<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: URifkind waqale wazimela ePhalamende, kodwa wangaphumelela, ngo-1970 esifundeni sase-Edinburgh Central. Wangena ePhalamende okhethweni olujwayelekile lwangoFebhuwari 1974 emele i-Edinburgh Pentlands yeqembu laseScotland Conservative and Unionist Party. Ngesikhathi sokhetho lobuholi ngo-1975, wasekela u-Edward Heath emzuliswaneni wokuqala kodwa lapho uHeath ehoxa uRifkind wavotela uMargaret Thatcher. UThatcher, lapho eba umholi, wamisa uRifkind njengomkhulumeli weqembu eliphikisayo ezindabeni zaseScotland. Kamuva wasula kuleso sikhundla kanye noNgqongqoshe wase-Shadow Scottish, u-Alick Buchanan-Smith ephikisana nesinqumo seKhabhinethi ye-Shadow sokuvotela uMthethosivivinywa kaHulumeni weSishayamthetho saseScotland. URifkind wagomela ngokuthi, ngaleso sikhathi, iConservative Party yayisekela isimiso seSishayamthetho saseScotland, kwakuyoba ngcono ukuvotela Ukufundwa Kwesibili koMthethosivivinywa noma ukungavoti, nokuzama ukuthuthukisa uMthethosivivinywa. Ezikhathini ezalandela  <response>: I-Rifkind yavotela, kodwa yakhipha ukusekela kwayo lapho umphumela wenhlolovo ubonisa iScotland ihlukaniswe cishe ngokulinganayo mayelana nesiphakamiso. 