Fair point, but there's two sides to the argument.
If people are obsessed with 'the English' that's unhealthy.
If Scots are more politicised than their neighbours that's commendable. The Union debate here is light years ahead of that in England where the London Evening Standard and The Sun are about as sophisticated as it gets.
Al, without meaning to cause offence, I suspect that as a newcomer you are just scratching the surface of a previously unknown topic. When Scotland occupies a third of the British land area but we are continually dismissed as irrelevant by so-called 'national' institutions such as the BBC, and effectively treated as a county, people do start to notice. Ignorance of Scotland in England, especially the South-East, is appalling.....
Slow down there. I never started, nor would want to start an English/Scottish argument. And me being new on here means naff all to me.
Since I moved to Scotland 2 years ago, I have listened to, understood, and agreed to your point about the media in general (not just the BBC).
However, I believe that the English do not give relocated Scots the same amount of ?banter? that I get at work. I give as good as I get, don't get me wrong, but it would not be an issue down south.
As to your point, and I quote ?The Union debate here is light years ahead of that in England where the London Evening Standard and The Sun are about as sophisticated as it gets.? How much of England read the London Evening Standard, most Londoners think its ****,and its not available elsewhere, and as for the Sun I can only assume you are joking.
The English know you are there, they love your country, and they do not have a problem with your people.
Its the French, Mancs and Welsh we hate. :021: