It is time to bust some myths about our national identity, says proud Scot and Labour councillor Bill Cook.
A few years ago now, whilst debating with a Scottish nationalist, she suddenly asked whether I had seen Braveheart. Bemused, I answered “yes”. I couldn’t quite understand why a brilliant but largely fictional film had anything at all to do with an argument about what was best for modern Scotland. “Having seen it do you feel more or less Scottish?” she asked. I spluttered that this was a movie, it was a fairy tale, it was as historically accurate as the tales of Sinbad The Sailor. What possible bearing could a Mel Gibson adventure story have on my sense of identity?
Read Bill's article on the Edinburgh Evening News website »
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