It was 300 years ago that the 'parcel of rogues' signed us over to the English. A contentious statement but true. I imagine that if Scotland didn't have as many resources then the Union would have ended long ago and perhaps, considering the current feeling perhaps the Union is soon to end.
There is debate on both sides and, more infuriatingly, mud slinging. The English call us scroungers (must have seen the ridiculous amount spent on benefits and anyway we get a lot less than the Northern Irish and nothing is said about them), we call them bullies. It is an antagonistic relationship that does not hold when one person speaks to another and we cease to see them as English/Scottish and start to see them as individuals.
I think England would benefit from our Independence in gaining back their own culture as a separate state. Yet, having heard all my years about the "Queen of England," and the use of England when it should be Britain, they hopefully could try and understand the frustration of being denied a voice. Even if we moan, we are good at it. Both countries have good and bad points in their psyche.
Would a split make us respect each other more? We would need to wait and see. There are a lot of English living in Scotland, we must be doing something right.
Oh and there was no party to celebrate the Union, but there was a new £2 coin. There is a moral in there somewhere.
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If there is a split, it'll be interesting to see what happens to the military in Scotland - particularly the navy bases and test sites. I would lay odds on that being the main reason the establishment really doesn't want the split - strategically, Scotland is pretty important by all accounts.
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