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SNP: The Turbulent Years 1960 - 1990: A History of the Scottish National Party
SNP: The Turbulent Years 1960 - 1990 provides an inside track on the growth and development of the Scottish National Party from the late 1950s to the modern party of the 1990s.
From the efforts put into making the SNP a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s, through the heady days of 1970s success, the electoral crash of 1979, the subsequent schisms and infighting of the early 1980s, and the healing of the party's wounds as it entered the 1990s, this book has the essential inside story.
From the efforts put into making the SNP a force to be reckoned with in the 1960s, through the heady days of 1970s success, the electoral crash of 1979, the subsequent schisms and infighting of the early 1980s, and the healing of the party's wounds as it entered the 1990s, this book has the essential inside story.
266 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Gordon Wilson
3 books2 followersRobert Gordon Wilson was a Scottish politician and solicitor. He was Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament for Dundee East from 1974 to 1987 and the leader of the SNP from 1979 to 1990. He played a crucial role in transforming the SNP into a professional political organisation, laying the foundations for subsequent electoral success.
Wilson was born in Govan, Glasgow and educated at Douglas High School for Boys, on the Isle of Man, and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Following graduation, Wilson qualified as a solicitor, and worked for T.F. Reid Solicitors in Paisley from 1963 until his election as an MP in 1974.
Wilson joined the SNP in the late 1950s. Before his successes in electoral politics, he was co-founder and Director of Programmes of the political pirate radio station Radio Free Scotland, whose activities are described in his book, Pirates of the Air (2011). Wilson served as Assistant National Secretary of the SNP from 1963 to 1964, as National Secretary from 1964 to 1971, and was vice-chairman of the SNP Oil Campaign Committee, which was responsible for the party's iconic "It's Scotland's Oil" campaign. It was Wilson who coined the slogan.
Wilson was born in Govan, Glasgow and educated at Douglas High School for Boys, on the Isle of Man, and the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree. Following graduation, Wilson qualified as a solicitor, and worked for T.F. Reid Solicitors in Paisley from 1963 until his election as an MP in 1974.
Wilson joined the SNP in the late 1950s. Before his successes in electoral politics, he was co-founder and Director of Programmes of the political pirate radio station Radio Free Scotland, whose activities are described in his book, Pirates of the Air (2011). Wilson served as Assistant National Secretary of the SNP from 1963 to 1964, as National Secretary from 1964 to 1971, and was vice-chairman of the SNP Oil Campaign Committee, which was responsible for the party's iconic "It's Scotland's Oil" campaign. It was Wilson who coined the slogan.
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