Part of the Scottish stipulation of the act of Union was that there would have access to colonial wealth.
At the high of the East India company half of the writers (administrators) were Scottish.
Why view Scotland in a historical light you say? Well why do it to the English? English people are not in the 19th century either. Neither are the Spaniards, Belgians, French, Dutch, Italians, Portuguese or countless others.
29 Jul 2015, 2:49 pm
