George Foulkes

Lord Foulkes of Cumnock

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Lord Foulkes of Cumnock and former minister of State for Scotland; also a member of the EU Select Committee in the House of Lords in Edinburgh

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It’s been 307 years since Scotland and England became the United Kingdom, but generations of Scots have never lost their yearning for independence.

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It’s been 307 years since Scotland and England became the United Kingdom, but generations of Scots have never lost their yearning for independence.

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