If you somehow pull off getting independance, please dont fuck it up or the rest of us will never get a chance.
Believe me, I've been wishing I had a time machine for ages so I could go to Ireland, Iceland, Greece and any other small country that's had financial problems lately and tell them they'll be used as examples against the independence of small nations for years to come. I mean, obviously I'd do the stuff everyone else does like subdue Hitler and Stalin, save JFK, have a chat with Buddha, Muhammad and Jesus etc, that's just one particular thing I'd like to do.
I mentioned trust only because that's my defacto stance towards all major political parties. On that note, idealism? I recall something about 16 ye year old's getting the vote as a preliminary to the independence push. I wouldn't have thought so.
I think the SNP are more idealistic than Labour, the Lib Dems or the Conservatives in that they are pursuing more radical policies like an independent Scotland, no tuition fees, no prescription charges, no toll booths, opposing privatisation of the NHS. They also carry themselves in a far more... well, optimistic way than the other parties. There's always talk of Scotland doing exciting things like being the Saudi Arabia of renewable energy or a "beacon of progressivism" and all sorts of stuff. Labour generally talk of a "strong Scotland in a United Kingdom" (whatever that means) and say we should start paying tuition fees again and spending that money on colleges.
Labour in Scotland on the other hand have called for a "review" (i.e. removal) of most of these benefits because we, allegedly, live in a "something for nothing culture". At least, according to the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Johann Lamont. The Liberal Democrats are now a middle-of-the-road party with no identity to speak of besides criticising the SNP, riding in the Tory party's unholy sidecar. I won't even go into the Conservatives, though their idealism with respect to Britishness is comparable to that of Labour.
Indeed, 16 year olds have been given the vote for the independence vote. I think that was very reasonable, given that they can join the army, pay tax, leave home, all sorts. They'll also live in an independent Scotland longer than than the rest of us, besides children. I think they should also be able to drink in pubs and drive, but that's another story.