Flags again

[GrannyMac]

But Scotland also has a left wing government in the SNP. Look at their take on gender issues!  I've read FOI questions about immigration put to them, and every answer states it's the Home Office, the UK government etc.  Do people in Scottish cities really want to be like Brum? 

[Raven]

The SNP has changed a lot the past year or so. I don't like John Sweeney much nor do I like the fact he says Scotland needs a bit more immigration. If they passed a law to make the lazy young Scots who refuse to work get a job or lose benefits, then we wouldn't need them, and we'd pay out less in benefits. But what do I know, I don't have my head in the clouds........Like them.

[klondike]

Nothing to stop someone being proud of their nation and left wing. I think a lot of Scots are indeed both. 

Left wing doesn't mean someone has to buy into all the left wing viewpoints - things like being globalist, pro trans, anti capitalist etc. doesn't stop anybody being proud of their nation nor does buying into one of those viewpoints mean they must all be believed. The labels are  too broad brush. People are complicated.

[GrannyMac]

We are complicated. Even after 50+ years in England, I feel Scottish. How I sound, where most of my family history is from.  Anyone who has close ancestors with names like Macdonald will get it.  We are all bound up in our childhoods, for good or bad, to a degree. 

I miss my home town, I think.  Perhaps I just miss the familiarity  of my younger days. Or do I just miss my youth?  I wonder how I would feel if we had stayed put? I'll never know.  

I have much to be thankful for, reasonably good health at 80; a long and happy (most of the time) marriage; kids who have done ok for themselves, and grandchildren who are all doing fine.  

I wonder how others feel about their lives? Do they look back, and think about their decisions?