A blueprint for Scottish independence

The Scottish National Party has published a booklet of detailed proposals for Scottish independence, including the planned independence day -- Easter Thursday 2016, just days before the 100th anniversary of Ireland’s Easter Rising -- as well as assurances that Scotland would retain the Sterling currency and the Queen of England as monarch. The following is the text of SNP leader Alex Salmond’s preface to their independence guide.

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