How radical is Scotland?
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The History of the Scottish Left
In 1955, the Unionist Party won just over 50% of the vote in Scotland. Malcolm Petrie explains how they tapped into a sense of individualism that was threatened by Westminster. And so there was a lot of anti-socialism in that appeal, which tied together Unionism and people who would be instinctively liberal supporters.
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