Politics/government
Scotland is a part of the united kingdom, it supplies 10,1% from the parliamentary seats in London, altough it makes 8,7% from the Britisch Population.
Yet there’s in Scotland a strong separatist party active, the Scottish National Party, that actor Sean Connery has a strong ally.
As already mentioned, the parliament of Scotland was abolished in 1707.When Labour won the British election in 1997, a referendum held in Scotland to return it to perform, what the Scots accepted by 75%. It was thus reintroduced in 1998.
The Scottish Parliament (The Scottish Parliament) has 129 seats, which since the parliamentary selections of 2007 are as follows:
• 47 Scottish National Party (breakaway Social Democrats)
• 46 Scottish Labour Party (social democratic federalist)
• 17 Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party (Unionist conservatives)
• 16 Scottish Liberal Democrats (federalist Liberals)
• 2 Scottish Green Party (Green separatist)
• Independents 1
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