“The Bank [of Scotland] had tried to sell itself to a company run by TV evangelist Pat Robertson. That deal fell through, perhaps because it transpired that Mr Robertson believed that Scotland was ‘a dark land’ where ‘homosexuals ruled the roost’.”

Alistair Darling

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