Re:Scotland to seek second independence referendum
by OJFord on Monday March 13, 2017 @06:50PM
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> Aside: It interests me that you sign yourself as English and call yourself a unionist. I'm British
I don't think that's interesting in the context of this discussion, it's shorter that "I'm British but not from Scotland".
The interesting thing to me is that it's only we English who feel the pressure to identify as 'British', say 'UK', et al. - Scots say so, Unionist or not.
It's a funny outcome after centuries of 'England' being used to refer to the whole union (and even the Empire, I believe) - but it changed some time in the last century or so, and now "you must get it right or you'll offend Scots!" is instilled into us in schools such that we even err on the side of UK.
I don't think that's interesting in the context of this discussion, it's shorter that "I'm British but not from Scotland".
The interesting thing to me is that it's only we English who feel the pressure to identify as 'British', say 'UK', et al. - Scots say so, Unionist or not.
It's a funny outcome after centuries of 'England' being used to refer to the whole union (and even the Empire, I believe) - but it changed some time in the last century or so, and now "you must get it right or you'll offend Scots!" is instilled into us in schools such that we even err on the side of UK.