@Scottish might want to review your agree as I made a huge edit lol
Dont disagree at all with what you said, I think you have it spot on
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I think the UK will collapse sooner or later and Ireland will unite.
This is what I want actually (though I wouldn't say 'collapse') but it's not going to be soon. Irish unification could happen in the next decade, but Scottish independence is a generation away at least by the looks of things now.
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Can't believe religion still plays such a big part in people's lives. Damn, we're dumb.
Honestly I don't think it really does. I think the catholic part
@JuveJay was referring to is more like a broad brush to describe Irish republicans. The same divide exists in Scotland (most prominently in Glasgow) and honestly none of these cunts go to church anymore. It's an identity, a shared heritage rather than a current religious practice.
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The problem is far too many people vote with "I feel British" or "I feel Scottish" and not with their head. I'm confident there are deep routed attitudes of anti english/British/monarchy which drive the push for independence for a lot of people, whether they want to admit it or not. I don't think it is ever a great idea to vote for such significant things on hatred orthe heart.
Personally I don't really feel my identity is really British or Scottish or have any strong religious feeling. But I think an independent Scotland would be a disaster and I am incredibly grateful that the majority of Scots voted against it.
The way the country has been run for the last 15 years or so and the difficulties of just transitioning out of the EU, nevermind our closest partner, back that up for me.
Always glad to read your opinions on this topic (or anything, really tbh).
Agree that a lot of people vote on the side of their team. Sometimes literally, sometimes in the sense you mean. I feel like romanticised ideas of history are a huge part of our culture though and I'm not sure you could ever remove that from how most of us think.
The divorce from rUK would definitely be more complicated than Brexit has been, and though I'd like to think not, I think there would be as much bad-faith negotiation with Scotland leaving rUK as there has been with Brexit. I don't think we'd ever get an indy vote if the path into the EU wasn't laid out clearly. It's a huge sticking point.
IMO these referenda should have two votes. The first being an "In principle do you think X?" and then once the deal is negotiated, ironed out and all but signed it's put back to the electorate and the question then becomes "Now we know that this is the reality, do you want it or nah?". Indy's negotiation would have fallen into the same traps as Brexit, and I fear it would happen even with that hindsight. Also people would be more likely to vote for it in principle if they got a chance to patch it once they know the reality.
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I'm pretty sure you are in the minority and MOST Scots are just Scots without any English/Welsh/Irish in them.
Your view on it is hugely oversimplified. Why not ask the Scottish people on this forum instead of presenting your own inventions as facts? Me and Boksic or Red and Bozi if they ever come back.
There's been all sorts of mixing. For millenia. Most of us have at least an English or Irish granny. Three of my grandparents had Irish surnames, and one granny was born in London.