Scottish Independence: 23 Pictures That Tell The Story Of The Referendum

Scottish Independence: 23 Pictures From The Epic Campaign
Underwear and laundry hang from a washing line below Edinburgh Castle supporting a Yes vote during the Scottish referendum campaign
Underwear and laundry hang from a washing line below Edinburgh Castle supporting a Yes vote during the Scottish referendum campaign
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A year to the day Scotland went to the polls to vote on whether to stay in on leave the United Kingdom. It was an extraordinary campaign. Selfies, celebrities, the passionate Highlander, more selfies, the "effing Tories", that poll, The Vow and Labour MPs being heckled by Darth Vader's Imperial March being blasted from a rickshaw. Colourful isn't the word. Alex Salmond bowed out by saying the "dream" was not dead. Today, the battle for independence/to save the union goes on.

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