''There is more support in England for Scotland leaving the United Kingdom than there is north of the border, according to a poll for The Mail on Sunday.
Scots do not want the English to meddle in whether they end their 300-year union with England, but English voters are much keener to have a say in the matter.
And the main worry of Scots appears to be that cutting their ties with England and Wales will leave them with less cash.''
The comments on the Daily Mail website show that there is strong sentiment on the part of some English people that the union is a lopsided one; England has no parliament of its own, while the Scots, Northern Irish, and Welsh have. The Scots also benefit in matters of tuition and prescriptions.
To me, this looks a little like the situation of White Americans vis-à-vis minorities. They can 'celebrate' their own heritage and fly their flags, while we cannot. Or they get privileges -- such as affirmative action -- which belong only to them.
Would it not be great if in our country, we held a referendum on keeping our (coerced) union together?
I support the same idea for the UK. What good is a union in which the partners are unequally yoked, and in which a majority no longer wish to continue?
