When he can’t avoid mentioning the ‘E’ word, he does it with a wince or an audible gulp of distaste. And yet the man’s the prime minister of England in most of what his government does, as the majority of legislation and policy his government comes out with relates to no other part of the UK other than England. And yet he’s not elected by any English constituent and isn’t accountable to England. The only way he can pretend to represent England is by assimilating it lock, stock and barrel to a homogeneous ‘Britain’ of which Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland are somehow both a part and apart: having the privilege to define a separate identity that is denied to England.

The guy would rather England did not exist and was simply ‘Britain’. But he doesn’t apply the same standards to his own country, to which he should jolly well return (putting it nicely); because we’ve certainly never chosen him to be the PM of ours.

When he starts wimbledon he is Scottish… When he is winning a game he is British… When he is losing a game or does a negative move he is Scottish… When he does a good move he is British… When he progress through the ranks he is British… When he gets put out he is Scottish.

In my opinoun this is worse than Gordon Brown simply adressing all his constituents! They are all potential voters and they are all equal, they are all British! You wanting him to refer to England is your ignorance.

Who gives a crap?

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And as for the national / cultural identity of the Orcadians and Shetlanders, I’m not sure what they themselves would say. Why aren’t they asked in a referendum whether they’d like to become the ‘Dubai of the North’ (hey, I ought to copyright that, that’s rather catchy!). But no, such a referendum might set a dangerous precedent – foolish of me to forget that: got to protect the integrity of Scotland (correction, the Union) at all costs, haven’t we?

“The Barnett Formula may arguably be a form of compensation for the theft of Scottish North Sea Oil, which if controlled by Scotland would bring in much more money than she is currently given by the UK government. This is one of many reasons that the Union is not fair on Scotland and only serves to hold her back from being the properous nation that she should be. Norway is currently the most prosperous country in the world and there is no reason Scotland can not follow in Norways footsteps.”

Theft of north sea oil? So when will the Shetlanders and Orcadians get THEIR oil back seeing as it is theirs and not scotlands?
It is funny that you mention Norway. Norway is the country you hypocritical scots stole the Orkneys off.
What about the shetlands? Go to this link for a conversation about Shetland independence. It’s hilarious because it’s run by an English (Essex) man. What is really funny about it is the fact that his surname is Stuart!
http://www.shetlandconversation.com/

Whilst i’m on the subject maybe Mr Mclaren should read about the English settlement of Orkney and Shetland. I am sure he’ll enjoy reading about that.
http://www.birlinn.co.uk/book/details/Early-English-Settlement-of-Orkney-and-Shetland–The-9781904607755/
http://john-donald.birlinn.co.uk/articles/details/41/

Originally inhabited by neolithic tribes and then by the Picts, Orkney was invaded and finally annexed by Norway in 875 and settled by the Norse. It was subsequently re-annexed to the Scottish Crown in 1472, following the failed payment of a dowry agreement. The people on Orkney are not scottish.

Just as an aside here is a link to a list of areas with the highest amounts of “uk” so-called welfare ghettos. All but one are in England. This has happened because of scottish extortion via the criminally inclined ex-chancellor, i.e. Gordon Brown the scotsman.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/560367/revealed-britains-welfare-ghettos.thtml

I am not surprised scots claim that scotland is richer than England. You stole, and continue to steal, our money! Really though, you scots need to stop being hypocrites. Give the Shetlands and Orkneys their self determination. It is only right. Really, if you scots are going to waffle on about Berwick then you need to do the right thing by Shetland and Orkney. I wonder what the Norse in the shetlands and Orkneys would do with all that oil and gas? Get rich I guess.

In response to your question concerning the previous comment made by me the answer is YES – absolutely. Whether or not an independent Scotland was to become a republic after independence would be the subject of a referendum in line with Scottish constitutional law which is that sovereignty rests with the people (Popular Sovereignty). The SNP deliberately does not have a policy on this issue as the aim is to achieve independence.