In 2013 I moved to Scotland after making a television programme about Bonnie Prince Charlie. I had fallen in love with the programme’s director, a Scot, and then with the country. But while I was always drawn to the historical ideal of Scottish independence, I voted “no” in the 2014 referendum. When Better Together promised us stability, and that the only way to remain in the EU was to remain in the Union, I believed them. Head won over heart.

What a mistake. According to new polling by the think tank Progress Scotland, I’m among the key group of “no” voters from 2014 who, because of their Remain vote in 2016, would — might — now support Scottish independence. The shock of Brexit has forced