There are many critics of the s.n.p. in government.Some justified, some not. In some cases if the s.n.p. say black the critics say white. Is this a response to the fear of independence?The reason the s.n.p exist is after all for an independent Scotland.Yet you hear critics say they are obsessed with a referendum on independence.What do they expect.If the they make mistakes in government (as all governments do).That is not a reason surely for not wanting a free Scotland.I cannot think of a country in recent years that wanted independence from its larger neighbour that the British state dd not support.(The break up of the Soviet union).So what is so different about Scotland.

media support

Is there anywhere in the mainstream Scottish media that supports an independent Scotland? i have been searching the net for sometime now with little success.If the polls are to be believed
there is at least a 1/3 of the population in favour of independence.This is not reflected in the media.I understand in Catalan for example there is at least some media support for the equivalent of the s.n.p.The language used in certain media outlets is often gruding at best in describing the benefits of a free scotland.The benefits of independece are constantly having to be proved.Yet the same is rarely asked of the benefits of the union with the rest of the u.k. compared say to a closer union with the e.u.