[Freebird Forever]

"Our country is still ruled from somewhere else," he said, referring to the British parliament. "It's time the leaders in Scotland woke up and listened to what the people want."

Opinion polls in recent years suggest between a quarter and a half of Scotland's 5 million people want the same independence from London which Wallace fought for seven centuries ago.

The pestilence that remains the "informal" british empire continues to plague the UK, and unfortunately, the rest of the planet as well.

[NZerFromHK]

If they declare their independence from London, it is plainly speaking just switching their alliegance from London to Brussels. These Scottish independents are all pro-EU federalists - the historic pro-freedom Scots have all migrated to the US ages ago.

They want to get out of the frying pan that is the United Kingdom, into the naked fire aka the United States of Europe.