<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokunqotshwa kwamaConservative okhethweni lukazwelonke lwangoFebhuwari 1974 waba nguNobhala Wombuso WaseScotland ngaphansi kuka-Edward Heath. Lapho uMargaret Thatcher engena esikhundleni sikaHeath njengomholi weConservative, i-Glasgow Herald yabika ngezindlebe ukuthi uBuchanan-Smith wayengomunye weqembu lamaTories aphezulu ayengase enqabe ukusebenza ngaphansi kwakhe. Ekugcineni wahlala esikhundleni ngaphansi kukaThatcher, kodwa wasula esikhundleni ngo-1976, kanye nongqongqoshe wakhe omncane wesithunzi uMalcolm Rifkind, lapho eshintsha inqubomgomo yeConservative Party ukuphikisana nokudluliswa kweScotland. Ngokulandelayo, wahola umnikelo weConservative emkhankasweni we-Yebo ku-Referendum yaseScotland ka-1979  <response>: . futhi. 