Wen<p>There is an interesting article in today’s ‘National’ discussing Danny Dorling’s observations that Scottish independence is well underway - by stealth with a growing gap between our country and the rest of the UK. Slowly slowly catchee monkey?</p><p>Now to follow it up with financial and political independence.</p><p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/news/25220069.scottish-independence-already-begun-uk-political-culture-diverges/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thenational.scot/news/25220069</span><span class="invisible">.scottish-independence-already-begun-uk-political-culture-diverges/</span></a></p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.06.08-050223/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25220069.scottish-independence-already-begun-uk-political-culture-diverges/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.06.08-05022</span><span class="invisible">3/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25220069.scottish-independence-already-begun-uk-political-culture-diverges/</span></a> (archive)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Dorling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dorling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Independence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Independence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ChildPoverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildPoverty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishPolitics</span></a></p>