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Thanks to the rugby the Scots have a real grievance at last

Could this be revenge for the role of Scottish regiments in the Boer War?

24 October 2015

9:00 AM

24 October 2015

9:00 AM

The Scots do not know what to do. For once, they have a justified grievance. In recent years, this once-proud nation has been bawling and belly-aching and girning over fictitious complaints to such an extent that Wodehouse’s crack about the ray of sunshine and the Scotsman with a grievance was out of date.

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