Is there Anti-English sentiment in Scotland?

Is there a anti-english sentiment is Scotland?

Considering the way Farage was treated and told to 'go back to England'

Of course there is!

The green eyed monster rears its ugly head.

Actually, Yes vote % is increasing and with still just under 500 days to go, looks good - especially the week that's just past, what with the Denis Healey interview and Marageret Curran's subsequent admission about lying about the oil, the Labour party disbanding from the Better Together movement, in-fighting within the tories about EU and Mr Farage's fail in Edinburgh.

Also, when you think of the folks who support Better Together such as the Orange order, BNP, Ukip and the shady donors involved etc..

Yes, because we're always complaining about how England 'gets too much money' and has free higher education...

Oh wait...

And yet there is still a clear and evident jealously.

Which lies and mis truths would those be? Prey tell?

Is there?

Do elaborate...

It's evident

Direct me to this evidence then...

Speak to any Scot and you will hear a twang of jealousy in their voice.

And that's not just the accent.

Are you trying to parody an absolute nutcase or does is it just your natural default? Because if you believe that sort of nonsense, you are not only a fool, you're entirely irrational.

As far as I can see, that's rubbish. Oil projections and outturns were always a matter of public record, and outturn was well within projected margins: indeed, if anything, we overestimated the level of oil production rather than underestimated.

Denis Healey was the worst chancellor in the post-war period. He makes Gordon Brown look like a shining beacon of fiscal prudence. Why we should even pay this man any attention at all, never mind when the facts are against him, is beyond me.

Links to the facts?

Ignoring your conflict of interests, what does Denis Healey stand to gain from lying? He was there at the time so don't take any offence when I value his judgement far greater than yours.

regardless, from what I understand about that part in history, the Labour government in charge at the time were absolutely in the ****ter and needed to borrow money from the IMF. In addition, they were facing the possibility of Scotland breaking away and taking the revenue from the oil sector with them. Are you honestly telling me the government would't concoct lies (like scare stories about oil reserves/prices etc.. similar to what we are seeing from Better Together) to prevent the latter from happening? Politicians have lied on numerous occasions as of late...

Anti-Englisness in Scotland is "rife", has been rising since devolution and has been fanned by SNP policies. And that some mythical L&B police report backed this all up.

That's only two sentences and I can count 4 lies/mis-truths.

Cool story.

By the way, I'm still waiting for a reply...


So where are the facts?

I've never said i was rife. Best not to quote Maths Tutor as a reliable source. I've merely highlighted that it is on the increase. (The expected result of nationalism) As backed up by numerous reports in the media in Dec 2012.


And the Mythical Lothian and Borders report was from here.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglophobia
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/antienglish-taunts-drive-family-over-the-border-1071347.html

Have you even read that wiki page. There is nothing about a L&B police report. There is a 2005 report from The University of Glasgow and one comment from a L&B race relations officer.

The 2005 study directly contradicts what you are saying (that anti-Englishness is increasing). You have zero evidence that the SNP are directly or indirectly responsible for an increase that demonstratably does not even exist.

All this has already been pointed out to you.

Arguments that involve where you were born (Which you don't choose, by the way); and the state of the country you may have no choice but to reside in, are stupid.


Anyway, I'm hoping to move to Edinburgh in a few years time, so I do hope there aren't many anti-English feelings, as I am definitely not trying to cause trouble by being from another country.

You'll like Edinburgh.