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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.
Unionism in Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Aonachas) is a political movement which favours the continuation of the political union between Scotland and the other countries of the United Kingdom (England, Wales and Northern Ireland), and hence is opposed to Scottish independence.
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.
Feb 15, 2022 · The Scottish Unionist Party (SUP), originally formed in 1986 in protest at Margaret Thatcher’s Anglo-Irish Agreement, has been re-registered with the Electoral Commission (EC) after not running candidates in major elections since 2007. The party, which aims to “remove the SNP from all levels of government” and wants to effectively ban the ...
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Last updated March 03, 2023 • 9 min read From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. This article is about the historical party. For the unrelated modern party, see Scottish Unionist Party (1986). The Unionist Party was the main centre-right political party in Scotland between 1912 and 1965. [1] Contents. Origins. Ethos and appeal.
Scottish nationalism has long interested political scientists and historians but has often been interpreted narrowly as the desire for full independence from the multi-national United Kingdom. A broader definition, however, reveals what this article calls the ‘nationalist unionism’ of the Scottish Unionist Party (1912–65), and its surprisingly nuanced view of Scottish national identity ...
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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 ...
