That's very true. Almost every one of my friends and family in Scotland work in some part of the public sector - NHS, education, local government etc. I'm unus

That's very true. Almost every one of my friends and family in Scotland work in some part of the public sector - NHS, education, local government etc. I'm unusual in being self-employed/private sector. Scotland has become a socialist country almost by stealth - a combination of government investment/bribery (Labour wanting to ensure a healthy majority north of the border, to keep the nationalist vote down) and death of traditional industries. In Edinburgh you might see more jobs in the financial, media and other sectors, but that is not the case for much of Scotland.