You see i would have sympathised with your views if Rangers had done well in Cl, thereby raising the profile of Scottish league.
Celtic did very well last season but thats only 1 season and to me thats not enough for Scotland to get an automatic spot
You mention Epl, Leeds reached the semis of Cl and semis of Uefa,Arsenal got to the final of Uefa and have reached the second stage of Cl on several occasions, Liverpool have won Uefa cup, and reached quater stage of Cl. first time of asking bearing in mind they won ec 4 times, Chelsea have won the ecwc and qualified for quater final of Cl
In Germany Dortmund, Kaiserslaurtern and Bayern have all won their leagues while dortmund have been thereabouts for 4 seasons now, Dortmund have won the Cl, been runner up in Uefa a few times, Bayern have won the uefa ancl lately
In Spain there are a number of teams that can win thier league and they are Barcelona, Valencia, Real madrid, Celta Vigo, Deportivo and they are the dominant league in Europe
My point is that while i do wholeheartedly aggree that Celtic should play a qualifier whether they win their league or not, i do disagree that Gala and Kiev shouldn't be automatic qualifiers as their recent European record is good