For myself and many others, Scottish independence is not about some sort of Braveheart-tinged dislike of the English. I absolutely adore England and the English. It’s not about a desire for passports, anthems or sovereignty either. It’s about my homeland self determining a set of direct democracy political values that are diametrically opposite to what has been happening at Westminster for many years now. What’s driving so many Scots to consider saying ‘yes’ to independence has less to do with their view of Scotland and more to do with what they believe has happened to British politics and the grotesque mess of corporatist governance at Westminster. It’s also got nothing to do with the SNP (who have descended into woke authoritarianism). Instead, Scotland must look way beyond that and find the right people to reshape a better path for Scotland and free from the busted flush model elsewhere. This is probably idealistic, but there’s no other alternative.