[0762]

0762, there are English people, well at least one that I know of, that has lived in Scotland for longer than your example, who was told to get back to England at the time of the independence vote.
Anyway, if this thread has become all about your independence, I'm out of it. Good luck to you but I have things to worry about in England.

Thanks for the good luck message Amelia. The main point that was being made was how poisoned many parts of England have become as a result of Brexit and lets remove the anti-Scottish element totally from the debate - I thought it was an anecdote worth mentioning but it is a small part of the "bigger picture" of the toxic nature of what is going on in England against various groups of people due to Brexit and the poisonous narrative from fascist morons in the Brexit Party govt. My target is 100% the fascists in Westminster and what they are getting away with!! Lets be clear about that and indeed I am repeating that fact from many, many threads ago!! Also good luck re dealing with your concerns because I sympathise greatly with the millions n millions of decent English people who are gonna be stuck with this fascist govt with no fall back position whatsoever and can only "live in forlorn hope" that the "land of milk and honey" will arrive in all regions of England incl Yorks.

I'd like to comment on 0762's addition to his original post #257.

Thankfully on all my visits to various parts of England, I have never come across any negativity towards the Scots as encountered by your nephew. I have met English people on holidays abroad and have been welcomed as a friend and acquaintance on every occasion. Long may it continue.

When I lived in England Ritchie, albeit on the south coast and in the 90s I encountered some of it. Mostly condescending, ignorant, pish but occasionally it crossed into violence on an evening out. I always took care to bland my accent out when I was in pubs etc.

That said I never had any problems living in Birmingham,london or Liverpool. The people were absolutely great there. The best thing about England is the English people - its Westminster I can't stand.

You mention Liverpool and I must say the pre-election mood in the city centred on vilifying the population in the likes of Bootle - residents who many people perceived as treacherously voting for Johnson - Johnson is well known for making unsavoury remarks against the people of Liverpool - relative to the Hillsborough tragedy. Most of the populace still remember this shit and despise him with a passion. There's also a historical strong Scottish influence in Liverpool as well as Manchester. I regard that unsavoury anecdote from Swindon as a random "snapshot" and got me thinking about the likes of Corby if some moron tried to pull the same stunt in a Corby pub - Corby is the mini-Scotland of England and lotsa them are staunch Scottish more than many Scots up here but they speak with English accents. The reason I know this is the fact that lotsa them followed Scotland with the Tartan Army and it was quite an eyeopener to meet many of them and finding out where they came from - offspring from the Corby steel industry all these decades n decades ago!