21/10/2026
You can disagree with Scottish independence without looking down on the people who support it.
What bothers me about the phrase “the Braveheart mob” is the suggestion that independence supporters are somehow less sophisticated, less informed or less capable of rational thought.
I think there’s pure snobbery to that stereotype, and a wider discomfort with us expressing national pride outside the boundaries of entertainment and nostalgia.
This isn’t an argument that nationalism should be above criticism. It’s an argument that political disagreement shouldn’t require cultural condescension.
Do it, and let the English see you do it! 😂
Love ye’s.
Bob x
