'Mr Farage is intelligent and lucid'

no he's a crafty populist. his truths are simplistic. complex problems reduced to a reduction ad absurdum. mind you, you could say the same for Maggie and her shopping basket. and all that Falklands flag waving bullshit, that made patriotism a dirty word.

I agree with you that Scotland has not been served well by Westminster, and needs to be run with a greater degree of self interest. the same could be said for other parts of England.

but Farage is not your boy - look at the title of his party -that's a clue!