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| Do you agree that Scotland should go and ... itself (Steve Bell, 31 January)? A question of such momentous constitutional and historical significance ought to be a good discussion topic for my British history students. I will ask them if the concept of sovereignty can be meaningful in a globalising world. I will suggest to them that reconfiguring constitutional relationships between governments and supranational bodies, at this particular time, could exacerbate political and economic instability. I will urge them to consider whether similar questions were relevant to the signing of the Treaty of Union in 1707. Comparative history is popular with students and I wonder if Steve Bell can assist me by putting these issues into a European context. Can he draw another cartoon of Ms Merkel and M Hollande asking Mr Cameron: do you agree that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should go and ... itself? Dr Laura Stewart Birkbeck, University of London | Do you agree that Scotland should go and ... itself (Steve Bell, 31 January)? A question of such momentous constitutional and historical significance ought to be a good discussion topic for my British history students. I will ask them if the concept of sovereignty can be meaningful in a globalising world. I will suggest to them that reconfiguring constitutional relationships between governments and supranational bodies, at this particular time, could exacerbate political and economic instability. I will urge them to consider whether similar questions were relevant to the signing of the Treaty of Union in 1707. Comparative history is popular with students and I wonder if Steve Bell can assist me by putting these issues into a European context. Can he draw another cartoon of Ms Merkel and M Hollande asking Mr Cameron: do you agree that the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland should go and ... itself? Dr Laura Stewart Birkbeck, University of London |
| • I am a regular reader of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, have a high regard for the standard of journalism, and on the whole agree with their politics. I am still swithering over which way to vote in the Scottish independence referendum and am of the belief that there is a good relationship between Scotland and England. Could you therefore explain why, given Steve Bell's cartoon, the Guardian seems to be doing its utmost to undermine this goodwill between the two countries? It must be obvious to even the most dispassionate observer that this cartoon would be offensive to your Scottish readers. Do you care? Anne Livingstone Glasgow | • I am a regular reader of the Guardian and Observer newspapers, have a high regard for the standard of journalism, and on the whole agree with their politics. I am still swithering over which way to vote in the Scottish independence referendum and am of the belief that there is a good relationship between Scotland and England. Could you therefore explain why, given Steve Bell's cartoon, the Guardian seems to be doing its utmost to undermine this goodwill between the two countries? It must be obvious to even the most dispassionate observer that this cartoon would be offensive to your Scottish readers. Do you care? Anne Livingstone Glasgow |
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