Rogues in a Nation  

Robert Burns

Scotland's national poet, Rabbie Burns, criticized the members of the Scottish aristocracy who in 1707 signed the Act of Union thereby ending Scottish home rule.

 

Robert Burns, 1759 - 1796, was a pioneer of Romanticism and a source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism. His many songs and poems include such standards as "Auld Lang Syne" and "Tam o' Shanter." In 2009 the Scottish public (in a TV poll) voted him the greatest Scot who ever lived.

• political corruption
• Scottish Independence