Although "a proud Scot," Kerr spent most of his eighty-eight years in South Africa.

Peter, who is English, was an adventurer and world traveler; his wife, Morag, was a proud Scot.

"I am a proud and true Scot "

You run down Scotland's popular and freely elected First Minister, call Scots gutless, naive, foolish, our country a potential backwater yet proclaim yourself a "proud and true Scot".

I was not born a yielder, thou proud Scot; And thou shalt find a king that will revenge Lord Stafford's death.

The proud Scot refused.

But he was born in Govan and, in spite of an American accent, says he is a proud Scot.

As a proud Scot myself, I feel that a much more probable reason for this apparent lack of linguistic ambition is to be found in the regional dialect.

"With well-separated fairways and the deep bunkers here, you can easily imagine you are playing on one of the historic Scottish links," said Cameron, as only a proud Scot would.

I would simply say - and I do so as a fellow, proud Scot - that the contribution he made to this debate today would not easily be confused with a ray of sunshine.