IT occasionally frustrates me just how politically myopic some of my fellow Scots can be.
For a nation that never tires of extolling its “internationalist” credentials or having some citizens who constantly remind us how “worldly wise” Scots are, there often seems precious little evidence to back this up.is understandable given that so many Scots – myself included – see this as the real starting point from which we can begin to engage with the world on Scotland’s own terms.
On the face of it, there is nothing wrong with any of these given that self-questioning, accountability and debate are vital for the political process. But as you might have noticed there is a common word in all three examples I’ve given – “attack”. If I’m to be totally frank here, it’s often shocking how little some Scots appear to know about the world beyond their limited territorial and “localised” political obsessions.
Any improved understanding is not only beneficial to our own current political situation but a prerequisite for those times ahead when as a sovereign nation Scotland would be required to put such understanding to the international test. That’s a prospect that even those of us in Scotland most singularly hard-wired to the debates about independence and other related homegrown political issues surely must pause and pay attention to., the coming US presidential election, the rise of authoritarianism and how the war in Ukraine will ultimately play out.
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