I concur with Jim's comments re that inaccurate perception of the SNP. Of course there are factions within the movement who are hard line on the anti Scotland agenda in the Tory media and consistently in the British govt but don't bother with this all embracing anti-English nonsense. I've read this shit and seen it all before and as Jim says - there is no evidence to substantiate that insinuation and I'll qualify that by giving Scottish Nationalism another more accurate title: civic nationalism! To compare the SNP with a scumbag RW party called UKIP is ridiculous and ill informed with no true knowledge of the SNP and the broader independence movement which dilute the elements of that hard line faction I previously mentioned almost into obscurity but certain people, media and conniving politicians wanna make a "bigger deal" out of this issue than it really is! Deja vu!! Also the SNP is transparent in stipulating in its political manifesto that its ultimate aim is independence for Scotland!!!!! Scots are still voting it in to govern Scotland and indeed why not and that trend won't change any time soon!!
Lastly re free tuition fees in Scotland, the main theme for EU students is that Scotland is a welcoming country and now extending that guarantee to 2020. English, Welsh and NI students fall "under a different ed umbrella" initiated by the UK govt who "changed course" on tuition (remember that shameless slime ball, Nick Clegg, et al!) and of course they were never gonna allow a deluge of prospective freebie students from south of the border to potentially swamp the uni student enrolment process. There had to be a practical deterrent and a reference to there being a difference in policy and provision by two very different practising governments!! I will also comment that the Scottish govt is by no means perfect but we have by far a better govt up here and I judge that on the fact that my government is a progressive govt that is operating under very challenging fiscal demands that have been that way since 2010. It is not easy but please study your own govt's performances in the areas that you mention and you'll discover the figures are a lot worse in the likes of the NHS and Social Welfare etc!! It is not as "black and white" as you intimate!!! Enough said!!
Lastly re free tuition fees in Scotland, the main theme for EU students is that Scotland is a welcoming country and now extending that guarantee to 2020. English, Welsh and NI students fall "under a different ed umbrella" initiated by the UK govt who "changed course" on tuition (remember that shameless slime ball, Nick Clegg, et al!) and of course they were never gonna allow a deluge of prospective freebie students from south of the border to potentially swamp the uni student enrolment process. There had to be a practical deterrent and a reference to there being a difference in policy and provision by two very different practising governments!! I will also comment that the Scottish govt is by no means perfect but we have by far a better govt up here and I judge that on the fact that my government is a progressive govt that is operating under very challenging fiscal demands that have been that way since 2010. It is not easy but please study your own govt's performances in the areas that you mention and you'll discover the figures are a lot worse in the likes of the NHS and Social Welfare etc!! It is not as "black and white" as you intimate!!! Enough said!!