Roddy is literally on an island: made up of England, Scotland and Wales. The fact that he lives in Scotland: in a sense, this makes his milieu more "insular" than that of the majority (the English) on this island.
Probably I'm taking it too literally. I seem to recall having read that Roddy has friends in the Hebrides, which are about as remote as you can get while still being in the UK.
What he means by "when it happens", or "the reason we've been left here"--I can't guess. You'd probably have to ask him.
Roddy is literally on an island: made up of England, Scotland and Wales. The fact that he lives in Scotland: in a sense, this makes his milieu more "insular" than that of the majority (the English) on this island.
Probably I'm taking it too literally. I seem to recall having read that Roddy has friends in the Hebrides, which are about as remote as you can get while still being in the UK.
What he means by "when it happens", or "the reason we've been left here"--I can't guess. You'd probably have to ask him.