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Did SNP use Barack Obama's 'Yes we can' first?

guardian.co.uk » 2008 » November » 7th » Did SNP use Barack Obama's 'Yes we can' first?

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Barack Obama won global adulation for his rhetoric and simple: "Yes we can" mantra as he claimed victory in the race for the White House. But it seems Scottish politics beat him to it. Early yesterday, as the SNP were losing the Glenrothes byelection, a party official waved a forlorn leaflet at the count in the Fife Institute sports centre. "Yes we can," it apologetically proclaimed. No they … Continue Reading »

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