Oh, right, blame everything on the Wicked English. It's time to grow up, take personal responsibility, and move beyond that sad, self-destructive attitude. It's particularly common among those whose ancestors left the Motherland long, long ago, and who prefer old wives' tales to objective history; but unfortunately is also used as an all-purpose excuse for personal failure by a good few who still live there. Scotland is a great nation; it doesn't need imaginary enemies to give it a sense of purpose.