The headline above will undoubtedly lose me some "friends" on social media, but in truth, the fact remains that the "United" Kingdom which is no more united than is having, joint membership to the Orange Order and the Ancient Order of Hibernian !
These two "Orders" are as diametrically opposite as it is physically possible to be !
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Then there was the "United Kingdom" which with the advent of Brexit is now more "Untied" than "United".
Post Brexit
Notwithstanding the inbuilt desire in Scotland for some form of self governance, this removal from the E.U. via England's majority for Brexit this was metaphorically speaking the "cat among the pigeons".
The referendum for Brexit in Scotland was a substantial vote of 62-38% in favour of remaining, whereas the overall UK figure was 51.9-48.1% for leaving. The disparity could hardly be more stark and the end result has been an unprecedented rise in support for Independence.
There were a couple of areas in Scotland for which the rise in support did not reflect the nationwide movement. Predominantly the North East of Scotland in which the fishing industries dominate. This was to prove a false dawn as they found out that Boris Johnson's word was not his bond!
Who'd have thought that Trawler Skippers could be such gullible twerps ?
Boris "selling" the Peterhead Fishing Industry a "Sprat" for a mackerel. The fact remains that the loss of EU markets has dealt the Fishing Industry, if not a mortal blow, then a wound that will fester for a long time to come.
with the marriage of Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, Duke of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha.
The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha as a British dynasty was short-lived.
It encompassed the reign of King Edward VII, who reigned for nine years
at the beginning of the modern age in the early years of the twentieth century,
and the first seven years of his son, King George V,
who replaced the German-sounding title with that of Windsor in 1917
during the First World War.
From the outset let me make clear that E II R or Queen Elizabeth
the second of England should be in fact Queen Elizabeth the first of Scotland,
she has at all times remained above and aloof from, Westminster Politics.
Cameron in 2014 springs to mind.
However the same cannot be said for her eldest son Charles, whose infamous
"Black Spider Letters" show that he most assuredly does not keep
himself and his opinion out of the political arena.
Now it transpires that William and his wife Kate too, seem to be
being sucked into the morass of British politics.
In the case of Scotland, they publicly view the country as some
sort of tartan holiday arena where according to William they feel an
affinity with the people!
Personally I feel this is patronising baloney since the idea
that they (William & Kate) had to scrape by using food banks and
on a financial pittance like so many across the British Isles is risible.
The University of St Andrews is the only real connection both of them
have with the Scots and of course their free issue titles
"The Earl and Countess of Strathearn" and William is of course
"Lord High Commissioner for the Church of Scotland".
High Commissioner of an institution which is haemorrhaging participants
quicker than Boris Johnson does sexual partners is hardly inspiring in
terms of becoming the Monarch of a Dis-United Kingdom.
The future of the former UK will be decided by the future voting public,
and if the youth have anything to do with it, then the idea of a
non tax paying monarchy for whom wealth is an essential part of the
pantomime is according to statistics is a non-runner.
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