The Guardian: A new report claims Scotland has a higher murder rate than America. The UN says it’s the ‘most violent place in the developed world’. How did it come to this? Leading Scottish novelist Irvine Welsh on the dark heart of his beloved homeland. Also worth reading the Guardian Letters page reaction to the article.

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