It isn't one country though sririam, Scotland, England and Wales are different countries with distinct cultures even if under the umbrella of the UK government.
My feeling is if the majority of Scots want independence from Westminster they should have it but so far there hasn't been such a majority; there may be in near future because of Brexit, the majority of Scots voted to remain.
I don't know about Wales, we have someone on here living Wales who would know better than me how the Welshfeel. I remember when I was yuong hearing a lot of talk about Plaid Cymru, nationalism etc. but not heard much of that recently.
Thanks for link NS.
Wot Robbie said.
The UK is called a country - it isn't; it's a union of nations. In three cases that union was carried out through military conquest and political skulduggery.
Were it a voluntary union, and a complete merging of cultures, laws, etc, there would be fewer issues.
In Scotland's case, only the political structure changed.
Accordihng to the `1707 Act of union (Don't start me on how that was created), the Scots and English parliaments were to dissolve and create an entirley new structure in an 'equal and incorporating union'.
What happened was that the juggernaut of Westminster blithely ignored the act as soon as it was passed, and continued as the English Parliament with bits added on.
Scottish legal, educational and cultural, as well as religious life was not merged into the UK - thus creating rallying points of opposition which have, over the centuries, kept the flame of national identity alive.
