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Now or Never! The First Scottish Referendum and its Legacy, 1979-2026
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- When
- Wednesday 18 November, 18:30 – 20:00
- Where
- Peston Lecture Theatre, Graduate Centre, Queen Mary University of London, E1 4NS
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About
Join us at the Mile End Institute to celebrate Tom Chidwick’s new book Now or Never! A History of the First Scottish Devolution Referendum. On 1 March 1979, voters went to the polls in Scotland's first national referendum to decide whether to establish a Scottish Assembly, nearly three centuries after the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament in 1707. Held just two months before the general…
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