Dee ihe ọzọ maka paragraf a - Ebe ọ bụ na ezinụlọ nna Mitchell nke a mụrụ na Merseyside sitere na Scotland na nne ya bụ Welsh, Mitchell na-ewere onwe ya dị ka onye Britain kama ịbụ onye Bekee. 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 bụ otu n'ime mmadụ narị abụọ bụ ndị bịanyere aka n'akwụkwọ ozi e degaara "The Guardian" na-ekwupụta na ha nwere olile anya na Scotland ga-eme ntuliaka ka ọ bụrụ akụkụ nke United Kingdom na ntuliaka nke ọnwa Septemba n'okwu ahụ.
Ọ dị mma. 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".