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The rampant lion of Scotland is growling loudly nowadays. Some months ago, the Scottish Nationalists elected a member of parliament, from the mining constituency of Hamilton (see “The Scottish Uprising,” NR, Sept. 10). In the next general election, they may win eight to twelve seats at Westminster. Far more than the Welsh, the Scots enjoy some prospect of political autonomy, which has not been theirs since the Act of Union with England in 1706.

The Nationalists profess to be a radical party; certainly they are depriving the Labor Party of much of the working-class vote. But the Nationalist leaders, official and unofficial, are drawn from many classes and callings: lairds, professors, writers, miners, farmers, burgh councilors, disgruntled Liberals and Laborites, Protestants and Catholics, Glasgow Irish and Highland crofters.

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The rampant lion of Scotland is growling loudly nowadays. Some months ago, the Scottish Nationalists elected a member of parliament, from the mining constituency of Hamilton (see “The Scottish Uprising,” NR, Sept. 10). In the next general election, they may win eight to twelve seats at Westminster. Far more than the Welsh, the Scots enjoy some prospect of political autonomy, which has not been theirs since the Act of Union with England in 1706.

The Nationalists profess to be a radical party; certainly they are depriving the Labor Party of much of the working-class vote. But the Nationalist leaders, official and unofficial, are drawn from many classes and callings: lairds, professors, writers, miners, farmers, burgh councilors, disgruntled Liberals and Laborites, Protestants and Catholics, Glasgow Irish and Highland crofters.