"If we turn our back on Europe, we will end up under the thumb of the United States. That’s why Donald Trump implores the UK to make a clean break with the EU. And that’s why his closest political ally on this side of the Atlantic is Nigel Farage.  On this side of the Border we are already carving out a different path. More people than ever before believe Scotland is destined to become an independent state, according to that weekend poll. The biggest dispute seems to be over the timescale rather than the principle. The tide is flowing towards a new beginning. And as for Scottish Labour, in the words of Bob Dylan: “You better start swimming, or you’ll sink like a stone, for the times they are a changing".”
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