Agree, I didn't have high expectations for Starmer and he's falling short of them. Just wish we'd been given a chance to see a Corbyn government.

Thanks for your 2c. I have scottish family who would agree with all of that. It's an interesting one for me, because progressive change in the intact UK and a prosperous progressive independent Scotland are both just hypotheticals, and I've seen either side call the other naive for believing them respectively.

For me what keeps me pro-union is that I believe the outcome for rUK matters too, despite living in Scotland and planning to try to stay post indy. If the chance of progressive change in the UK seems remote now it would be surely vanishing without Scotland.

I note your answer didn't acknowledge the existence of rightwing nationalism in Scotland or any impact it might have. I hope (but doubt) it indeed doesn't need mentioning.

Really interesting to see PR as a key motivator for you and one other commenter below. The AV referendum defeat was probably the most disappointing democratic event of my life, even worse than brexit or tory GE wins. I also see the system as the root of the problem.

I can't agree that revolution is the only possibility for change. The Corbyn platform included lords reform and they were seriously contending a GE. Totally agree with your diagnosis of the problem with Westminster though.