Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ebe ọ bụ na ezinụlọ nna Mitchell nke a mụrụ na Merseyside si Scotland, nne ya abụrụkwa onye Wales, Mitchell weere onwe ya dị ka onye Britain kama ịbụ onye England. Ọ nyochara usoro ọmụmụ ya na ihe omume nke ihe omume telivishọn "Who Do You Think You Are?", na-achọpụta njikọ ya na ndị ọkà mmụta Gaelic John Forbes na Alexander Robert Forbes. N'abalị asaa n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 2014, Mitchell so n'otu narị mmadụ abụọ bụ ndị bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ ozi e degaara akwụkwọ akụkọ "The Guardian" na-ekwu na ha nwere olileanya na mba Scotland ga-eme ntuliaka ka ha nọgide bụrụ akụkụ nke United Kingdom n'ọnwa Septemba.
referendum banyere okwu ahụ. Nkenke nke Mitchell na akwụkwọ ozi a na-esochi nke May 2011 "The Observer" kọlụm, nke ọ kwubiri na "Ọ bụrụ na Scotland na-aga n'onwe ya... ndị Britain ga-efunahụ mba ha".