Thanks for articulating the unease I’ve had about the tactic, and the divisiveness it fosters. That can only be negative whatever the vote in September.
I’ll just float the flipside. English born people living & working in Scotland who (to me) have stated they’ll up and leave if Scotland votes yes. Implicit in that attitude is the view that Scotland is jolly nice when run from WM (they hold the purse strings) but not if run by the people who live here. Seems pretty colonial…
I haven’t heard that kind of view from any of the Irish, Polish, Slovak, Swedish, French or Canadian people I know who live here. The opposite, in fact.
What you articulated is closely linked to the “SNP anti-English” racism peddled by many in the No campaign.
I’ve been active in the Yes side for over a year, and have never heard a single anti-English sentiment expressed. Anti-WM all the time of course, with particular venom directed at the Scottish MPs, Lords etc who are pro Union.