Provavelmente o tema que ao longo das próximas décadas não vai deixar de supreender todos e em todo o lado. Vivemos a diplomacia das fronteiras dos grandes Estados (e guerras ocasionais por causa delas). Mas o conflito entre grandes Estados e Blocos, sendo ainda possível é menos provável. Vamos passar à outra face visivel da democracia - o "direito" a constituir uma democracia mais pequena, à parte, mais homogénea. Para o qual ninguém está preparado. A começar pelos sistema constitucionais. Isto a propósito de:
Telegraph: Will the Union see its 300th birthday?By Alan Cochrane
Is the United Kingdom heading for fragmentation with the secession of Scotland from the Union, even as it prepares to celebrate its 300th anniversary next year? And if it is, should those who make up the vast bulk of its population - the English - give a damn?
The questions arise following a series of astonishing events, beginning 10 days ago when nearly 1,200 delegates packed the new Concert Hall in Perth - the biggest gathering at a political conference that Scotland has seen in recent memory - to hear Alex Salmond, the leader of the Scottish National Party, deliver his keynote address to his annual conference. His strident call for the break-up of the United Kingdom was cheered to the echo by his adoring audience.
Nothing new there, but what was surprising was what happened next. Two days later, Sir Tom Farmer, the founder of the Kwik Fit chain of exhaust and tyre depots, told the world that Scottish independence was "inevitable".
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