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Why Scotland Remained British-the Wee Backlash to Bonnie Tariq Ali

On September 18, 2014, the ancient land of the Celts and Picts, Scotland, held an independence referendum to decide, by democratic vote, whether to sever, forever, the United Kingdom, the  union between Great Britain and Caledonia, which had been in effect since 1707. The Union vote felled the Independence vote, 55% to 45%. The result was a shock to the British pundits, for the last poll before the vote had independence winning 51% to 49%. What changed? One man made the difference; the media will say that man was Scottish former Labour Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Brown, is the son of a Presbyterian (Church of Scotland, Scotland’s official church) Minister; Rev. Brown was a good and decent man who blunted the savage comfort of Presbyterian Elitism with a great respect for the Social Conscience.  Gordon Brown’s father was and is held in great respect in Scotland. The newly minted legend of the 9-18-2014 Scottish Independence Referendum is that Gordon Brown, a bear of a