Politics - Scottish independence
Earlier this year (2019), near the end of April, I met up in Glasgow with an old girlfriend (let's call her JT in case she wishes not to be identified in dispatches). We had been together for about fifteen years but had split up over twenty years ago. It was good to see JT again, although a couple of hours over a curry hardly provided sufficient time to do more than discuss all our changes in a very superficial way (we had kept in touch, if not often, by email and Christmas and birthday cards but had only met up once since then, not long after our split). It was clear, however, that JT was disappointed in my support of Scottish independence and my voting to leave the EU (but we'll leave that latter topic for another time). When we were together, JT was aware of my support for Scottish independence - and seemed neither for nor against. JT is English born (Newcastle upon Tyne) but, as said, didn't seem to object to my views on Scottish home rule. Later in our relationship she