The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #149513   Message #3479925
Posted By: GUEST,Allan Conn
15-Feb-13 - 07:03 AM
Thread Name: BS: Scotland does not exist
Subject: RE: BS: Scotland does not exist
"Glad to see how wonderful every Scottish person is regarding not taking heed of race, place of birth or religion. I must visit Scotland some time. Tell me, where is this Scotland? Can I get to it via sectarian Glasgow?"

Again there is no point in comparing Scotland to Surrey. There are not comparable as the Scottish people in general see themselves as a nation whereas as far as I know the people of Surrey do not. They see themselves as a part of England! If you can't grasp that difference then any debate is heading for difficulty. As to your point above where did I say that every Scottish person is wonderful and non-bigoted etc. Please don't put words in my mouth and then ask me to defend them. What I was talking about was the SNP as a party. They are more pro-European than other parties and they are more pro-immigration than other parties. Their policy is that on independence everyone legally living in Scotland will be offered citizenship regardless of religion, race or place of birth - and if they decline that citizenship it would not affect their right to live in Scotland. They are mainstream, Scotland's govt, and simply can't be compared to more shady insular nationalist parties like the BNP.