A Fractured Scotland Limps Towards Liberation
Scottish academics who have studied of inter-cultural conflict in Scotland disagree over the depth, persistence and manifestations of the phenomenon. On the basis of his Northern Ireland experience and an extensive academic survey completed a decade ago, Steve Bruce thinks the matter is taken out of proportion. Indeed, its purported exaggeration to him is Scotland’s disgrace (Comment is free 24 April) . His post attracted the biggest postbag of the day, the majority of respondents asserting that sectarianism, however loosely-based …