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“Alex Salmond claims the 'independence generation'”, headlines The Scotsman, after the September 7 opening of the Scottish parliament. Unveiling his Programme for Government, First Minister Salmond, leader of the SNP (Scottish National Party) declared his landslide election victory in May showed people's "fear" of secession from the United Kingdom had disappeared for good. “The people”, he declared, "are ready to move on to the next chapter of Scotland's story", adding that “Independence will improve the future for all these people: It will be the Independence Generation." Despite such bold rhetoric, the First Minister’s legislative plans did not include a bill to hold a referendum on whether to break with the UK, but focused instead on “clarifying Scottish Water's powers, or modernising governance arrangements of the National Library,” the Edinburgh daily notes. Its lead editorial wonders whether this is “a sign that, while the earth has moved in Scotland, there is still considerable doubt as to just how far it has done so.”
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