Re: Young Scots are strongest supporters of the Union
There is a reason behind the growth of English nationalism, until 1997 Britain was a nation, since then devolution has been granted to Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland, Scotland having its own parliament giving it legistive powers in governance of education, health, transport, law, and much more, the same goes for Wales and its welsh assembly.
England on the other hand has nothing, no assembly and no parliament, politically England does not exist, and the British government intentionally denies any form of English political entity as a distinct nation.
So polices such as education, health etc are enacted by the British government which consists of Scottish welsh and Northern Irish MPs who vote on solely English matters, the English Mps cant vote on solely Scottish , Northern Irish or welsh matters because they have their own parliaments/assemblies for such governance, individuals who are not elected in an English constituency hold positions within the British government that only have jurisdiction in England due to devolution in the other UK nations.
The UK government intends to turn England into regions and govern it using regional assemblies which would render England as a country geographically extinct.
Then you have got the barnet formula which basically gives the people of Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland more money per capita then those in England, bearing in mind that this is English money being spent.
Life saving cancer drugs are provided in Scotland but not in England, English people are literally dying because to proved the drug in England would not be cost affective.
Student tuition fees voted in favor by Scottish MPs for English students, but not Scottish ones, even English students studying in Scotland have to pay additional costs, more so then even foreign students.
Free residential care for Scottish old folk, English old folks have to sell there homes to receive it.
Recently nurses in Scotland got a certain percent pay rise but for some reason not in England.
Free prescriptions in Wales, the English who nip over to get their prescriptions are branded health tourists by the welsh assembly first minister.
Now the British government consists of a predominantly Scottish contingent, basically all the top jobs are headed be Scots, nothing wrong with this, if the UK was in fact that, but a united kingdom, it is not obviously.
On top of all this constitutional and political injustice you have got the problems with the effects of multiculturalism.
The UK government in England is not called the Scottish Raj for nothing.
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