Scotland Today -> The Scottish Parliament -> The Opening Day in the News
The newspapers wrote about it the following day. And the news were on the radio.
Go to BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk and make a search on the sentence "Scotland's day of history". (Mind the ")
A.
Read the article: Scots rule
again after 292 years,
from The Press and Journal, Friday July
2, 1999,
about the opening day and the Queen's speech
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The article |
| The text |
1. The Queen talks to the MSP's. What does MSP
mean?
2. Following names are mentioned - Donald Dewar, Toni Blair, Alex
Salmond.
What are their titles?
3. Was everybody happy with the arrangements?
Try some of the related articles.
B.
More information about the Parliament from a Danish newspaper
Try yourself or ask your teacher to help you find
an article though SkoDa:
Weekendavisen, 25. - 31. august 2000: Hjemmestyre på skotsk.
C.
Read an article from The School Times
Ask your teacher to get you - if available - The School Times article
from April 99: 'Scots Vote for First Parliament in nearly 3000 Years'.
Read the article and do the exercises.