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“What the ‘Scottish perspective’ is however on, say, the US presidential race is beyond this observer.”

Does this admission mark a rare moment of self-awareness from Poor Old Cockers?

I doubt it. Because British nationalist fanatics don’t regard an inability to comprehend a Scottish perspective as a deficiency. Indeed, they wear such ignorance as a badge of pride. They flaunt their ‘un-Scottishness’ as a way of emphasising their Britishness. Some atavistic instinct tells them that anything which might be taken for ‘Scottishness’ is incompatible with being part of the British establishment.

Sad creatures such as Poor Old Cockers are embarrassed by ‘Scottishness’. They genuinely feel diminished by being identified with Scotland. They personify the ‘Scottish cringe’.

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