Yes Johnny J Scotland is a country, a country that has had it's own Parliament since 1999, a Parliament that is responsible for the day-to-day running of the country. The elected Government of the country you refer to should put the best interests of the country first - Could you, Akenaton, or Allan Conn tell the rest of us why they singularly haven't done that?

You state that you thought that the SNP had "done a very efficient job and many voters trust them" - Hate to disillusion you but they have done a far from efficient job and instead of looking after the best interests of Scotland they have consistently put their own agenda and interests before those of the nation. They have consistently pursued "populist" policies and promoted "populist" give-aways that cannot ever be sustained in order to bribe the electorate. That simple fact is evident in the absolute shambles that was demonstrated throughout the referendum campaign when it was patently obvious that the Scottish Government and the SNP could answer even the most rudimentary questions related to finance, taxation, budgets, pensions, interest rates or currency. The SNP put the SNP first and the country second.

In the second of the televised debates Darling was deplorable, Salmond was wittering on about the NHS {Actually the Scottish NHS over which his government and the Scottish Parliament have full financial control}, job creation, foodbanks and the number of Scottish Children that were about to be "put-into-poverty" - Yet not one single person, Darling included, had the sense to ask Alex Salmond why, if these problems needed addressing, that his Scottish Government hadn't done anything about it - Correct me if I am wrong here but since it was created the Scottish Parliament has had the power to raise taxes in Scotland by 3% - Can you, Akenaton, or Allan Conn tell me why they have never made the slightest attempt to use those powers to solve what are perceived as being "Scottish problems"? The Scottish Parliament has failed in 15 years to use the devolved powers they already have can you tell us why, all of a sudden they are going to start using these powers and more now?

"Responsible people are getting on with the future, not hankering for a past that never delivered for their ancestors anyway. The referendum may have been needed to clear the air but was damaging for business and in the final analysis, nothing else matters. The Scottish Parliament has enough on dealing with an aging population, health inequalities that make your eyes water, an overburdening public sector and huge social issues. It gets more per head of health and social care funding than most of the rest of The UK so politicians serve their population best by using it wisely, concentrating on the needs of the people and do what they promised they would do.

Dreamers have the luxury of dreaming without the responsibility of dreams becoming true." - Musket

No truer words ever stated.