Alba Gu Brath

I am a very proud Scot who is very passionate about my country of birth its history and future destiny, a nation with so much potential that it boils my blood when I see how we are treated with so much contempt by the UK Westminster Tory and previous Labour Government’s, their continuing polices have held Scotland back for too long. That is why I have been a member of the Scottish National Party (SNP) for over 30 years and will continue to campaign for Scottish Independence for the rest of my life.

From a very young age I was full of questions about Scotland’s history, which very often were not answered, hearing about the exploits of my Grandfather in the Great War, from my mother, her sisters and brothers, gave me a greater desire to learn more about Scottish History. My schooling days were a great disappointment when it came to Scottish history with very little being taught to mine and previous generation. We were told that it’s British history that we must learn, that Scottish history was not important, when in fact it was really English history with the tag of British labelled on. How many nations would allow their country’s history to be excluded from their schooling Curriculum? Its no surprise then that so many Scots are ignorant of  their country’s history, personally I believe this was deliberate for political and cultural reasons.