@ADZ01982 What the fuck are you on scotland was attacking england because they said scotland was theirs before the declaration of arbroath there was fighting for years before the time of wallace and the bruce
I'm from Minnesota in the U.S. and we get small amounts of BBC and CBC shows, both TV and Radio, here in the States. However, what we do manage to see and hear from both nations broadcasting systems is the most balanced and factually imformative media available in the United States. I've heard better stories from the BBC on my home state of Minnesota than from any local news source
@davidguitar13 He's obviously not, Neil Oliver does countless programs and speaks like that consistently through all. That's clearly his real accent and real voice, he simply articulates clearly.
@dousoghost right this is the last reply!he speaks like that on all his programmes but won't in real life this is an american scottish accent bullshit
@davidguitar13 The Scottish accent is hybrid form of hybrid Scandanavian norse and old English. It all comes down to the Old Northumbian Dark age kings.
I have both Scottish and English blood in my veins - my Scottish ancestors were Clan Adam and Clan Cunningham - having said that, my loyalty holds to all the cultures and nations of the British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland ... they are all important to the story of our greater culture and I would not want to be without one of them.
@Rikitocker Well I'm Scottish and id say thats a load of horse manure. If your really scottish (which from the looks of it your not) you would remember the horrible things the English did to us, and how the "greater culture" wasn't so great back then. Do you think if you were hanged drawn and quarted back then because you were Scottish, youd be ok with that because its part of the greater culture? I dont think so lad... and from the looks of it your more English than you are scottish.
@jsnmccrmk - I have ancestry from both cultures, therefore I think I'm probably more objective than you are able to be. That's all ... if you bother to watch the History of Scotland series you will see that it was more often than not the Scots themselves who undermined there own culture and unity and it was a Scot who came up with the idea of Great Britain, not the English.
@jsnmccrmk I think you will find that your Scottish armies went South of the border far more often than the English went north of it. From the time way before Edward Longshanks right upto the 18th century. Scots always like to be the victims and the victors. War and conquest was part of the world back then so stop being so hurt.
@kolearian Because evidently, when we put people in charge, we can advance our standard of living more effectively, but unfortunately, evolution has made us a greedy animal and if you give anything, let alone power, to anyone, he's gonna want more. So you see we'll have to find a point between anarchy and totalitarianism, with varying points of view as to where that point is, and can't really avoid conflict.
born and bred family gos back to the 13th century and still in the same area but not fuckin lords and ladys,real people who for 150yrs build ships till that evil bitch thatcher closed the yards and destroyed my home town.
Most people commenting on these videos are petualnt, xenophobic, children, that know fuck all about history, that judge people that died 700 years ago by the standards we have today, that ignore ANY bloodshed commited by ANY country other than England, that claim to come from an innocent land of peace and love. Read a fucking book about a subject before you go mouthing off on youtube you bunch of brainless, biggoted, racists.
@bobbydylanio I think if you have too many foreigners like the Yanks and Canucks commenting here then your gonna have to expect hostility from the native locals from the country this video is about, if there was a filter to have only those from the said nation to comment, it would be great in a way lol.
I don't believe foreigners have a right to speak on another Mans nation or nationality, as each to his own, but agreed that there are a lot of dumb people out there, particularly on Youtube.
@Calengela - Do you think the 4th generation emigrant and Gaelic speaker, John MacDonnell from Glengarry Ontario has a little more right to comment here than Mohammed Azziz of Glasgow or Marian Xurzinski of Edinburgh ? - Being born in a stable does make you a horse. So let's hear it from the " foreigner" some of them have stronger Scottish roots than the so-called "Scottish" posters .
Ohhhh please! do us (&yourrself) a favour and SHUT THE FUCK UP ! what is wrong with you people? what uneducated stuck-up obsolete hateful shit is that??? the whole world is within a terrible crisis, people around the planet REALLY suffer (england as well as greece aren't exceptions), you have the PRIVILEGE to be watching sth like this and you constitute personifications of sheer arrogance, sexism and racism! you can certainly do better than that! geessssus....
