Let me enlighten you re that post SCO. There were some good points made but I found the tone of it was not the best. The insinuation of English oppression is a misnomer up here in Scotland. There is an implication that kinda conveys a message that lotsa English people are being targeted or similar and it happens a lot up here!! That is absolute garbage and these kinda general insinuations couldn't be further from the truth! I object to this kinda shit being uttered by people who don't live up here and have never sampled the pluralist society and pragmatic governance that is self-evident and taken for granted. We don't go around beating up English people or others on a daily basis and thank god for that as that would be a horrible society to live in.
It is the implied stuff I object to!! The main theme of Scottish angst is relative to the crass politics that we are observing at Westminster and Scottish MPs are at the forefront of a battle against unionist politicians who effectively don't like the SNP or nationalists and yet Scotland is classified as an "equal partner", one of four countries within the Union. As hibeejim commented - Scotland, get back in your box but keep giving us your oil eh and btw we won't set up a Scottish Oil fund either!! Our MPs are "our voice" and they are being shat on by mostly English politicians and most Scots are aware of that fact. Devongone opined some perfectly reasonable thoughts on this issue but I didn't like the tone of some of it because I am Scottish and hold strong views on the way forward to a better future away from Westminster altogether - just an opinion! I regard the Scottish government, a progressive govt, to be far superior to a shambles of a current British govt that is so divisive and "full of vipers" plus propped up by a group of devils called the DUP!! Our Scot governance is practised under very difficult fiscal constraints but it is not perfect and I could raise a few criticisms against my government but such criticism applies to all governments worldwide with a view to "listening and trying to improve things". The Scottish govt should be empowered up to a devomax level - a "do minimum" that was a UK vow in 2014 but not followed through in 2015 - a lie! That won't happen because of successive British governments who have this obsession to retain power and withhold it from the devolved countries of which they generally have no interest!! It's a paradox and a disgrace!!
It is the implied stuff I object to!! The main theme of Scottish angst is relative to the crass politics that we are observing at Westminster and Scottish MPs are at the forefront of a battle against unionist politicians who effectively don't like the SNP or nationalists and yet Scotland is classified as an "equal partner", one of four countries within the Union. As hibeejim commented - Scotland, get back in your box but keep giving us your oil eh and btw we won't set up a Scottish Oil fund either!! Our MPs are "our voice" and they are being shat on by mostly English politicians and most Scots are aware of that fact. Devongone opined some perfectly reasonable thoughts on this issue but I didn't like the tone of some of it because I am Scottish and hold strong views on the way forward to a better future away from Westminster altogether - just an opinion! I regard the Scottish government, a progressive govt, to be far superior to a shambles of a current British govt that is so divisive and "full of vipers" plus propped up by a group of devils called the DUP!! Our Scot governance is practised under very difficult fiscal constraints but it is not perfect and I could raise a few criticisms against my government but such criticism applies to all governments worldwide with a view to "listening and trying to improve things". The Scottish govt should be empowered up to a devomax level - a "do minimum" that was a UK vow in 2014 but not followed through in 2015 - a lie! That won't happen because of successive British governments who have this obsession to retain power and withhold it from the devolved countries of which they generally have no interest!! It's a paradox and a disgrace!!