Scottish Independence

I mus give a talk to the local historical society in September about the inter-relation between English and Scottish history. What I see is that events in one country influenced what happened in the other. The best example is the way in which James VI became James I of Britain,
but there are many other examples. In fact, central Scotland has always had more in common with northern England's coal mines and shipyards, than with the Highlands. The romantics who believe in a kind of Walter Scott myth would disagree but Bonnie Prince Charlie and Scott's hero, Alan Breck Stewart, had no wish to free Scotland, what they wanted was to have Charlie's father on the throne in Westminster and unite the two kingdoms, under him. I'll get round to the Act of Union another time.

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