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Is Scottish Nationalism Dead?
And its implications for Brexit Britain.
The late great Bond actor, Sean Connery, was for the very longest time, the most vocal and famous supporter of Scottish nationalism.
His working class background and a deep suspicion of the English I suspect, might have been contributing factors to this worldview.
Unlike the likes of Alex Ferguson, Ewan McGregor Kenny Dalglish, Malcolm Rifkind and other famous sons of Scotland who are committed anglophiles, Connery had no love for the English and it was he who resurrected this fraught issue and brought it to the center of British life.
And it is worth pointing out that Connery’s standpoint put him on collision course with the Blair government when it made the decision not to nominate the original 007 for a knighthood for the longest time.
And it is also pertinent to point out that the fire of Scottish nationalism did not die with the devolution of power to the Scots and Welsh in 1997, if anything, it fueled it and the independence vote which took place in 2014 was the culmination of the efforts of the nationalists.
Since 2014 we have had the Brexit vote: an event which has dramatically transformed our political landscape and threatened the internal cohesion of the United Kingdom.