Does a Scottish Raj Really Run Westminster?

Daily MailMarch 17, 2005

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POOR Jeremy Paxman.

Years of sharing the Newsnight hot seat with Kirsty Wark seem to have warped his judgment. Following his spectacular on- air spat with Health Secretary John Reid, Mr Paxman has decided a cabal of super-ambitious Scots has taken control of England.

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Does a Scottish Raj Really Run Westminster?

He does not approve. As far as the BBC's most ferocious interrogator is concerned, his beloved Blighty has become a 'sort of Scottish Raj'. The comparison is more appropriate than Mr Paxman probably realises.

The British imperial regime in India did benefit from a disproportionate amount of Scottish talent. Scotland provided soldiers to conquer the Empi...

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