Mr Brown goes to Washington
Posted by ewancrawford on March 5, 2009
This pieceby Stryker McGuire in The Independent is brilliant.
The stuff about how the Oscars etc are covered in the UK is spot on.
In some ways the demeaning relationship between British politicians and the US is mirrored by the Scottish cringe in relation to the UK.
Scottish achievement or failure it seems can rarely be celebrated or derided on its own merit – it’s how we are viewed or measure up to the rest of the UK that is presented as the most important thing.
Where does that lack of self-confidence come from?
