Nicola Sturgeon living in England

No. We didn't want a hard border but were threatened with it by the UK govt. Half my family live in England. Nicola's granny was English. Independence was never about the "English", it was about the Scottish.

We have more that unites us than divides us and that would still be true if we governed our own affairs.

Look at Ireland. An independent country but who doesn't love them? Their writers etc. Their whole personality.

If Scottish people want Indy, Welsh people want Indy and NI people want Indy, then it's not because no one likes the English.

It's because they want to run their own affairs. What's wrong with that? We'll still be pals.

OK thanks. I'm remembering a bit more now, it was 12 years ago, about the border. Wasn't this to do with the EU - even though we hadn't had that referendum yet. I remember Nicola saying they would rejoin if Scotland got independence but this must have been after we left?

She joins the likes of Sean Connery, Alan Cumming, Irvine Welsh, Brian Cox and Martin Compston - all Scottish independence campaigners but none of them actually live in Scotland

No. We didn't want a hard border but were threatened with it by the UK govt. Half my family live in England. Nicola's granny was English. Independence was never about the "English", it was about the Scottish.

We have more that unites us than divides us and that would still be true if we governed our own affairs.

Look at Ireland. An independent country but who doesn't love them? Their writers etc. Their whole personality.

If Scottish people want Indy, Welsh people want Indy and NI people want Indy, then it's not because no one likes the English.

It's because they want to run their own affairs. What's wrong with that? We'll still be pals.

The UK is not a country, it is a union of countries, what Theresa May termed a 'precious union'.

I expect if the Scottish people had voted for independence a common travel area would have been agreed in any case.

In any case, whilst the union continues, no reason why someone born in Scotland cannot live in England or Wales or Northern Ireland if they wish. Of much more concern is her allegedly knowing nothing about her former husband's criminal activities.

No. We didn't want a hard border but were threatened with it by the UK govt. Half my family live in England. Nicola's granny was English. Independence was never about the "English", it was about the Scottish.

We have more that unites us than divides us and that would still be true if we governed our own affairs.

Look at Ireland. An independent country but who doesn't love them? Their writers etc. Their whole personality.

If Scottish people want Indy, Welsh people want Indy and NI people want Indy, then it's not because no one likes the English.

It's because they want to run their own affairs. What's wrong with that? We'll still be pals.

The UK is not a country, it is a union of countries, what Theresa May termed a 'precious union'.

I expect if the Scottish people had voted for independence a common travel area would have been agreed in any case.

In any case, whilst the union continues, no reason why someone born in Scotland cannot live in England or Wales or Northern Ireland if they wish. Of much more concern is her allegedly knowing nothing about her former husband's criminal activities.

The sentence that starts: I had, perhaps wrongly, assumed ....

I have allowed for being wrong ... and it may sound a bit sarcastic. So I'm sorry and I do want to know, please.

I could give you it but won't due entirely to your last sentence in your post.

Yes, I understand that and she is entirely free to do so. Does anyone know the answer to my question, please?

She's living down south temporarily to write. It's not a permanent move.

The actual “country” is the UK. There’s no reason she shouldn’t move southwards within the country she lives in.

There’s no confusion until someone brings in freedom/oppression/The Bruce/The Wallace/Bonnie Charlie, etc etc.

@AWeeCupOfTeaAndAnIndividualFruitTrifle If Nicola had been successful in her (supposedly) passionate campaigning, her countryfolk would no longer have had the same option that she has just availed herself of: the automatic right to move to England, Wales or Northern Ireland with no restrictions, border controls or issues whatsoever.

Do we know this, please? Was the independence campaign that detailed and asking for a hard border. Surely not. I had, perhaps wrongly, assumed that Nicola would have always wanted to have her cake and eat it?

So is Nicola telling us that she wants the UK to remain one country or that she wants Scotland to be a separate country and no longer part of the UK?

Either view is perfectly valid; but it's hypocritical in the extreme to expect the best of both worlds. It's like the head of PETA spending years vociferously campaigning for people to stop eating meat and then being seen enthusiastically tucking into a beef burger. Sure, they can insist that it's not illegal to eat meat, and that lots of people choose to do so; but it still blows a huge hole in everything they've ever publicly stood for.

If Nicola had been successful in her (supposedly) passionate campaigning, her countryfolk would no longer have had the same option that she has just availed herself of: the automatic right to move to England, Wales or Northern Ireland with no restrictions, border controls or issues whatsoever.

The actual “country” is the UK. There’s no reason she shouldn’t move southwards within the country she lives in.

There’s no confusion until someone brings in freedom/oppression/The Bruce/The Wallace/Bonnie Charlie, etc etc.

Well plenty of Brexiters live in Spain!

I think it's a bit off actually. If you want Independence for Scotland, invest in Scotland, pay taxes in Scotland and live with the consequences of your campaigning, good or bad. It's the same as people campaigning for Brexit while living in the Far East. Nothing to do with them as they don't have to live with the consequences.

I think it's a bit off actually. If you want Independence for Scotland, invest in Scotland, pay taxes in Scotland and live with the consequences of your campaigning, good or bad. It's the same as people campaigning for Brexit while living in the Far East. Nothing to do with them as they don't have to live with the consequences.

At least it gave you something to do with your day! You can have the last word now xx

Lesson learned. Hopefully you now know that Scottish Independence isn't about you personally.