Originally Posted by
Wolfshade
The similiarities are superficial at best.
The interconnectivity of Scotland and the rest of the UK is from a finacial point of view is almost seamless.
Whereas UK and Europe is very different.
Scotland has the same currency as the UK
The UK does not have the same currency as Europe
All tax raised in Scotland are added toegether and divided (unequally) across the whole UK
All tax raised in the UK is not given to a central EU pot.
The UK is a whoel complete country made up (a bit like the trinity) of individual parts
The EU is not a whole complete country, it is an alliance, with perhaps grand aspirations to be a United Nations of Europe with a pariliamnet, currency, flag, etc.
The association of Scotland to the UK dates back what 1603 with James VI/I? Even before then freedom of movements between peoples a common language (yes various Scottish dialects/languages do exist, but not to the same prevelance)
The association of the UK to the EU was at the Mastrich treaty which most of us were alive for.
We are one peoples, we have a shared history, a shared culture a shared mythology in a way that no other country manages. France & Germany were once united under Charlamagne and yet how dispirate are those two peoples. Belgium, 1 country 2 peoples the Frnech and the Dutch.
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Can you point to where I said it was?