Hamish Macdonell

Putin’s strange intervention over Scottish independence

Is it useful to have Vladimir Putin on your side or not? One would have hoped anybody in the UK Government would have considered this question before, apparently, asking for the Russian President’s help in their battle with the Scottish nationalists over independence.

Many people saw President Putin’s intervention in the Scottish independence debate on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning. Far

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