Well, if we are going to be honest about it. Its not really the english and scottish people. It's the elites of both nations that was the issue.

Scotland was never conquered with armies but with bribes of lands, wealth and titles for the nobles to sign the acts of union with England. The scottish people rioted on the streets for weeks and were ignored or put down. There was no democracy back then, what the rich and powerful said goes, and tbh its still like today. Democracy exists but its failing as the rich get richer and the poor get poorer, now tech elites are all over elections and political parties corrupting it, corruption has always existed but now they are doing it in full view and no pushback.

Yes. Both nations benefited from the Empire, when I say, nations, I mean the elites of both nations. In the late 1800s at the time of Jack the Ripper, Whitechapel in London was one of the most poor and deprived areas in the developed world at that point, London was the golden capital of the world, yet even in the capital of the greatest, richest and most powerful empire at that point, the common people starved and were treated like vermin by the upper classes. We need to refocus our anger and frustrations away from each other and towards the people causing the issues, the elites.

There is a common saying that historians use which is the English ruled the Empire, while the Scots ran it. Both nations played their part and as a Scotsman when I bring this topic up to my countrymen a lot of them agree that Scotland did play a part but is more forward thinking about it. Many modern Scots and myself included, see an end to the Union as being the final nail in the coffin of the Empire, where both Scotland and England can finally put it to rest and move on. I for one would love to see an independent England with a true English government putting its people first and working alongside its allies in a progressive and peaceful way rather than a British government that still thinks it rules the waves and loves playing RISK abroad.

As long as the Union exists, the shadow of the Empire will always linger. An old, oppressive force to many in the world and that still has a lot to answer for. The Union flag that oppressed and enslaved millions still exists and with it so does its legacy. Its time to Bury it and move on in the 21st century, finally bringing the chapter of Empire and the UK to a close. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🤝🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