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Article: Salvation lies in becoming a Scottish Gaullist party Why Ian Lang will exhort the Tartan Tories not to panic
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- May 28, 1995
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CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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A LITTLE over 40 years ago, a youthful George Younger
gracefully stepped aside at an impending by-election in the then
constituency of Kinross and West Perthshire to allow Sir Alec
Douglas-Home, who had just disclaimed the earldom of Home and
become prime minister, to return to the House of Commons.
The horrid thought must have struck some of the surviving Tories
in Perth and Kinross this week that even Sir Alec might not have
held the seat for them on Thursday. So low have the Tories sunk in
this most natural of Tory seats.
Instead, one of the most prosperous parts of Scotland, a
constituency boasting more than 70 per cent owner-occupiers - far
above the Scottish average - has elected as ...