Curious

[Nieve]

Why do the Scottish dislike the English. ?

[dannyk13]

They don't, apart from a few eg Nicola Sturgeon.

[anneasquith]

Danny. How do you know NS dislikes the English ?

[douglas9401]

They don't. They may dislike some people living in that green and pleasant land though.

[emmie]

they don't by and large

[mushroom25]

// Why do the Scottish dislike the English? //

Dunbar (1296), Flodden (1513), Dunbar (again)(1650), Cullodden (1745), not to mention Glencoe (1692) and any number of smaller skirmishes. To Scotland, England are the "auld enemy"......

[maggiebee]

I certainly don't dislike the English. What I do dislike is being ruled by Westmonster.

[maggiebee]

Meant to add that the BBC also treat the Scots with disdain. On every news bulletin today they stated that the Scottish schools have returned. Well, they haven't - certainly in my home town, the second week of the holidays have just begun.

[davebro]

I don't think they do. On a personal level I have Scottish friends and have always enjoyed good hospitality on visits north. However they DO vote in numbers for an anti-English party. Maybe for the wrong reasons.

[Neveracrossword]

Your question is a little flawed. Some Scots dislike the English. Some English dislike the Scots.

[Prudie]

See I think the BBC absolutely pander to the Scots, I listen to R4 weather broadcast every morning and it is more than 50% about Scotland's weather followed by about 20% of Northern Ireland and then the same for Wales. London etc may then get a look in but my area of Southern England never gets a mention unless it's going to e something phenomenal. It's the same every day.

[Bobbisox1]

I had never noticed it till I came on here, I have friends that lived here and moved back to Scotland about 12 yrs ago ( Wishaw) we are still in touch, same as a couple I met in Lanzarote 20 years ago from Leven, we send each other Christmas cards yet if I bumped into them in the street now, I wouldn't have a clue who they were :0)

[LadyCG]

I was sat in a lovely taverna in Cyprus back in 2003. A Scottish chap on the next table decided to strike up a conversation with me.

"I hate the English" was his opening line, before asking if I'd ever seen the film Robert The Bruce.

"I'm sure they hold you in equally high regard" was my reply.

[burlyshirley]

I have a very dear friend who married a Scottish boy. He hates the English and wants independence badly. He seems to forget that he married an English girl all those years ago ! I tolerate him because I have been friends with with her for many, many years.

[gingejbee]

Before slagging off the BBC, maggiebee @14.35 may wish to aquaint herself with the BBC's actual reporting of the school return situation...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-56705206

[Nieve]

Yes, I have a friend of a friend who lives in Scotland, she is on my FB page and constantly moans about the English. Desperately wants her independence, constantly takes the p...s out of Boris and didn’t even make any reference to Prince Phillips passing.
I know it’s her choice, but I have to bite my tongue.

[Bobbisox1]

My friends in Wishaw , he’s like that Nieve,she doesn’t get involved, he managed to get himself barred from our local pub with his bigotry

[pastafreak]

My late, ex inlaws, lived in Scotland for 11-12 years. A small village near loch Lomand and the Trossachs park. In the time they were there they ran the village taxi service, their home was a B+B, and they restored a crumbling cottage on their land that was said to be connected with Rob Roy. They gave the cottage to the village historical society when they decided to return down south. They knew and got on with everyone, I don't think they ever experienced any anti English sentiments.

[Bobbisox1]

It was here that I saw it when my friends lived and worked here Pasta, I went there to visit when they moved back due to their jobs,for all there was no animosity shown we could only go in certain pubs on the small high street and more jokingly she told me whatever you say , don’t say what school you went to or if you do put a St I front of it, we just laughed and went in :0)))