As a Scot who now lives in England, I think the big difference between the two countries is that in Scotland people are used to high levels of government - FWS is an unusual display of people power, which happens all the time in England.
I would go back to Scotland every few months, to the town I grew up in - all sorts of council decisions were accepted, with some grumbling, but none of the protests, campaigns etc that happen near me to just about anything the council tries.
The difference in educational standards resulting from Sturgeon's centralised approach and Gove's delegation to teachers, as mentioned in the review, is a good example of how the two countries differ.
In Scotland all sen is centralised. In England there are ehc plans, which do give parents some control over the provision their children receive.
In adoption England has the adoption support fund, so parents can choose a therapist themselves. In Scotland it's all controlled by the local authority.
Culturally it's very different.
But it's interesting to me that Sturgeon didn't try to do a Thatcher and try to lessen the grip of local and central government and give individuals more power. She thought she could just tell people to trust her - and in the end it didn't work.