THE UK IS PANICKING OVER NEXT WEEK'S SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE VOTE (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, September 13, 2014, 10:50

LONDON, UK — There once was a kingdom whose people lived together peacefully for more than 300 years, united by a common language, a shared monarch and a mutual love of tea and room-temperature ale.

Then the northern lands grew restive. They wanted to govern themselves. A referendum was set for Sept. 18 on a simple question: Should Scotland be an independent country?

For two years, the kingdom’s political leaders had treated their countrymen’s threats to leave as an amusing sideshow, as poll after poll showed the status quo in a comfortable lead.

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