This I doubt, actually: polls north of the border consistently show support for independence somewhere in the 30s percent. (Here's a poll from May. (http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3172/Support-for-Scotland-remaining-part-of-the-UK-increases.aspx)) It certainly could happen, but if it does I think it will be more because of the weakness of the Unionist campaign than any actual overwhelming desire for independence. It's like the one on electoral reform a few years back: there is actually a reasonable appetite for that, but the pro-change camp ran just about the most useless political campaign I've ever seen and were deservedly thrashed.
When simply flying the flag of St George in its own country is frowned upon as insulting to other nationalities
Except that it isn't. Far and away the most unpopular flying of that flag is when the English Defence League do it, and that's just the same as when the BNP wave the Union Jack about. The church in town here, being Church of England, often flies a St George's Cross. Number of complaints, to my knowledge? Zero.
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This I doubt, actually: polls north of the border consistently show support for independence somewhere in the 30s percent. (Here's a poll from May. (http://www.ipsos-mori.com/researchpublications/researcharchive/3172/Support-for-Scotland-remaining-part-of-the-UK-increases.aspx)) It certainly could happen, but if it does I think it will be more because of the weakness of the Unionist campaign than any actual overwhelming desire for independence. It's like the one on electoral reform a few years back: there is actually a reasonable appetite for that, but the pro-change camp ran just about the most useless political campaign I've ever seen and were deservedly thrashed.
When simply flying the flag of St George in its own country is frowned upon as insulting to other nationalities
Except that it isn't. Far and away the most unpopular flying of that flag is when the English Defence League do it, and that's just the same as when the BNP wave the Union Jack about. The church in town here, being Church of England, often flies a St George's Cross. Number of complaints, to my knowledge? Zero.