Exactly! Good to see someone knows their history. I don’t understand the seemingly overwhelming “No” sentiment here at FR. If one is a true conservative and knows the politics involved, then England, without the currently liberal Scottish vote, will never elect a labor party to party.
Also the Scotland/England act of Union was rather forced on Scotland largely because of the failure of the economy after the Darien Scheme nearly bankrupted all of the nobility. It was negotiated and agreed to from a position of extreme weakness on the part of the Scots.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been to Scotland. I’ve gotten the impression that it’s become more or less a dependency, with a very large percentage of the populace on the dole or otherwise wards of state in one capacity or another. That’s surprising, given the historical independent streak of Scots in general, but it is a very small population with little in the way of wealth generation outside of North Sea oil. If Scotland can stand on it’s own, it would be a boon for fiscal conservatives in England, is my read on the matter. But, only if Scotland can stand on it’s own, and that appears to be questionable. I’d love to see an independent, self-supporting Scotland, but maybe all of them self-selected and left for more productive countries? The reputation and the modern reality couldn’t be further apart.
And whose fault was the weakness?. Scotland’s.
And its a Union we Scots have done very well out of. We’d have never attained the heights of the last 307 yrs alone. Being part of the UK made Scotland stronger.