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Originally Posted by MGR1
@Oberon: I quite agree - I'm 1/4 English, 1/4 Shetlander and 1/2 Scottish Mainland with relatives at literally both ends of the country (not that I've any intention of setting foot in Pompey just now - might not be safe.....) and consider myself both Scottish and British co-equally.
As for Culloden, if anyone actually looked at the history instead of the jingoism, they'll see that it was actually Scots vs English and Scots. 1745 was a civil war of sorts!
Whats got my thought processes going is that my cousins in Portsmouth didn't have a clue who Alec Salmond was when he appeared on telly (though they do now) and had very little interest in what happened up north.
That and various comments I've heard and seen make me wonder if England's really all that bothered?
Mike.  |
I imagine as we get nearer September the media will bring up the referendum more and more so people down south will get more acustomed to seeing Alec giving it his all. I think though that if Scotland really did vote in favour that it would shock most people, although many of them would probably think it's a seperate country anyway but that's the Celebrity Big Brother generation for you.
Certainly though aside from the odd snippet in the news, usually when Alec has put forward a new claim that Scotland will be better independent, the pending referendum doesn't take up much time in the southern media, although I expect that to change as the year goes on.
It was rather a mess back then, wasn't it? Between that and the Highland Clearances later on, it's understandable why many Scots hold a grudge against Westminster, and there's certainly more than enough evidence to point out a North-South divide in the country.
It's quite funny though, really, because I did a bit of digging into my ancestry last year, and found that even on the English side of the family, the 'Clack's originated from Scotland back in the 1700s (probably originally from Clackmannanshire) so all roads lead to the north it would seem.
