Common Cause

I recently went to an exhibition on the Scottish diaspora and the Great War.  As the Independence referendum (finally) draws near, it is striking to reflect that the men who joined at that time had a clear sense of themselves as both Scots and as Canadians, Australians, South Africans and so on.  Perhaps Mr Salmond and his supporters might reflect that identities do not have to be as one dimensional as old fashioned nationalism might suggest. Also of course a message that could be drawn from the similar exhibition at the SOAS about Sikhs in the First World War.