Scottish National Party

However in most cases your regional list MSP is not elected directly by the voter as if the party gets a percentage of the votes the party can pick a representative from the list and people will not get to pick them thus not being representative of people’s views giving power to the party not its people. AMS gives better representation of smaller parties

infatuation with politics and policy began when I received a letter from the Scottish parliament about being a devolution child (born on the day that the parliament opened). It was a letter that would lead to multiple visits to the parliament, speaking to politicians about a better and newer Scotland from the age of ten. I kept in contact with them as I got older, this allowed myself to become engrossed in the world of Scottish politics and policies at this time. The singularly most inspiring thing

Viking presence during the period between the 8th and 15th centuries is widely accepted among Scottish historians, but the exact impact on the region has been strongly debated by scholars because of the lack of archeological evidence of Norse settlements. Within the last few decades new information has emerged that reinforces the much larger view of a more prominent impact by the Vikings within Scottish history. This evidence points to a longer period of Viking influence in the areas of linguistics

ultimately, was responsible for driving Eva smith to suicide. Paragraph 1During the 1930's Priestley became very concerned about the consequences of social inequality in Britain, and in 1942 Priestley and some others set up a new political party, the Common Wealth Party that

The Culture trait of Scotland is golf. “The term "kolf" came from the Dutch.” (Cultural Diffusion – Andrew Scottish Culture. n.d.) It was brought over to Scotland from the major trading that those two countries did. Kolf was a sport with characteristics of golf and ice hockey played in the Netherlands. It was played with a stick and a ball on frozen canals in the winter times. In this game, players took turns using iron-headed clubs to strike a small ball toward a target, which was typically a stake

The Scottish and International Film Industry's Contribution to the Development of Scottish Identity in the Last Part of the Twentieth Century When people hear the word 'Scotland' there is, as said by C McArthur (2003:59)'Diverse images and narratives right down to particular words and phrases that immediately come into their head'. These images may it be of tartan, misty landscapes, bagpipes or castles contribute to how Scotland is portrayed and create what is known as a Scottish

Even though there are many similarities between the Scottish and Irish cultures, there are also many differences. For one, the Scottish have trouble defining what Scottish culture is, this is because they joined the UK at a very early time. Because of this, much of Scottish culture has joined together with English culture. This could be seen when we were walking around Glasgow and saw many English Art and sculptures, as well as walking around the Holyrood house in Edenborough. And now that Scotland

time in the countryside Sir Walter Scott reveled in ancient Scottish folklore told by his grandfather. He took great interest in Scottish history and culture. “Here, in the country air, he became a sturdy boy, and his mind was stored with the old Broder tales and songs” (Lockhart). After leaving the countryside as a young adult, Scott undertook many trips around Scotland to hear the folklore shared by the people. These old tales of Scottish history

In order to increase their marketability, publishers would play on the “Scottish” stereotypes which included tartanry, bagpipes and the idea of Scots being brutes. This stereotype has been argued to have come from how the English view highlanders. Matthew Gelbart argues that “The Gaelic-speaking Scots seemed to outsiders a Sectarian and ungovernable group, still ruled by feudal and barbaric clan allegiances, and both impenetrable both linguistically and geographically.” (Gelbart, 2007, p. 29) This

South African government has elected and been led by the African National Congress (ANC) over the past twenty years. Yet, with the limitations on rights, they have not been able to identify with all of the main circumstances that make up a democratic government. A democratic political system must meet “three essential conditions: meaningful and extensive competition among individuals and organized groups (especially political parties) for the major positions of government; a highly inclusive level