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I Am Ashamed of the UK
I never quite understood the Scottish chip on the shoulder insecurity. As an outside observer, it seems to me that there is an inherent respect of the Scottish people deep in the hearts of the English, Welsh and Northern Irish, although they won't admit to it. During the times they weren't killing each other , the Scots have always been part of the backbone that kept England strong and focused. Scottish military units are revered throughout the Commonwealth. It was always puzzling to me that the Scotland that could produce so many focused and responsible people who built the infrastructure of engineering, finance and education in North America and even in England itself, could also produce the violent idiots of Kinross, Glasgow, and Aberdeen. Of course Scotland is better off as part of the UK, but so too is the UK with Scotland part of it. So much of the ongoing fight is about ego and imagined cultural pride when the reality is that Scotland makes the UK what it is and Scotland has a much better quality of life as part of the UK. The Europeans are not going to respect or cherish Scotland's inherent qualities and the assumption that being part of the EU will make it any more important than an emasculated Luxembourg is delusional. Scotland has clout as part of the UK and is a somebody. UK laws take Scottish interests into consideration. EU laws never did. Scotland already has control over its economy, and much of its internal operations. Once it goes its own way, it will be a nation on par with any other low value nation going cap in hand for handouts and selling its future to anyone with some cash on hand. As for Hamza, Sturgeon et al, they should have spent their time on building Scotland's infrastructure and economy, rather than selling a false dream. Scottish youth should not have to leave Scotland for opportunities. That should have been their priority. More investment in manufacturing, new job skills and education should be the focus. -
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I did not mention anything about Scotland's traditions, I only mentioned "...we English..." which you took an exception to and then rambled on about DNA, etc. You are calling a comment that does not exist silly, therefor your comment is silly and ignorant. The Scots have a completely different history to that of England, as have the Germans to the French, all they share is a border as is the case with Scotland and England. If you look at my original comment it had to do with finance in that we are subsidizing Scotland and that is it, I never mentioned anything else, except many of them hate us which is true, the reverse of that is not true though. We just find many of them annoying and funny for example when they refer to the Mel Gibson movie "Braveheart" and think the Hollywood version of history is real history and not just the imagination of the screenwriter. -
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what a silly thing to say! So ignorant - the Scots are not????? -
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Unless a person is stupid every English person would expect to find a mix of genes from Scandinavia, ancient English, Anglo-Saxon, Germany, and Normandy who even though they are from the northern part of France are Scandinavian hence the name Normans (Norse Men) who conquered that part of France. But being English is not only about genetics, it is also about culture and traditions going back six thousand years. You could apply your comment to any country, especially people who are from Both continents of North and South America. So according to your logic, no person in the world can call themselves any nationality it seems.- 1
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I love it when peopole happily think they are "english" - they will get a nasty shock when they get a DNA test.- 1
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