Just spent a wonderful week in Scotland.
Loved it and I highly recommend that you try to get out there and fully explore the land, its history and its culture. America's rebellious nature can be traced to the Jacobite Rebellions.
What is the big political story in Scotland these days?
"THE Breakup of Britain”? It sounds like a fantasy fiction title. To many people across the world, including the English themselves, it is inconceivable that this deep-rooted United Kingdom, the oldest royal democracy in the world, could split apart.
In the last few weeks, however, official London has panicked over the rising clamor of voices from all over the British Isles suddenly agreeing that the archaic structure of “Great Britain” is overdue for a shake-up — even a breakup.
http://www.nytimes.com/...