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The Unionism Fraud: The legal foundations

 On 1st May 1707 so the narrative promulgated by the Unionism Fraud claims, Scotland and England were lawfully joined to create "the United Kingdom of Great Britain". The supposed "union" of Scotland and England was brought about, so we are told, by three legal documents: The Articles of Union (sometimes called the Treaty of Union), available at Articles of Union , The Union with England Act 1707 (a supposed Act of the supposed old Scottish Parliament), available at Union with England Act 1707 and The Union with Scotland Act 1706 (a supposed Act of the supposed English "Parliament"), available at Union with Scotland Act 1706 . The Union with Scotland Act 1706 was the last of the three documents finalised (on 6th March 1707), its "1706" date being explained by the English legal year of the time which began on 25th March 1706. Viewed from that viewpoint, an Act passed on 6th March 1707 (in the new reckoning) was deemed to have been passed in the