Summary

Adam Ramsay starts his article “This should be Scotland’s rewilding election” with a personal story about his former job as a tour guide on a boat. 

Ramsay talks about how he would point out different animals to tourists while the captain navigated the boat through dangerous waters. Ramsay learned from watching the captain that sometimes keeping a boat steady requires accelerating hard and fighting against the current instead of letting the waves control the course. He then likens this to the political situation in Scotland, where the Scottish National Party has attempted to steer Scotland in a slow and steady manner, which is not enough to fight against the natural destruction Scotland is experiencing. 

Ramsay explains that Scotland has a history of being seen as a place with beautiful landscapes and nature that tourists come to enjoy. However, he says that Scottish people are taught to be p...