Who do you think said this? "The English are potentially very aggressive, very violent. We have used this propensity to violence to subjugate Ireland, Wales and Scotland. Then we used it in Europe and with our empire, so I think what you have within the UK is three small nations...who've been over the centuries under the cosh of the English." That was then UK Home Secretary Jack Straw. And you say the union is our friend, is that why they bribed those who voted for union so they could be our friends? The union is English colonialism pure and simply, Scotland, Wales and N Ireland are colonies of England. Is it any wonder we call you quislings? Were they our friends when they lied to us for 30 years about the value of oil so that we didn't leave and take it all with us? The union is a means by which Westminster expropriates wealth from Scotland, Wales and N Ireland and to a lesser extent the north of England. Thats all it is, thats all it was ever meant to be.