Well, this Sassenach isn't pissing off, and I'm not interested in your petty nationalism or sudden denial of the Scots part in empire and government of these either. That'll come back to bite you in the arse, as many English can tell you.

What I am interested in is the kick in the arse the ordinary working people of England will get if the Scots choose independence. It might be our last hope of reviving the sort of social radicalism that the English actually do well: Wat Tyler, the Putney debates, the reformists who died at the Peterloo massacre, trade unionism, the Chartists, Luddites, Suffragettes and the inspirational Diggers. We too have suffered for the common good.

So go for it Scotland; you'll still be in hock to the supra-nationals that control our governments and world markets in the same way the remaining UK will be, but at least you've awoken a degree of fighting spirit in your people (I say "your" people, but we are one people in reality, divided by nationalism).

Be bold - chuck out Trident, start with your own currency, instigate land reform to return stolen land from the people. Rewild your wildernesses, reject inequality and the blinkers of consumerism. Educate and care for your people for free. Continue with your scientific and technological research, as the future lies therein, not in lining the pockets of the rich.

Vote yes, wake up the people of these islands and perhaps we can build a fairer society for all our children, whatever country, region, parish or street we live in. Then one day we can tear up this artificial, retrogressive divide and be one people again, as we should be.