https://www.thenational.scot/news/23497399.majority-scots-think-monarchy-mostly-english-thing/

11 comments
  1. Mostly a German thing, not even anything very English about it. The aristocratic classes in Europe have been trans-national for hundreds of years, marrying each other and not necessarily having a connection to the cultures of the places they rule over.

  2. Ironic how the union of crowns was basically Scotland taking the English throne since the English throne didn’t have an hier

  3. The problem is that not all republicans are nationalists and not all nationalists are republicans. So you can’t really campaign on both issue together.

  4. What would be the alternative after independence, other than being a republic? This is not a rhetorical question. Like bringing in a new dynasty as monarchs?

  5. Idea that Scotland would become independent but still retain the House of Windsor as their monarchs feels bizarre to me.

  6. I really hope the Scots get to rejoin the EU if they want to, in part because that would likely cause a chain reaction that would lead to a unified Ireland

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