I don't approve of the rude remarks directed at the Scots from south of the border, either before or after the referendum result. The truth is, however, that a good many of those Scots complaining about it are in many cases conscious hypocrites and others are employing a double-standard they themselves cannot recognise. I suspect that all this talk about "Westminster" being the problem for Scotland is recognised by most English people as the drivel it is. Lots of people south of the border don't like Westminster. However, they don't wish to break up the country to fix it. Anyone who has paid attention to the independence debate for any time can easily draw the conclusion that supporters of Scottish independence are driven by the desire to keep Scotland's wealth to itself notwithstanding the nationalists' barefaced cheek in claiming that this is socialism in action. They will also note that many of those who voted no would have voted yes had they believed that Scotland would have been better off. They will know that there is a deep-seated historical mistrust of England being overbearing, allied with a historical narrative of victimhood with the English being the beastly aggressor.
It shows an brass neck or genuine unconsciousness to claim that Scottish independence has nothing to do with English oppression while banging on about freedom, Freedom City and "declarations of opportunity" at Arbroath Abbey, but there you go. The fact that Wings over Scotland was cited as a balanced source of information shows the blindness of nationalists on this point, and to watch them complain about the derision they have received in response is, a pleasure remarkable.
There is of course another double standard now being played out in terms of Scotland's constitutional settlement and a possible referendum re-run. I wish that senior politicians in the UK simply told the SNP to take a hike. It is not true to say they have ignored Scottish nationalism. Rather, they have been so frightened by it that they have tended to cave in. Devolution would not have happened without Westminster legislation, nor would the independence referendum. The UK government could simply have refused to allow a referendum or respect the result of an unofficial one on the basis that it had no mandate from the UK as a whole to break up the country. There was also no mandate for "the Vow", nor is there any mandate for a constitutional settlement for Scotland that gives it an (even more) privileged position within the UK. Given the spinelessness with which successive UK governments have treated Scottish nationalism, it is quite natural for the SNP and its acolytes to make ever more shrill demands, even to the extent of proposing a fiscal pact (along with various other pacts) with the hated "Westminster", not to mention blithely stating that the rest of the world (the EU, NATO) would automatically give an independent Scotland all she wanted because it was all just so reasonable.
Further demands for a referendum should be treated with the contempt they deserve, even in the event of the UK departure from the EU, which doubtlessly many, many in Scotland support (I don't, by the way). I did laugh at the comment upthread that not declaring UDI meant the result was being "respected". Actually it would have been fundamentally undemocratic, not to mention an act of rebellion which would have been supported by precisely no one in the international community except maybe Russia, North Korea and Ecuador. Furthermore, repeated referendums until the "right answer" is received are not only an insult to the voters, but also have an effect beyond Scottish borders. As such, it is not a matter for Scotland alone and, as a matter of law, morals, politics, and good governance, any government at Westminster is entitled to refuse to hold a further referendum. It is not just about Scotland, believe it or not, and any right of Scottish self-determination does not trump the ability of UK governments to get on with governing, now or in the future. Democracy does not stop at the Scottish border.
As for the SNP, now were I living in Scotland, I might well vote for them at Holyrood. Yes, you read that correctly - for the reason that I mistrust them less than Labour to make a hash of running things. It is simply no good for nationalists to claim that every vote for the SNP is a vote in favour of every jot and tittle of its manifesto. This, incidentally, is why UKIP are picking up so much support south of the border, despite their being permanently maladroit and rabidly right-wing. It is because few have any faith in the major parties to address the question of European integration and immigration (not a problem in Scotland, but a major, major problem in the SE which is one of the most densely populated areas in the world).