#separation movements

Devolution: An Outsider’s Perspective

For someone growing up outside of the United Kingdom, one’s first exposure to the English / Scottish -let’s say “problem” –  is likely to be the 1995 movie Braveheart. That might be a bit inane, but it is true. It was true for me.

We have all seen it. Mel Gibson fights for love and freedom against the English invaders, who are inexplicably bent on subduing Scotland. Patrick McGoonhan, as the…