Why did the Scots fight the English?
Sometimes referred to as the Wars of Scottish Independence they were fought between the years of 1296 – 1346. With 13 potential rivals for the throne and fearing civil war, the Guardians of Scotland (leading men of the time) invited King Edward I of England to select the new ruler.
What is the relationship between England and Scotland?
By inheritance in 1603, James VI of Scotland became king of England and Ireland, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms. Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain.
What is anti-English sentiment like in Scotland?
Anti-English sentiment is one of several prejudices all too prevalent in Scotland. Picture: Getty/iStockphoto Patriotism and its sibling, nationalism, can be everything from entirely benign, like the supporters at the Winter Olympics, to deadly on a global scale as in two world wars.
Are Scottish people “US” or “them”?
When referring to Scottish people, it is common for the class in which I grew up to talk about “them” rather than “us”. They are Scottish. We are British. Scotland’s aristocracy appears from the outside to be English – and to be the most loudly anti-Scots of the English tribe.
What is Scotland’s ‘shame’?
“Scotland’s Shame” may have been first used about the apparently uncompleted National Monument of Scotland on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill in the 19th century, but in 1999 the composer \ James MacMillan used the term in a reportedly “electrifying” speech to describe the scourge of sectarianism. And it stuck.
Are there any stereotypes about Scottish comedians?
For a start, there certainly are comedian stereotypes: Scots are pictured as heroin-using deep fat fryers, bedecked in a set of bizarre traditions of which we are sentimentally proud. We are Rab C Nesbits who dream of being Braveheart. As Stewart Lee astutely implies there is no female form.