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- ↑ Graham Walker, Tom Gallagher, ed. (1990). Sermons and Battle Hymns: Protestant Popular Culture in Modern Scotland. Edinburgh University Press. p. 172.[ ISBN missing ]
- ↑ Smyth, James (2003). "Resisting Labour: Unionists, Liberals and Moderates in Glasgow between the wars" (PDF). The Historical Journal. Cambridge University Press. 46 (2): 398. doi:10.1017/s0018246x0300298x. hdl: 1893/291 . S2CID 11326302.
- ↑ Kerevan, George (8 June 2001). "Election 2001 The rise and fall of Scots Tories". The Scotsman. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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