Resurrection! Oh, YES!

On 18th September 2014, for a few hours, the people in Scotland were collectively in power. Then we decided 55% to 45% to reject independence and stay in the Union. Just how much power we would retain in the days or years following would be determined by others as they, not ourselves, shaped the future.

In the four years since then, we now have the shambles of Brexit, despite NO being sold as our way to stay in the EU. And most Scots clearly wanted to stay: 62% in favour of remain. 

And yet we are passed over. In this 'partnership of equals' we were exhorted to stick with, we are still not treated as equals.

Biscuit Tin Nonsense

Fluffy (with Walkers product placement)
taking tea in his office before Parliamentary Questions

Here we go. Scotland the Brand (or not as the case may be) is on our lips. Again!

There’s been plenty comment about supermarkets like Tesco and others putting the Union Jack on goods previously branded with the Saltire. Not to mention the National Trust for Scotland’s branding debacle when they tried to prevent the Scottish place name, Glencoe, from continuing to be used by a local clothing manufacturer. As it turns out, they own the name along with Culloden and Bannockburn.

It seems to me some kind of misappropriation is going on. I use the term ‘misappropriation’ because I don’t have a problem with that thing some call ‘cultural appropriation’. In relation to Scottish stuff, I really don’t mind lending our mythologies and identities to the wider world.

But ‘misappropriation’. How disrespectful. That’s another thing entirely…