Selling ‘Togetherness’ when all over the world people are separating and atomising

It was only a few days ago that the debate over Scottish independence was brought into sharp focus for me. As a person born in Dublin of American and Northern Irish parentage, the politics of London – never mind Edinburgh – were at a remove for me. The idea that Scotland might separate from the UK and form its own tiny country seemed too far-fetched to take seriously. Well, no longer. But it’s clear to me now that the campaign …

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