England and Scotland have grown apart politically. In the 1950s, the Conservative and Unionist party – to remind David Cameron’s party of its proper name – had an absolute majority of parliamentary seats in Scotland. Today, the Tory party’s representation has shrunk to a single MP, partly a legacy of Margaret Thatcher’s ill-judged poll tax and the benign neglect of a strong pound which devastated manufacturing north and south of the border. The discovery of North Sea oil in the 1960s further reinforced Scottish nationalism. Read more: ft/intl/cms/s/2/b5c48254-376e-11e4-bd0a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3D2qOoe00
Posted on: Sat, 13 Sep 2014 17:55:02 +0000
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