Wrong. We voted on English regions. The first vote was in the area that most strongly supported regional assemblies, and the voters resoundingly rejected it.
I also point out that when adjusted for size, Scotland's financial services sector is actually larger than the UK's. Edinburgh is actually a bigger financial centre relative to Scotland's economic size than London is compared to the Uk economy. I also point out that Alex Salmond in 2007 wrote in the Times
"We would adopt a light-touch regulation scheme suitable for the Scottish financial sector and banks, famous for their probity. We would reject the gold-plated regulatory approach of Westminster"
This is complete tosh and I suspect you know it is. Every nationalist will claim that their version of nationalism is pure and benign and nicer than the nationalists next door.
There are without doubt English natipnalist racists. There are also without doubt Scottish nationalists who are racists and simply hate England via centuries old grudges. English natinalism has concerns about immigration. That doesn;t make you a racist. England has a much higher population density than Scotland, it also has much higher levels of immigration even when you allow for England's greater size. England has born the heaviest of the cuts. It is no wonder that concern about immigration has become an issue.
London is one of the most cosmopolitan countries in the world.
Moreover, the most recent Social Attitude Survey just released, showed a sharp rise in euro-scepticism in Scotland: 67% of respondents either wanted Scotland to leave the EU or to have Eu powers "substanially reduced".
And remember, this is Scotland where the euro and schengen have no happened. Had scotland been in the euro and been subject to Herr Schauble's fiscal regime, or had scotland bene subjected to Angela Merkel's armtwisting everyone into accepting mandatory migrant quotas, what then?
Yes, a majority of those who voted in Scotland voted tostay in the EU. But the turnout was actually lower than the overall UK. How many Scots voted to remain in the EU encouraged by the SNP saying "if we vote remain and leave wins we willgo for independence again"? Are you saying there was no tactical voting?
Alex Salmond stated on his radio show that after independence Scotland might not even apply to join the EU? He has read the reports too and also knows Scotland owuld fail the admission requirements. Or if it did join it would have to accept the euro (at least in principle and would likely face alot of pressure to join in actuality), and Schengen. But the voters are hostile to both.
Sadiq Kan said nothing of the sort. What he actually said was
" nationalism can be as divisive as bigotry and racism"
He did not say Scottish natinalists were bigots or racists - although undoubtedly some of them are (and indeed, some unionists in scotland are as well). He just said nationalism can be as divisive as racism or bigotry. They might not be the same, but they can both cause the same problem.
Natually nationalism is divisive.It seeks to separate "us" from "them". Scottish Nationalism is no different to any other nationalism.
It paints itself as holding the moral high ground.
It compares neighbours unfavourably with itself.
It fuels a sense of injustice, of being taken advantage of, being bullied
It seeks to blame every problem on "the other". The SNP blaming Westminster for everything is no different to Trump blaming Mexicans and Chinese.
It paints utopian fantasies where every problem is solved once "free of the other".
Can you be pro-immigration and racist? Of course you can. It's absurd to say otherwise. If you looked hard enough you'd find Scottish Nationalists who would welcome French or German immigrants into Scotland but who hate the English.
It's the same everywhere.