Not checked this for factual accuracy... just read it and found it interesting.
I know the referendum is far more than party politics... but one of the biggest factors for voting YES I continually read is so that we will get the government we vote for...
with that in mind... how does this sit?
I found this very interesting, it flies in the face of the myth that we do not get the Government we vote for...... Read on......
1951 Scotland voted Tory we got a Tory Govt. 1955 Scotland voted Tory we got a Tory Govt. 1959 Scotland voted Tory we got a Tory Govt.... 1964 Scotland voted Labour, however England voted Tory, we got a Labour Govt. 1966 Scotland voted Labour we got a Labour Govt. Feb 1974 Scotland voted Labour, however England voted Tory, we got a Labour Govt. Oct 1974 Scotland voted Labour we got a Labour Govt.
1979, 1983, 1987 & 1992 we had a Tory Govt: Thanks to the motion of No Confidence in Jim Callaghan's Labour Govt the SNP tabled. When Thatcher realised that the SNP were siding with her she then tabled her own motion for No Confidence, which took precedence of the SNP's Motion. Supported by the 11 SNP MPs her Motion of No Confidence was carried by 1 vote. The SNP are responsible for starting the Thatcher Years.
1997 Scotland voted Labour we got a Labour Govt. 2001 Scotland voted Labour we got a Labour Govt. 2005 Scotland voted Labour we got a Labour Govt.
2010 Nobody got the Govt they voted for - only 7 months to go to the next election.
In 1999, Labour delivered devolution and no one can argue that in 1997, 2003, 2007 and 2011 Scotland got it voted for.