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The State of Maggie's Union

Essay: Thatcher transformed the relationship of Scotland to Westminster. Will 2007 see a split? By Neal Ascherson

HOW strange it is not to know! The human race has spent half a million years struggling to make the universe more predictable, and we still don't know what Scotland will feel like on Friday morning.