@KeepEuropeWhite Theyy aren't related, they are just attention seekers looking to try and associate with Scotland in anyway they can despite the fact they have no Scottish birth certificate or passport, much like the brainwashed Plastic Paddie Yanks.
@comanchio1976 I hate England for being such a conservative nation. However, I like Scottish and Irish people and history. Very proud people, not like English faggots. Greece was a great civilization but our so called "leaders" - politicians has lead us to what we are now, that is nothing. And I don't give a damn if you hate us. You have ur reasons
@ios4ever You're talking about ignorant stereotypes, not reality. The Scottish and Irish are no more proud...you know nothing. As for 'conservative',we had a left wing gvt for 13yrs before this one.
You cant blame your leaders for the entire state of your country, Greece is a backward shit-hole, with a badly educated population...going by the comments you've made anyway.
@comanchio1976 "God save the Queen" Oh its so romantic... British Monarchy... "Left" wing my ass Ur right I can't and I don't only blame our leaders. Greece may be a backward shit-hole as you say, but it's Greece you English people like to visit for summer vacation. Last but not least, know that England SHOULD RETURN THE PARTHENON MARBLES BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE, that is Greece.
@comanchio1976 People who hate the monarchy are less than 20% of the UK, and almost none of them are anything but socialist scumbags. Remember that Scotland is more pro-Monarchy than England- here in England, we have killed our monarchs, and lived under a Republic. It was Scottish troops who continued to fight against Cromwell's Republic for the crown during the civil wars.
@ozipk The Guardian and other filthly socialist newspapers predicted the golden jubilee would be a failure, yet it was a massive success, with huge numbers of people from all over the Commonwealth coming out to show their support, far exceeding expectations.
The truth is, the miserable little republican socialist pigs are a minority.
@TheLiberalKnight So are you saying that I dont know many people who hate the monarchy?...and what is your source for this alleged 20%?
I dont really get what point you're trying to make, and it seems like you're talking out of your arse, not surprising though, given your "socialist scumbags" comment.
Socialists are not welcome in England. England is an ancient country, we are a capitalist free market country. Socialism is a plague that has come to England very recently. I'm sick of these miserable, anti-patriotic socialists trying to govern England.
@Englanistan Look you english fascist bastard, this is about Scotland's history so why don't you move ur arse and go watch a video about Edward Longshanks? I don't talk to fascists
@ios4ever Yes this is about Scotland, so why the fuck are you here you Gay Greek cunt?, you're from Greece, the home of homosexuality.
I like how you equate wanting to preserve your own as 'facism' and how you completely ignored my question in the previous comment, kind of proves me point, if everybody resisted becoming 'Gay' they would be sexist bastards according to your logic?
@TheKavebear Actually, both of they are tied. But what's more impressive is that Scotland did inflict the same amount of damage to England as England did to Scotland even though Scotland has way less troops and money than England. But then the English did an embarrassing faliure in Bannockburn.
@Scealic93 I hate the Vikings!! All that raping and pillgaging of my homeland!...GRRR! Oh hang on, no I dont...I've just remembered that it was hundreds of years ago, and that I shouldn't be a ridiculous sniveling prick who lives in the past!
@SarahMcKissick It's you who's retarded, you can't be Scottish unless you were born & bred there, it's birth right, it's nationality, Scottish is not a race by anthropology, so to say 'Scottish blood' is pure retarded and the sort of stuff you would hear from a Yank or Canuck set of rednecks.
I don't care if I'm not American, I don't need to care, I'm glad I'm not a Yankee.
You have a problem like most Yanks.
Using the so called word 'dude' sounds cheesy as fuck.
@SarahMcKissick Con't, What you are is a Caucasian White Yank by majority, or a 'European-American', although maybe not as you yourself have nothing to do with 'Europe', you may have had a distant ancestor or two who did as they were from Europe themselfs however that does not extend to you as you are not the same person, you are a different person entirely and are a Yank in every single way, by nationality, personality, intelligence, accent, culturally etc, you are native to the United States.
