by Robbie Dinwoodie
IT’S A RANK from the Spanish and Portuguese nobility that has come to be a useful shorthand to describe experienced and influential backbenchers at Westminster, Grandees.
Indeed, Wikipedia is quite specific on its usage: “The term is often used in the United Kingdom to refer to influential long-standing members of the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats.” Which begs the question, why is the term not used to describe senior figures in the Scottish National Party? The answer is manifold — the party’s huge breakthrough at Westminster is a recent phenomenon, although there was the relative surge in the 1970s; the Scottish Parliament is not yet a generation old; and many of the party’s big-hitters are still in front bench roles in Edinburgh and London.
The term is often used in the United Kingdom to refer to influential longstanding members of the Conservative Party, Labour Party and Liberal Democrats.
Michael Russell Scottish Brexit Minister
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iScot May 2017 issue - the one with Theresa May.I.Am front cover
116 jam packed pages of the best craic in Scotland
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