Curious how we’re viewed across the water these days. Obviously our lot did a wee bit of terrorism over there a while back, but sure it’s all Semtex under the bridge now 👀
I like the English. Nicest people I’ve ever met, in fact. Obviously excluding Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and similar moonfruits, but we’ve plenty of similar dick-knuckles over here, can’t be helped. But yeah, great people and a gorgeous country. Ireland gets a lot of press for its scenery, but I don’t think it compares to some parts of England. For one, we don’t have any giant drawings of fellas with massive willies on our hillsides! Certainly none that are protected by World Heritage Sites. We have the Giant’s Causeway, a place so fascinating and amazing that I’ve never bothered my arse to go there in 40-odd years of life even though it’s only a 30-minute drive from where I live 😴
If you hate us and want rid of us, I couldn’t agree more. I hate us too. So don’t worry about hurting my feelings, have at it!
Scot here whose primary personal contact with NI is through a couple of visits, being around a whole bunch of Northern Irish people while I lived in Glasgow, and my sister’s boyfriend being Northern Irish. I certainly don’t hate you at all, and I’d like to see more of your part of the world
The Gaels that shaped what would eventually become Scotland came over here from your part of the island of Ireland too, so I’ve got your bit to thank for a fair chunk of my own culture. You also gave us Gary Moore, who is quite a substantial reason for me picking up guitar!
The Troubles were pretty horrid, obviously, but I was too young to be properly aware of them while they were happening. I also don’t think that they’re entirely a uniquely Northern Irish issue, they just happened to flare most severely there; the Orange Marches of Glasgow are basically the exact same thing limited to protests instead of civil war. I appreciate the Good Friday Agreement as a rare example of a pretty successful diplomatic compromise to handle that sort of thing
Whether you decide to stay with the UK or not - and I do firmly believe that that ought to be up to you and not any of the rest of us in the UK - you’ll still be our neighbours