You make some interesting points, particularly about the culture war and the split within the people. It was always going to bring out the xenophobes as they n

You make some interesting points, particularly about the culture war and the split within the people. It was always going to bring out the xenophobes as they now had a somewhat legit platform for their views. It's something I see up here in Scotland around the independence debate: It's a "them and us" thing. Although the SNP would never come out and say it themselves, they are happily stoking the anti-English fires knowing that people will vote (or not) based solely on that. Pisses me off to be honest since it means we can't get an actual debate going about the massive issues that independence will cause... it's basically all about "Fk the English" and that's all people see.