State opening, the democratic way: Letter

Tuesday 22 October 1996 19:02 EDT

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Sir: As a Briton born of Asian parents, who has lived in both England and Scotland, I find that it is in Scotland that I am made to feel unwelcome. Where do black Scots fit in with Scottish Nationalism? How many black faces were there at the recent Scottish National Party convention? Where do we fit in with all the dressing-up in kilts and wearing clan tartans that some Scots seem to think are the be-all and end-all of their national identity?

GURCHARAN SINGH

St Andrews, Fife

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