Independence for Scotland

Scotland has been talking about this for several years. They are so tiny that I don't see how they could be a country by themselves. Surprisingly, they are Euro liberals nowadays.

 

Huh, Scotland has been banging on about that for centuries.....almost as crazy as New Caledonia wanting independence from France.....so they can join the other Pacific Ocean Island cot cases....

 

Exhibit A: Luxembourg. Population: 514,862. Land area: 2,586 sq km. Economy:

Scotland will do quite nicely as an independent nation.

 

Scotland has been seeking its independence from England for several centuries.

A couple of reasons why it hasn't always been too successful in maintaining its independence from the English down through the years are:

(1) It's a very isolated land compared to that of England;

(2) The clans that tended to dominate the political scene in times past didn't always see eye-to-eye on several issues, most especially the best way to actually achieve political independence from England;

(3) Many of the clan's chief leaders were lured into siding with wealthy English nobles into actually opposing any kind of real independence from England;

(4) The few times that the Scots were able to wrest any really meaningful independence from the English were few and far between;

(5) Sometimes the person who held the tenuous title of "King of Scotland" also held the title King of England. Probably the most well-known of these men was King James VI of Scotland, who, in replaced the Tudor Dynasty of English royalty with the Stuart Dynasty with the death of English Queen Elizabeth I in 1603. This was the King James who lent his name to the "King James Bible" which first appeared in its entirety in 1611.