@GrooveDoctor77 the young baby girl was the last in line of the Canmore dynasty and was seen as a future threat for the throne, he feared that she would dilute the bloodline.
@Uuuurk They weren't, the Scots are the Caledonian Picts of ancient Scotland, this is proved by the OGAP4 haplotype code taken over a period of 12 years (1996~2008).
Im arab muslim. And what the English did to the scots back then, they are doing the exact same thing to muslims today. But the funny party is, they are losing. Even with every ounce of technology and money they have, they will always lose. The muslims are too strong.
@Tarateesh Yeah... it's very sad... Muslim infesting England now >.> heh, guess when England becomes Arabic republic, we'll all have free hand to burn it to the ground along with the infestation :3
if scottish nobels througout history had not been subject to english lords and bribes the clans would have been united and beat england with the help of france!
I think King John is one of those complex characters who is unfairly treated in history. The Ladybird book which some of us read at an early age says words to the effect of 'he was the worst king ever and it is unlikely that someone as bad will be king again.'
But it was not he - but his brother Richard - that created the debt by his pointless Crusade. Richard, who history has as a legend. And the loss of the territories in France was under John but the seeds go back to his brother....
@alanheath I agree with you about John,who was his father's favourite,and who came around to be much like Henry towards the end of his life.He alone of the brothers chose to make the most of England,and contributed much to the legal system.John had a rocky start,what with the failed ventures in Ireland in his youth,etc.Overall,he wasn't nearly as bad as made out by church propaganda.Not being a crusader and putting England under a Papal interdict didn't help his image either.Too bad,really.
@alanheath ...and as a woman,I have gotten the feeling that John would have been the brother one would have liked best.Obviously he had the charms and talents,with 27 acknowledged bastards to boast of.He seems to have lost favour with commoners and lords alike though,and losing the Royal Treasure in The Wash was a strike against him too.Regardless,he's a fascinating figure and far more complex then Richard by far.Cheers!
Although I love the truth of this seires there is a part of me that wants the myths of Kenneth McAlpine etc to be true, because the truth is we were never brave ruthless warriors, but people who let vikings raid our lands, and stab each other in the back. Don't really feel like shouting Scotland the brave atm lol.
@teufelstaub I also really appreciate them. And the relief maps - wonderful. This is an amazing production. The BBC are really coming up with some history gems. And thanks to the nice person who posted it for all of us to enjoy!
It seems like the scots have always been beaten by the English. Scotland never came close to conquering England while England almost did with Scotland
@jamgilp I am going to take this argument a little further. It was the King of Scotland who became the King of England in 1603 - not the other way round. Therefore in a way, Scotland did 'conquer' England.
The argument about the size of population is also valid - but I think the population difference was not one of 10:1 then although there were more people in England.
@TheKavebear OI YOU THINK YER SMART AND O THAT CRAP EH? WE BET U AT THE STIRLING BRIDGE WAY BACK THEN, FOR FUCK SAKE, DON'T GO SAYING CRAP YE DON'T NO, Live on scotland, and go fuck yourself kave -.-'
@TheKavebear Indeed, there was an ambition and endless thirst for conquest and empire in Anglo-Saxon and the wider Germanic culture of the time that simply wasn't there in Celtic culture. They were both violent warrior societies, but the Anglo-Saxons always had their sights set on other peoples territories, first in Britain, then the world.
In short, who says the Scots ever wanted to conquer England, or tried? Just because English kings wanted to control all Britain, don't presume the Scottish, Welsh or Irish Kings wanted to. There is no evidence they did.
@Essanach That is a good argument. Don't judge me by your standards. However it would seem that Alexander here did indeed wish to control England - albeit for understandable reasons.
@alanheath I don't think any Scottish King ever considered it possible or even attempted to militarily control England. They did sometimes attempt to secure 'beachheads' of territory (such as in Northumberland) as bargaining chips and to create a buffer zone but this was always in response and as a defense against the ambitions of English Kings, and that is something quite different. There was simply not the ambition for Empire in Scotland, Ireland or Wales that there was in England.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy LOL. That's like saying someone is a glutton for chocolate because they once ate an M&M. Further, comparing England with Scotland in this regard is like comparing a 350lb chocoholic with the aforementioned one time M&M eater. Scotland's so-called "overseas empire" was absolutely miniscule and was only once such meagre attempt. It's laughable to speak of this as "ambition for Empire" in the same context as that of England which absorbed Britain and then most of the globe.
