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Watching The World: BP fuels Scottish separatism

10/31/2011
By Eric Watkins
BP PLC's recent announcement of plans for a multibillion-dollar investment in the UK North Sea has whipped up a political storm, with Scottish nationalists again sounding calls for independence from the UK. "We believe Scotland should have responsibility for its own vast natural resources, and an independent Scotland will be able to make the most of these massive revenues," said a spokesman for Alex Salmond, the country's First Minister. "The figures show that, with a geographical share of our offshore resources, Scotland would be the sixth-wealthiest country in the world—ten places ahead of the UK at 16th," said the country's finance minister John Swinney. Salmond's e...
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