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The Unionist Party was the main centre-right political party in Scotland between 1912 and 1965. [1] Independent of, although associated with, the Conservative Party in England and Wales, it stood for election at different periods of its history in alliance with a small number of Liberal Unionist and National Liberal candidates.
Jan 29, 2021 · The Scottish Saltire and the Union Flag flutter above Stirling Castle on 7 August 2019. (Photo By: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) BBC Scotland is currently airing The Years That Made Modern Scotland, a documentary series tracing the nation’s quiet transformation over the past five decades. Guided by Kirsty Wark, a jaunt through the ...
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Abstract. Jim Bulpitt understood the UK as an eminently political creation, emphasizing the role of elites in managing diversity. He can be criticized for underplaying the ideology of union, for dismissing Labour unionism and for an excessively central and Tory perspective. His insights, however, remain useful in analysing the current collapse ...
This chapter examines Scottish unionism. The survival of the Scots union owed much to the party structure of Scotland, and of the British state. The Scottish Unionist party was deeply rooted in the political and intellectual history of Scotland, and brought together a Tory legacy of romantic nationalism with a Whig tradition of assimilation.
The Scottish National Party ( SNP; Scots: Scots National Pairty, Scottish Gaelic: Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba [ˈpʰaːrˠʃtʲi ˈn̪ˠaːʃən̪ˠt̪ə nə ˈhal̪ˠapə]) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party. It has governed Scotland since 2007.
Sep 1, 2009 · 45–78. Published: September 2009. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Support for the old Union is falling in Scotland. This is part of a general restructuring of states in Europe, with the emergence and re-emergence of sub-state territories.
