[EwanToo]

What complete nonsense.

While banter between Scotland and England as countries has been going on for centuries, the idea that all (or even most) Scottish people would be happy to see an individual tormented just because he's English is, well, that's just you being a bigot.

[mibbitier]

or you being overly sensitive.

[EwanToo]

Perhaps, I generally ignore most rubbish like that which is written online, there's too much of it to pay much attention to.

[epo]

Not nonsense at all. Anti-English racism is rife in Scotland, all too vocal, all too public, except of course when they're asking for English handouts.

[Tyrannosaurs]

> except of course when they're asking for English handouts

Ah, the myth of the English handout, somewhere between massively unclear and nonsense.

Yes some of Scotland's current spending is subsidised by oil revenue which won't last for ever but when that money was flowing south during the 80s I don't recall the English complaining about it as unsustainable. The UK treasury would of course question that those revenues are entirely Scottish though I'm not clear on what grounds other than political expediency.

Stephanie Flanders of the BBC on the subject: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16477990 (also makes the point that taking oil out of the equation Scotland's subsidy isn't massively out of line with many parts of England).

The FT: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/252e0d4a-f294-11db-a454-000b5df106...

And the New Statesman: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/11/scotl...

In ten years time will Scotland need a subsidy? Possibly. Does it get one now? No.