This reaction is put down to the ground-breaking special effects which gave the film an unprecedented air of reality.

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But quite a few MPs want to put down markers about the ground rules for the referendum - watch out for Scottish Affairs select committee chair Ian Davidson, whose committee published a report this week, highlighting a series of concerns, and for the Conservative Eleanor Laing, who wants provision to be made for Scots living outside Scotland to have a vote.

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As long as you are going to have a U.S. Central Command, you are going to be out there and have to deal with whatever you put down on the ground.

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