[DesScorp]

You do know that the SNP is an explicitly socialist party, right? They're allied with the Greens in the European Parliament, and while the article doesn't go into this, they are, for all of their bluster about "Independence", very much pro-EU and internationalist in orientation. They just hate England. Fair enough, if that's what they want, but if you're expecting the hardy Scotland of William Wallace and the Scottish Enlightenment, you're going to be sorely disappointed. Because you're going to get Greece with cold weather. When a reporter asked Scottish youth voters about military defence, trade, etc, they kids said "Oh, that's what Europe is for".

[central_va]

I’ll admit that Scottish politics is not my forte.

[DoodleDawg]

Because you're going to get Greece with cold weather

Funny, but very accurate.

[crazycatlady]

You’re probably right. People, including people in America, tend to romanticize this stuff. I have both Scottish and Welsh ancestry. But today it’s probably more Trainspotting than Braveheart.