In large parts of Scotland we have the same type of sectarianism that we see in Northern Ireland.Again this disease has been nurtured by politicians of all persuasions to serve their own purposes.
I have no doubt that Scotland would be an Independent nation today if the politicians had not used sectarianism.    A large number of Scots ,equate Nationalism with Irish Republicanism,with all the "Rome rules" connotations.
Politcal survival involves the use of every dirty trick in the book,mainly to cause divisions NOT to unite...Divide and conquer is the maxim....Ake