May day holiday

[Neil]

Originally Posted by steeljack

in some of the other European States

Less of the European States rubbish, Hyndburn is in England.

Originally Posted by panther

tell ya im british

I am English. If I fill in a form and you can only tick British I will tick other and write English.

[SPUGGIE J]

Originally Posted by bullseyebarb

I believe it was 300 years ago today that the Kingdom of Great Britain, made up of the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, came into being.

Something to ponder in these days of devolution.

The Scottish parliament was dissolved by the last Scottish monarch on 28th April 1707. By the terms of the Act of Union England and Scotland became, in sense, one country. Anne became the first Queen of Great Britain with the succession going over to the House of Hanover on her death - exactly what the English wanted. There was full economic union, the Scots were granted 45 seats in the House of Commons and 16 peers in the upper house. This was not a fair reflection of the population difference between the two countries or on the contribution toward the now combined revenue. There was a compensation of £398,085 10 s (English value) for agreeing to share responsibility for England's national debt. The money was intended to compensate those who had lost out? due to the Act, but it was little more than a bribe paid.

The only benificiaries from this were a few Scottish Lords. Scots say that they were bought to create the Union and not defeated in battle. It is Ironic that it was Scotlands urge to have colinies in the Americas that help force this on the nation as it was almost bankrupt.

[Tealeaf]

Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

. It is Ironic that it was Scotlands urge to have colinies in the Americas that help force this on the nation as it was almost bankrupt.

It was bankrupt. Scotland was a complete and utter economic basket case, the 17th/18th century equivalent of Zimbabwe. The only reason that Scotland entered a union with England was so that the English could bail them out; we have been doing that every year for the last three hundred.

The sooner Scotland withdraws from the Union, the better. I am sick to the teeth of having to see English money go north of the border in order to see the ungrateful tartan mob do nothing but whinge, whine and waste our coin. Let 'em have their independance; within a year or two they will have reverted to what they once where - fit for nowt, other than distilling whisky and rustling cattle.

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by Neil

Less of the European States rubbish, Hyndburn is in England.

I wondered if anyone if anyone would pick-up on that