Opal, half my family are English. The other half are Scottish but I had English and Irish grandparents. For me personally I'd be heartbroken to leave the UK. I holiday in England and sometimes Wales every year. Have been made very welcome in both countries. In my own circles, there are a few who do want Independence, but the majority of my family and friends want to remain British and Scottish. I can only speak for my own circle. The SNP definitely do not speak for everyone and they also forget that over a million Scots voted to leave Europe. Our public services are falling apart up here. However, for somè strange reason everything seems to be blamed on Westminster. I really do not understand the result in Scotland at all. The moaning about the state of our health service, but who do they think runs it? I know many people seem to think Scotland is some kind of land of milk and honey. Believe me it isn't. The poverty is unreal, food banks,big issues with drug deaths, long waits for hospital appointments, similar for mental health services,morale of emergency services is low
Don't start me on the state of the new Sick Children's Hospital that is lying empty or the new hospital in Glasgow that seems to have constant issues. Yet still, SNP get voted in. Im sorry not to give you a clearer answer Opal. I really do not understand how they keep getting voted in. Yet, I see constant complaints about them. Perhaps it was about Brexit, I really don't know.