THE author of the Outlander books has claimed that use of the term "Scotch" was popular in Scotland until the SNP came into power.
Many are questioning the historical accuracy of a tweet by Diana Gabaldon in which she said that "everyone" used the term "Scotch" until "the SNP got into power in the mid-20th c".
The American author of the hugely successful fantasy books was responding to a fan who asked what kind of hat the character Jamie, played by Scottish actor Sam Heughan, was wearing during a scene from the television series Outlander.
