I think some people are underestimating the scale of move:
Comparing it to WD to Swanwick move:
I know loads of people who commute from southampton area to london area. the opposite direction is even easier. For those with working partners you could have moved into the middle and each continued in your jobs
Glasgow is further from manchester than Manchester is from London. It is north of Moscow and closer to the latitude of St Petersburg than London. Hell, the SNP want to ally more closely with Iceland and Norway than London
me, me, me, me said
people grumble about the same government
Increasingly that is not true with devolution. So far Westminster may have been less popular but that will change I am sure. Who knows how far devolution will go?
You can make yourself unpopular (or worse) by cheering for England up there.
That is a whole different ball game to the WD-Swanwick move