this place is all about opinions pal and yours is welcome...... so far
i can't disagree with anything you say and could probably recite similar tales from my own families experiences.
By giving us a parliament of our own with limited scope, they tried to lance the boil of independence through devolution. That contributed to the rise of the SNP. Labour imploded after Blair, brought in the wrong donkey and have been a mess since giving the Tories free reign.
We voted hugely in favour of Labour for decades and never got what we voted for unless the english voted them in. Now theres a clear SNP majority in Scotland to the cost of Labour and we end up with the Tories. IMO our government (UK) has hardly ever represented our vote.
History lesson over. I want independence for that reason, we get what we vote for. 5 million people vote SNP, we're run by a Tory govt. The last thing Scotland wants is Tories but we'll end up with them by default for years and years.
Overwhelmingly vote SNP, get Indyref2, hopefully the right result and then we control our own destiny. What party Scotland votes for, we will get.
Thats my sole purpose for Independence.
One that happens there will be a reset up here.
Then it opens up the political system to the Labour/Greens/Libs etc.