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The truth behind Scotland’s oil and the McCrone Report

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Speymouth February 27, 2024

FOR many Scots, the striking poster of Margaret Thatcher with fangs that dripped oil instead of blood sums up the waste of the profits from the “black gold” discovered in the North Sea … Source

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