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Yep! I can remember and relate to that Monty Python sketch but showing my age lol! I perceive that an interpretation issue can arise when criticising the extreme events that are happening politically in another part of the country and particularly in Westminster where our Scot MPs have certainly been subjected to unacceptable levels of disrespect and disregard for long enough by so called reputable Members of Parliament and officials of a British govt that is touted as an "equal partner" of the Union - NOT SO and it is extremely irritating and unacceptable for many observing Scots. I believe that many parts of England have been deliberately "left to rot" by the Tories who still regard these areas as past problems for this particular political party. The long period of neglect in these areas is a "giveaway" and it spans decades. Did Blair's government of "red Tories" ever do enough either? I don't think so and that was a betrayal of many Labour strongholds - the Labour Party impudently "took them for granted"!! So there is a common factor in Scotland where the Labour Party behaved similarly and we Scots kept being landed with mainstream political parties with ideologies that did not match up to the future aspirations of a Scottish electorate that wants to see a major change in direction. Note the latest OP data predict that Labour will only retain one constituency seat, the one held by Ian Murray in S Edinburgh, compliments of his "footie vote", and ironically the Labour Party/TUs want to get rid of him because he is "out of touch" with Corbyn, he's a Blairite! Scotland has not been "left to rot" and a big factor that has mitigated this kinda scenario is the establishment of Scot devolution and a devolved Scottish Parliament that has gradually evolved since 1997. However, the Scot govt does not have enough powers - promised in 2015 but the recommended deal was unfulfilled by certain deceitful unionists and a UK govt that did not follow through on their own consultation report!! Progressive governance still prevails up here and most people realise that it is governance under difficult fiscal circumstances since the start of the UK austerity measures in 2008. Many Scots realise that, for example, the official 7% deficit is hugely affected by British govt activities due to the "limited powers" that I previously mentioned. Our real deficit should be much lower than that. They also realise there is much more to do and achieve in pushing towards a fairer society and a positive direction for the better good of the country in years to come. At the moment, it looks like independence is inevitable and that concluding "end goal" will be heavily influenced by the extreme political events in England which lotsa folk regarded as extremely depressing for too long.