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The case of the United Kingdom

Luke Martell (Sussex): Why the UK Should Have Open Borders. Katarzyna Ochman (Warsaw): Commonwealth Games and Their Impact on Scotland’s Future in or outside the United Kingdom. From The Economist, a look at the tricky disputes and dilemmas involved in breaking up the union. What we need is a federal structure with Scotland, Wales and a selection of English regions being the constituent Lander — Eine Bundesrepublik Britannien. Nick Cohen on Scottish nationalism: Turning neighbours into foreigners. Scottish voters may want to leave the U.K., but many of their Northern Irish neighbors are passionate about keeping the union alive. The Guardian view on the Scottish referendum: Britain deserves another chance. Gloomy pageant: Jeremy Harding reviews Mammon’s Kingdom: An Essay on Britain, Now by David Marquand. Danny Dorling on what everyone needs to know about wealth in the UK. The introduction to The Open Tribe by Sue Goss (“This book asks whether or not it is possible to combine the values of solidarity and belonging with curiosity and openness towards difference”). Richard Seymour on austerity and higher education: The case of the United Kingdom. Ed Balls on why Blair’s “Third Way” has failed. Clive Crook on how Britain's role in Europe is to be a pain. Do governments favour the old and would it be different if young people voted? The most interesting man in England discovers how boring government really is. Martha Bayless reviews Between Two Stools: Scatology and its Representations in English Literature, Chaucer to Swift by Peter J. Smith. Is Harry Potter's favourite game Quidditch the last hope for British sporting success? It's the game that escaped the shackles of the silver screen and made it into the real world. A study finds British men are surprisingly comfortable touching each other.