I'm glad to hear that support for independence is so low. Our news over here doesn't cover issues like that, and my visits to the Beeb site are few and far between, so I was unaware of any polls on the subject.
I think what I should have said was something like, "Even Scotland is being permitted to vote on severing ties with the United Kingdom - a move which in itself would never have been tolerated to be discussed in Victoria's time, let alone be granted the sanction of the Crown. The very fact that Scotland has its own government now is something that no one would have believed credible even in the early years of the present monarch's reign."
Concerning my claim that flying the flag of St. George is regarded as offensive to some, I'm afraid I read that in one of your countryman's LJs some years ago. I'm also glad to hear that this was not true.
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Date: 2013-07-28 07:49 pm (UTC)I think what I should have said was something like, "Even Scotland is being permitted to vote on severing ties with the United Kingdom - a move which in itself would never have been tolerated to be discussed in Victoria's time, let alone be granted the sanction of the Crown. The very fact that Scotland has its own government now is something that no one would have believed credible even in the early years of the present monarch's reign."
Concerning my claim that flying the flag of St. George is regarded as offensive to some, I'm afraid I read that in one of your countryman's LJs some years ago. I'm also glad to hear that this was not true.