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What can The Beano tell us?

Updated on 01 May 2007

By Katie Brown


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When Scotland goes to the polls this Thursday, Dundee will be a key battleground. The SNP is bidding to end Labour's dominance and move the country a step closer to independence.

Scotland's fourth largest city, Dundee, has two highly marginal seats.

It's also home to publishers DC Thomson, and as such is the birthplace of much-loved comic characters like Dennis the Menace and the Bash Street Kids.

But what can such lovable pranksters tell us about Scotland and Britain in the age of the ASBO?

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