 Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekushanda saMunyori weNyika weMumvuri kubva muna 1962, akava Munyori weNyika weScotland muna 1964 pasi paHarold Wilson. VaConservative vakabata hurumende kubva muna 1970 kusvika muna 1974, apo Ross akadzokera pachinzvimbo chake kusvikira arasikirwa nehofisi apo Wilson akasiya basa muna 1976. Munguva yebasa rake aive nebasa rekugadzira Highlands neIslands Development Board uye Scottish Development Agency, vatangiri veHighlands neIslands Enterprise uye Scottish Enterprise zvichiteerana. Ross akaita mushandirapamwe wokuvhota kuti Kwete murondedzero ya1975pamusoro penhengo yeBritain yeEEC. Akanga ariwo mubatanidzwa akasimba, achitsigira Scotland neNorthern Ireland kuramba vari muUnited Kingdom, uye achipesana nekugoverwa. Mutori wenhau Andrew Marr akamudana kuti muPresbyterian anochengetedza zvitendero ane chiso chakasimba uye ane simba uyo akatungamirira nyika sechinhu chomunhu oga chaHarold Wilson. Ross akagadzira shoko rokuti Tartan Tories kurondedzera nhengo dzeScottish National Party, dzaakanga asingafariri zvikuru; iye pachake akatumidzwa zita rokuti hammer of the Nats nokuda kwokurwiswa kwake kwakawanda. 