@alanheath PS. As you said "for understandable reasons" and that's the key point. Seeking a degree of control as a defense and a response to expansionist aggression is a "understandable reason" and quite different to the Imperial ambitions of English Kings which was evident from the earliest days of the English Kingdoms as shown, for instance, by their use of latin Imperial titles and ambitious claims of Kingship of "all Britain", something which was pretty alien in Scotland Ireland and Wales.
@Essanach When did the kings of England start making these claims. I don't doubt that Edward I harboured such plans but I don't see evidence of that before his time.
(Although I am a modern historian not a medieval one.)
@alanheath Presumptuous titles such as "Emperor of all Britain" appear in the charters of powerful Anglo-Saxon kings prior even to a unified England. Imperial ambition and posturing and the explicitly expressed sense of their right to and intent to rule the entire island of Britain is apparent in English culture from the very beginning. Both in word and deed. English Imperialism was the 'engine' of the so-called 'British Empire', and it started revving from the moment the Anglo-Saxons invaded.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Yeah that's the usual 'spin' that is put on things these days. Strangely this only arose during and after the WWII period. Before that, English historians were very clear about exactly who had created run the British Empire - England. They even used the term 'Britain' and 'England' completely interchangeably. Only when Empire became an embarrassment did they try to spread responsibility for it to the likes of the Scots.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy There is no deny that some individual Scots engaged in England's Empire, but then so did the Ghurkas etc., so did some individual Indians profit from Empire. Does it make it their Empire too? Not really. Read Celtic Identity and the British Image by Marry G.H. Pittock for a more realistic account of Scottish 'participation' in Empire.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy PS. That should have beem 'Murray G.H. Pittock". That some very few individual Scots benefitted from England's Imperial adventures or that Scottish troops were recklessly USED (in the most callously negative sense of the word) to further their Empire has nothing to do with the subject of how the Empire arose, or who created, and directed it, which is what were are discussing here.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Absolutely. However, the fact is that Scottish troops were used in a way that shows they were considered entirely expendable and their lives worth far less than English lives. To quote Pittock, there is abundant evidence that Scottish troops "suffered as if they were expendable colonial auxiliaries". Of the 3 million who served in Scottish regiments, 50% were killed or wounded. In the Seven Years War, the Scots suffered at FOUR TIMES the English casualty rate....
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Contd. In the Indian mutiny, Scots were used hugely disproportionately for the suicidal storming duties and even in WW1 the Scot's casualty rate was DOUBLE that of the English. The Scots were used cynically and ruthlessly by the English masters of Empire because Scottish lives were dispensable. They were treated as colonial cannon fodder. The Scottish experience was a colonial one: "There are too many tempting parallels to imperial experience elsewhere to dismiss the idea".
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy But I agree, all soldiers are used. But if you happened to be of the same nationality as the rulers of the Empire - English - then you were far more likely to survive than a Scot, because you life was considered a lot more valuable, and fully human. While Scottish troops were dying at grotesque rates, Scots were commonly portrayed in England as animalistic - and actually as - animals (apes, and the like). The idea that Scots were partners in England's Empire is modern myth.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy PS. There is some method to this cold hearted madness, it's not simply contempt for Scottish life, and one English General (I will try to find the quote) even explicitly stated it, saying that the more Scots died abroad fighting for Empire, the less likely was another rebellion back home in Scotland - so let them die.
@alanheath "Æðelstanus rex Anglorum . per omnipatrantis dexteram totius Bryttaniæ regni solio sublimatus ." which translates as "Æthelstan, King of the English, raised by the right hand of the Almighty to the throne of the whole kingdom of Britain..." He had REX TOT(ius) BR(itanniae) put on his coins. Look up also the Anglo-Saxon's use of the term 'Imperator' and 'Basilieus' in the context of claimed right of rulership of all Britain and non-Anglo-Saxon peoples.
