DAN HANNAN: Scottish Nationalists are making their countrymen less independent by the day. Americ…

DAN HANNAN: Scottish Nationalists are making their countrymen less independent by the day. American friends are often surprised by how hectoring and statist the Scottish government is. Scotland, in their minds, is a hardy, rugged place — hardier, certainly, than its effete southern neighbor. It can come as quite a shock to learn Scottish separatists now define their national character as being all about big government — or, as they prefer to put it, “fairness.” Forget the image of a woad-painted Mel Gibson screaming “freeeeedom!” If you want a more apt cinematic picture, think of Ewan MacGregor’s lament in Trainspotting, as he sits in the Highlands swigging a bottle of vodka: “It’s shite being Scottish!” Now it’s true that many people of Scottish descent — including, I’m afraid, this columnist — drink more than is good for them. No other country would have invented the “hauf an’ a…

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