The 'Sanitization' of Scottish History

NOTE: I DECIDED TO CONDENSE THIS POST SO THAT I COULD POST IT BEFORE THE SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM ON 18 SEPTEMBER 2014. I INTEND T...

Introduction The UK General Election in 1945 saw the loss of the Motherwell constituency by the Scottish National Party (SNP). It was ...

Introduction: The 20th century was to be the most significant period in Scottish political history since the Treaty of Union in 1707, esp...

Introduction: The 19th century had started with a further expansion of the Union which brought Ireland into it. The failure of the planne...

Introduction: 'By the early eighteenth century, Scotland was a kingdom in crisis. Her economy had been severely weakened by a series ...