Are Scotland's Political Lions a Dying Breed? There May Be No Way Forward for Any Bright Contenders of the Future
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WHEN will we see their likes again? The end of this Westminster parliament sees a whole phalanx of famous Scots MPs exit the political stage. We are the poorer for losing them. And it raises the obvious question: under the new devolutionary dispensation, will we ever see another gifted generation of Scots politicians at the national helm?
There's Sir Teddy Taylor, an ever-present reminder that traditionally the Scottish Conservatives and Unionists were never reactionary English rural Tories but radical Glasgow urban populists. Had he not lost his Cathcart seat in 1979 (only to return for an English constituency a year later), he might have been Mrs Thatcher's first Secretary of State for Scotland. Alas, the patrician George Younger got the job and proceeded to block any Thatcherite revolution north of the Border.See the full content of this document
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Are Scotland's Political Lions a Dying Breed? There May Be No Way Forward for Any Bright Contenders of the Future
Undaunted, Teddy has kept up a withering pace from the back- benches. In this last parliament, he voted against foundation hospitals, against top-up fees, against ID cards and for a ban on foxhunting. And he spoke in 47 debates last year - 76th out of all 659 MPs. Above all, Teddy will be remembered for his premature but always...
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