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'Daniel Defoe, a secret agent of the English government, arrived in Edinburgh in late 1706, and described the violent scene, ‘for every Scot in favour of the union, there are 99 opposed’. The heated protests were of course in vain. The Act of Union was a deal between the ruling..
...classes of Scotland & England. The wishes of the overwhelming majority of the Scottish populace would be wholly ignored. On signing, the bells of St Giles rang out to the tune ‘Why should I be sad on my wedding day?’ Edinburgh, & indeed, all of Scotland, was in mourning
– the country had just lost its status as a self-governing independent nation.' 312 years on & nothing has changed. This is what Scottish unionists have just asked the UK Prime Minister to celebrate with them. Unionists still feel they can ignore the will of the Scots population!