@alanheath It's possible to trace Imperial ambitions quite clearly through English history as English leaders weren't shy about expressing them nor about acting on them, although many modern English historians find this rather inconvenient and embarrassing. It began with various Anglo-Saxon kings claiming lordship over all other Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and presumptuously calling themselves "King of all the English", and soon lead to the likes of Edgar calling himself "Emperor of all Britain".
@Essanach I say 'embarrassing' because Empire & an imperial inclination is today seen in a bad light & so there is a desire among some English historians to downplay the overt imperial ambitions of the early English Kings & to attempt to portray Celtic & Anglo-Saxon culture as 'the same' & the 'British Empire' as arising out of 'Britain' with 'responsibility' for it as belonging to all 'Britons'. In fact, the 'British Empire' was just the last incarnation of an ancient English Imperial machine.
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy I think you put it aptly. The fear of London being sacked I think was recognised at Derby in December 1745 and that is one of the reasons why Bonnie Prince Charlie had the retreat forced upon him by the others.
I don't think he would have killed the king. I think his bags were packed and he had a one way ticket to Hannover.
@TheKavebear THEN HOW DOES WALLACE DEFEAT 25000 ENGLISH WITH ONLY 6500 SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS?!?! the bruce was there, SCOTLAND DEFEATED EVEERYONE WHO TRIED TO CONQUEER US! AND NO ONE EVER WILL!!!
@TheKavebear bullshit the irish an scottish together kicked the shit out of england until famine starved them out an either side couldnt go on.... the scots irish were beating the piss out of them.... i suggest u brush up on the history books
@Bushinit002 Carlisle and the northern half of Northumbria were all originally Scottish/Picts (same people) land, all land extending north of Hadrian's Wall is truly Scottish land, the border between Scotland and England should really be set at the north of Newcastle rather than Berwick upon Tweed.
@Calengela Well the Kingdom of Northumbria which was a Saxon Kingdom strecthed upto and including Edinburgh and remanined so for hundreds of years. So there you go your capital city was formed from hundreds of years of Saxon culture !
@TheKavebear : Never came close eh? how about when Bonnie Prince Cahrlie came within 50 miles of London...Had he gone on then who knows....Country may well have been named SCOTLAND....
@TheKavebear Sorry old chap, did you not read further in your history books when the Jacobites invaded England all the way to Derby and turned back through choice - by all accounts they could have gone on to London and there wasn't much opposition being put up. Even King George reputedly had his bags packed ready to flee to Germany!
@TheKavebear Sorry old chap, did you have some pages missing in your history book at school. The Jacobites invaded Endland as far as Derby before choosing to return. Even King George reputedly had his bags packed ready to flee to Germany.
i love how the scots tell me how shit my country is in my language haha
ozipk 2 days ago
History just got 100 X more sexy... and I already love History shows anyway
turbulentbeauty 1 week ago
Wtf are you cunts saying??
Judging Neil olivers accent.. how fucking childish!
SCOTTISHB0Y 2 weeks ago
Long live England, down with the Scottish covards! :)
AnnabelLolita 2 weeks ago 2
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cowards? bullshit.
Fighting (and also beating) an army twice your size is not something cowards do.
Alba12349 1 week ago
@AnnabelLolita HUZZAH!
The1stPoster 1 week ago
Does this narrator think he's some kind of stud or something? I'd rather see a lot more of Scotland and a lot less of him.
BillKing8888 3 weeks ago
@ADZ01982 What the fuck are you on scotland was attacking england because they said scotland was theirs before the declaration of arbroath there was fighting for years before the time of wallace and the bruce
jamie212ful 1 month ago 5
Scottish king attacking England whilst England on brink of civil war ? Sounds a reverse of Lonshanks invading Scotland under the same circumstances ?
