Originally Posted by jfman

England isn’t some benign, philanthropist entity. It’s essentially been a cancer on the world since the days of Empire, extracting wealth from every nation it rules over. Waging war against some of those it doesn’t.

It makes choices (as does Brussels) that favour some parts of the country over others. Essentially Britain is governed to suit the financial sector, consultants and other industries. It’s governed to maintain high asset values to give some sense of security given the levels of household debt.

There’s macroeconomic levers not available to Scotland (or Wales, or any English region) that essentially prioritise the interests of some parts of the country over others. Just as the UK and Southern Europe view the EU as acting in the interests of Paris and Berlin.