Crick, Bernard. "The Four Nations: Interrelations". The Political Quarterly, Vol.79, No.1 (2008): 71-79.

Crick, Bernard. "The Four Nations: Interrelations". The Political Quarterly, Vol.79, No.1 (2008): 71-79.

• Nationalism and romanticism arose at the same time and from the same roots, the rejection of common reason in favor of emotional and passionate loyalty to a locality or region (73).
• During the time of writing, many voters backing the SNP still want to preserve the Union, picking the SNP based on its similarity to 'old Labour' values of social democracy or economic argument for devolution rather than its nationalist and separatist credentials (74).
• Any threat to the continuation of the Union with Scotland is less likely to come from demands for independence from the Scottish electorate than from English insensitivity and lack of understanding of Scottish identity; with English politicians believing that Scottish nationalism is anti-British, despite this rarely being the case (78).