Is England a mental backwater as it tends to live in the past?
There is no true answer to this question as “England” is neither mentally a backwater nor is Scotland so elite that it should consider England so. We have many problems here that we have not solved. It would be lovely to think of England as a backwater (as a Scot’s person) and gain a high ground morally, ethically, or sensibly but it would be a fake atoll. It would simply be a lie to ease our worries about our terrible education record, The rising number of Addicts, the dreadful housing situation, and a bundle of other things.
