It’s the first of April, and the newspapers traditionally publish a spoof news story, and just as traditionally they’re about making fun of Scottish people and their silly pretensions. The idea that Scotland might govern itself better than Westminster can do it for us is apparently the biggest April fool of all. The Guardian tells us that Scotland will be driving on the right, while the Telegraph insists that Alicsammin’s heid’s going on the new Scottish pound coin. Meanwhile the Independent warns that in the event of a Yes vote Scotland will be occupied by UN peacekeepers, and from behind its paywall the Times says that some German prince is aiming to become king in an independent Scotland. Such larks.
In the interests of research, I even looked on the Daily Mail website so you don’t have to. They did have a piece about parking signs discriminating…
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