There are also significant differences between the UK and Europe, currency, what side of the road we drive on, plug type for electrical sockets etc.
Of course here in Scotland our rather inept Government is always trying to make out how much more we have in common with Europe than the rest of the UK, which is nonsense of course. It is just their way of trying to highlight differences rather than similarities in order to push through another referendum that the majority of Scottish people do not want anyway.
I saw during the Brexit election vote total that Scotland voted overwhelmingly against Brexit but because of its relatively small population in comparison to England it did not matter, Brexit won. Now it seems, according to the news, that the present Premier of the SNP ( Scottish Nationalist Party ) believes she can win another referendum on the matter. I read that those who voted for Brexit were mostly angry at the micro-management they felt Brussels, ie the European Union, was shoving down their throats with petty rules and regulations. As an old WW2 veteran said in a youtube video I saw, " we didn't fight the Germans just so they could dominate us later ". Whether this is real or not, that seemed like a perception many had. From what I understand, many Scots resent a perceived dominance by England on their lives. Would Scots then be happy if the Germans, French or that nebulous term, " Europeans " , dominate their lives ? Also, Scotland receives a huge amount of transfer payments from London, do Scots believe the English would continue to give them welfare after they break up the United Kingdom ? I find it all so interesting.
Here in the United States there are some ridiculous secessionist movement like Calexit but unlike Canada or Britain, you can't legally vote for it. The American Civil War ended three arguments forever, or as long as there is a United States. The first one was the evil of slavery which was the foundational cause of the conflict. No sane person can say otherwise. But there were two other important causes. Does State law supersede Federal law ? No. The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land and no State law can override it. Do States have the right to secede ? No. There is nothing in The Constitution which allows for such a thing. When South Carolina and ten other Southern states seceded starting in April 12, 1861, they believed that the States should do whatever they want and the Federal government should butt out. They were willing to fight for such an argument. The Civil War killed the equivalent of 8 million Americans, in todays population, and the South lost. That is why secessionist movements don't go far. Are they willing to fight ? After all, Abraham Lincoln is considered the greatest President by many because he saved the union. He did it by turning Atlanta, Savanah, Richmond and many other Southern cities into wastelands and in the State of Georgia they still talk of General Sherman's march to the sea.
So, my question to you Salem is, do the majority of Scots believe that separation from England would benefit them or is this some romantic idea of nationalism ? I personally believe Scotland would be greatly hurt but people are not always rational.