Scottish independence ? is it ta-tartan to the Union?

Go now ... Jeremy Clarkson

ON an emotional level, I don't want to see Scotland leave the Union.

It would be as sad as waving goodbye to a much loved, if slightly violent, family pet.

Scotland has contributed more to the world over the years than any other country on earth.

Roads. Television. Mackintoshes. The telephone. Penicillin.

Everything even remotely important was invented there.

And 75 per cent of every single person who's served with the SAS has been Scottish.

It was even founded by a Scot.

I've therefore been honoured to have Mr McTavish and Mr McNoo not just as friends but as fellow countrymen.

SNP chief ... Alex Salmond

I can't even understand the Scottish argument about a London government being out of touch with local issues.

Because let's be honest, Mr Blair was Scottish.

Mr Brown was Scottish and while the current PM claims to be English, the name Cameron isn't exactly up there with Smith and Patel, is it?

Still, if the Scottish people want to break away, then I shall stand on Hadrian's Wall with a teary handkerchief, and say "Good riddance to the lot of you, and take your stupid bagpipes with you".

This is the problem. Emotionally, we don't want Scotland to go but secretly, deep down, I think every English taxpayer would be rather glad if they did.

Mr Salmond can mangle as many figures as he likes but the simple fact of the matter is this: Without help from south of the border, Scotland will be living on a diet of voles in weeks.

And if he keeps banging on about oil, we will simply re-route the pipelines into Hull.

What's more, if Scotland does get in a financial muddle, and it will ? they can't even build a parliament for less than ?400 million ? don't come crying to us.

IT'S no surprise that some Scots want to get the hell out of the UK, seeing the way the country is right now.

And there will always be chippy Little Englanders south of the border whining about how we'd be better off without them.

They complain that we English bung the Scots enormous wedges of dosh every year so they can feast on their deep-fried sheep pies.

But Scotland has brought a lot of money into the UK through North Sea oil revenues ? more than enough to cover the pie subsidy.

The real point, though, is we are the same people, the English and the Scots. I bet every one of you reading this has a Scottish auntie or great grandmother.

And everyone north of the border has Sassenach blood in his veins, even if it's diluted with whisky and Irn-Bru.

We've intermingled for too long to be anything other than the same people ? and the majority of Scots know this.

Money maker ... North Sea oil

That's why if there was a referendum tomorrow the vote would be against separation from the UK.

The Scottish National Party know this only too well, which is why they want a referendum later ? hoping something might turn up to swing the vote.

Scots blood ... David Cameron

A few years ago the trend was for countries to break up and the constituent parts to go it alone.

The Scots looked across the water and saw how well the Irish were doing and thought, 'We'll have some of that'.

But the credit crunch put a stop to that: The small countries are now terribly vulnerable.

Anyway, do you want to have to change your Pound sterling for bags of oats every time you cross the border? It's a ludicrous idea.

The truth is that the biggest cultural gap in Britain is between London and the rest of the country, not between England and Scotland.

Together, we're stronger and happier no matter how, from time to time, it might seem as if they hate us.

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/4049414/Scottish-independence-is-it-ta-tartan-to-the-Union.html

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