Armed Armed Forces Economy Forces Exit Scotland Scottish Which Forms Cuts Should

All nationalism is based on racism and hate. I'm Scottish; I was born in Scotland, as my parents, as my grandparents. Philip Kerr

Racism Hate Parents Nationalism Born Scotland Scottish Grandparents Based

In my bones, I feel like a Scot. I always have. My mum's from Doncaster, so whatever that is as a combination of Scotland and Yorkshire. It isn't southern. Rachael Stirling

Whatever Feel Combination Like Always Scotland Southern Yorkshire Mum Bones

Scotland was home to me from when I was 12 up until I was 22. I decided to drop my English bit, and when anyone asked where I came from, I always said Scotland. It really shaped the fibres of my being. Rachael Stirling

Home Me Drop Bit Shaped Until Said Always Came Up Scotland Being Where Anyone Decided Asked Really English

Scotland is the Canada of England! Rainn Wilson

Scotland Canada England

My dad loved Scotland, so we would pile into his caravan and head for the Highlands, to Fort William and Loch Ness. It was such an adventure - my siblings and I were allowed to roam and explore the local beaches. We loved the freedom of those trips. Rick Astley

I'm hugely fond of Scotland. My daughter, Jemma, was born in the Simpson Memorial Maternity Hospital in Edinburgh, and it always tickled me that she was so vexed she didn't have a Scottish accent even though she was brought up down south. Rick Wakeman

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous. Robert Redford

Fear Remember Made Nervous Poverty Carried Kind He Him Loose Came Ireland Very Scotland Wanted Break Dad

For some time, Scotland's greatest exports to England have included whisky and Scottish MPs. Or, in the case of Charles Kennedy, both. All these links, politically, economically, culturally, are part of my Union. Would Glasgow's brilliant Commonwealth Games or the Edinburgh Festival be any better for our being independent? I doubt it. Rory Bremner

Time Better Brilliant Doubt Our Independent Would Charles Some Case Both Part Glasgow Economically Edinburgh Greatest Links Scotland Festival Scottish Any Politically Being Commonwealth Whisky Games England Union Exports Included Kennedy

Location is everything, I'd rather camp in the Lake District or Scotland than sit in a five-star hotel in Frankfurt. Rory Bremner

Sit Everything Location District Rather Hotel Camp Scotland Than Lake

Most Scots might be able to identify six vegetables - but only two MSPs. There are parts of Scotland where you rarely get more than 40% turnout at the polls. There's a big disconnect there, and I think comedians bridge that gap. Rory Bremner

You Vegetables Big Think Able Rarely More Only Most Comedians Identify Parts Disconnect Scotland Than Get Six Where Polls Might Turnout Bridge Gap Two

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