"and find it to be arrogant in the extreme for a few counties to try and declare UDI"

The country isn't at the moment trying to declare UDI. There is a debate within the country on whether we should go independent or not. It is called self determination. Whatever the outcome is (and I personally think that the No vote will almost certainly win) a big majority of the Scottish people favoured the principle that we had the right to choose. There is nothing arrogant about determining your future - the arrogance is in suggesting one shouldn't have such a right.