Was it worth it

Subject: Was it worth it.

Listening to a committee meeting with parliamentarians questioning the equivalent Scottish Minister tasked with negotiating Brexit as it effects Scotland one has to ask, what is the intrinsic difference between the two countries.
Scotland wants to remain inside the EU and is aghast at the Referendum poll to leave.
It sees nothing but dreadful economic failure when we leave and derides the politicians from the House of Commons for having led us into this impasse.
I suppose in many ways the Scots feel and have felt, since the days of Bony Prince Charles, a deeply felt antagonism towards the English. We in the English counties have forgotten the slights which lay deep down in nationalism and the pride you gain from recognising your place amongst your ain folk. To often the English are reminded that they are a bastardised community coming from all corners of the world.

This island, small as it is has been pretty unique in settling its disagreements and uniting the separate nations as a whole but the Battle of Bannockburn still rings with pride amongst the Scots, propelling the Scots into the North of England and parts of Ireland. The subsequent weight of English arms and the attendant lack of further blood letting brought a respectful peace which, until this day has meant the Scot's play a more than meaningful role as members of parliament in Westminster. They have promoted themselves into all senior roles of government, including Prime minister and are a very strongly established across the nations Civic Establishment. Leaders in both industry and science, they influence so much of our United Kingdom and yet they still differentiate themselves from us.

Of course locality and dialect bind common opinion and the call from the SNP resonates in the hearts of ordinary Scots who feel disenfranchised by a governance so far away, living in its own bubble. The fact that the decision makers in Westminster are often Scot's themselves seems to carry little weight.
It's hard to see Scotland as presently constituted with its main market in England being an  economically viable nation and yet it describes Brexit perfectly, and our own economic frailty when we lose ease of access to such a huge market as Europe.
Hubris and confidence make us do strange things. An overzealous opinion of ones strengths, and an unwillingness to accept ones weakness, often leads to a bloody nose and the only hopes is that, as the bruises heal, we continue to think it was all worth it.