Morag

Do we become more patriotic once we become expats? I certainly have, without a doubt! On that note, it’s been a difficult and frustrating time for us Scots recently, making me appreciate the miles between us here in Bahrain.

It started with sport, when we lost badly to the auld enemy during the Six Nations rugby contest. England thumped us 61 – 21.

We were playing without our steadfast captain Greg Laidlaw who was still nursing an ankle injury incurred against France. After just two minutes Fraser Brown was put in the bin, followed by Stuart Hogg who went down with a head injury. It wasn’t a great start.

I must say England played brilliantly, although the defeat accompanied by Sing Low, Sweet Chariot reverberating around Twickenham, was hard for any Scot to take.

Next, back in bonny Scotland, Wee Jimmy Krankie has demanded a second referendum on Scottish Independence.

What happened to the ‘once in a generation’ opportunity, and the pledge from Scotland’s former First Minister Alex Salmond to not bring back another referendum if Scots chose to remain in the UK?

I’d like to know when Nicola Sturgeon is actually going to start doing the job she is meant to be doing instead of continuing to throw her dummy out of the pram!
Meanwhile, in Bahrain …