In 1314 at Bannockburn, Robert the Bruce won and for nearly 300 years Scotand was a free country, and then in 1707 the act of union was past and that meant that the two governments of both Scotland and England were as one. Look up the words to 'Parcel of Rouges' which was written by Robert Burns, the 'Parcel of Rouges' in the song was the Scottish MP'S who sold Scotland freedom for gold. Yes many a Scottish MP took English bribes that day.