I dunno. You gotta face it, your country was very big on witch burning, closing the pubs at ten pm, tawse weilding teachers, punishing fornicators, football hooliganism and razor weilding gangsters at one time - not mention supporting dodgy Stewart monarchs, and the divine right of kings. And Lulu is a tory.

Amidst all that fine socialism - there is a streak of illiberality. You don't notice it so much, cos you're more spread out than we are. But I think the struggle for the soul of Scotland may be conducted with all the good grace of a Billy Bremner tackle.