For those who think the "Scottish Problem" is recent, here's a 1967 article from the Spectator:
"
Down with North Britain" by Denis Brogan.
It was written in the wake of the SNP's election breakthrough in the 1967 Hamilton
by-election courtesy of
Winnie Ewing.
Quote:
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It will be said (it has been said) that many of the Scottish grievances are sentimental. They are. But sentimental grievances, as we should have learned in this modern world, are ex- tremely powerful. The Conservative party, or the Unionist party, or the Tory party as run from London, is psychologically unsuited to deal with these sentimental grievances.
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As true now as it was in 1967 - English Tories have no idea on how to deal with Scotland.
Mike.
