I’m a Scot by heritage, an American by birth. I don’t have a complete understanding of the politics of my homeland, so I was somewhat surprised to see a New York Times article on how Scottish Nationalists recently upset the Labor Party in the mid-term elections. As you can probably guess, this party’s unifying goal is independence from Britain. I guess surprised isn’t the right word, as one of the things you can’t help but notice in that country is a deep and abiding bitterness to the folks south of the border, but Labor always wins. Apparently, the results in Wales were similar, which makes this a potentially interesting time in UK politics. I will be curious to see how this affects the situation in Ireland . . .
