Personally, yes. I would rather have a Government which is willing, able and proven to have the balls to stand up to and go against the wishes of the White House rather than one which blindly nods in agreement with whoever is running the show over the Pond. Whether or not you agree with the Lockerbie decision, it has to be said that the Scottish Government made the decision based on their own judgement and didn't let the emotional or political will of any other country come in to consideration. That alone is admirable and refreshing in UK politics.
Releasing that mass-murderer (who, it should carefully be noted, was tried, convicted and sentenced in a Scottish court) was the the most vile thing that the 'Scottish government' (that sits in what Billy Connolly has called "that wee parliamentie thingie") has done. ('edi local', if the age on your profile is correct then you wouldn't yet have been able to read the news when all those people were murdered.) If "... stand up to and go against the wishes of the White House..." is justification in your eyes for supporting a major aviation terrorist, then you really, really need to wake up and get to understand the folly of your distorted views of the world. UK politics does not have a good record for dealing with aviation terrorists (going right back to Leila Khaled, now that is way before your time, isn't it 'edi local'?) right up to this appalling act of stupidity and misjudgement (or is it collusion?) by the 'Scottish government'.
It appears from several of the posts that the big winners out of APD changes north of the border will be BA and VS who will be able to cash in a bit more from their connections through LHR and LGW, both of course non-Scottish based businesses. With the way that so many businesses are starting to make their opinions heard, it wouldn't surprise me at all to find that the likes of Loganair and BMIR are making contingency plans for a transfer of HQ south of the border. Of course, that other regional airline with a large presence in Scotland, Eastern Airways, has always had their HQ south of the border so they can clearly show the advantages. That would leave the mighty Scotland with a bit of GA and that's about it in the fixed wing world. 'Loose-wing' wise, Bristows are south of the border (Redhill) as are Bond (Gloucester) so there could also be not a lot left. No matter, they can transfer all those skills wasted on aviation to building more 'wind-farm' follies to litter their once beautiful countryside.