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Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown is opposing the idea of Scotland splitting away from the United Kingdom. Here’s an excerpt from The Telegraph article:

Mr Brown also takes the opportunity to hammer another nail in the coffin of multiculturalism, a concept embraced by Labour for years but now judged a failure.

"What was wrong about multiculturalism was not the recognition of diversity but that it over-emphasised separateness at the cost of unity," says Mr Brown.

"Continually failing to emphasise what bound us together as a country, multiculturalism became an excuse for justifying separateness and then separateness became a tolerance of — and all too often a defence of — even greater exclusivity."

As an old Equal Employment Opportunity officer, I'd suggest that Americans should carefully watch what is happening in Britain. Although it is still unlikely, a potential Quebec may be in the making in the Southwest. Greater emphasis needs to be placed on assimilation.