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Back in the USSR

In response to Alexander McKay (Letters, 1 January), 
if the USSR had overrun 
Britain in the 1940s, there would be no Scottish 
National Party or any other political party – except for the Communist party.

By The Newsroom
Friday, 2nd January 2015, 12:00 am

I hope this elementary 
response answers his question.

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