ADZ01982 1 month ago
I'm from Minnesota in the U.S. and we get small amounts of BBC and CBC shows, both TV and Radio, here in the States. However, what we do manage to see and hear from both nations broadcasting systems is the most balanced and factually imformative media available in the United States. I've heard better stories from the BBC on my home state of Minnesota than from any local news source
EmeraldTriangle80 1 month ago
@rancidbum yeah he is putting that accent on,i'm scottish and nobody i know talks like that lol
davidguitar13 1 month ago
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Don't be so sure. I'm Irish, but Scots have radically different accents depending on where they're from. Same's us.
LuckyDukeSeven 1 month ago
@LuckyDukeSeven no he's putting it on i can tell
davidguitar13 1 month ago
@davidguitar13 He's obviously not, Neil Oliver does countless programs and speaks like that consistently through all. That's clearly his real accent and real voice, he simply articulates clearly.
dousoghost 1 month ago
@dousoghost right this is the last reply!he speaks like that on all his programmes but won't in real life this is an american scottish accent bullshit
davidguitar13 1 month ago
@davidguitar13 The Scottish accent is hybrid form of hybrid Scandanavian norse and old English. It all comes down to the Old Northumbian Dark age kings.
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I have both Scottish and English blood in my veins - my Scottish ancestors were Clan Adam and Clan Cunningham - having said that, my loyalty holds to all the cultures and nations of the British Isles - England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland ... they are all important to the story of our greater culture and I would not want to be without one of them.
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@Rikitocker Well I'm Scottish and id say thats a load of horse manure. If your really scottish (which from the looks of it your not) you would remember the horrible things the English did to us, and how the "greater culture" wasn't so great back then. Do you think if you were hanged drawn and quarted back then because you were Scottish, youd be ok with that because its part of the greater culture? I dont think so lad... and from the looks of it your more English than you are scottish.
jsnmccrmk 1 month ago
@jsnmccrmk - I have ancestry from both cultures, therefore I think I'm probably more objective than you are able to be. That's all ... if you bother to watch the History of Scotland series you will see that it was more often than not the Scots themselves who undermined there own culture and unity and it was a Scot who came up with the idea of Great Britain, not the English.
Rikitocker 1 month ago
@jsnmccrmk I think you will find that your Scottish armies went South of the border far more often than the English went north of it. From the time way before Edward Longshanks right upto the 18th century. Scots always like to be the victims and the victors. War and conquest was part of the world back then so stop being so hurt.
ADZ01982 1 month ago
Nationality, means nothing. We are a species, with hardly any variation. Why can't we all just get along?
kolearian 3 months ago in playlist A History Of Scotland - Series 1
@kolearian Because evidently, when we put people in charge, we can advance our standard of living more effectively, but unfortunately, evolution has made us a greedy animal and if you give anything, let alone power, to anyone, he's gonna want more. So you see we'll have to find a point between anarchy and totalitarianism, with varying points of view as to where that point is, and can't really avoid conflict.
semperFi4ever100 3 months ago
Guernèsiais family, but born in Edinburgh and proud of it!
PT8475 3 months ago
born and bred family gos back to the 13th century and still in the same area but not fuckin lords and ladys,real people who for 150yrs build ships till that evil bitch thatcher closed the yards and destroyed my home town.
tony671 4 months ago
I'm from Australia, never been to Scottland, but I consider myself Scottish rather than Australian, I have Scottish heritage
kobjac 4 months ago
I get chills. This is so brilliant!
journalistgirl07 4 months ago
Yes I am an American but does it matter damn it's not something I asked for...
SarahMcKissick 4 months ago
Most people commenting on these videos are petualnt, xenophobic, children, that know fuck all about history, that judge people that died 700 years ago by the standards we have today, that ignore ANY bloodshed commited by ANY country other than England, that claim to come from an innocent land of peace and love. Read a fucking book about a subject before you go mouthing off on youtube you bunch of brainless, biggoted, racists.
bobbydylanio 4 months ago
@bobbydylanio I think if you have too many foreigners like the Yanks and Canucks commenting here then your gonna have to expect hostility from the native locals from the country this video is about, if there was a filter to have only those from the said nation to comment, it would be great in a way lol.
I don't believe foreigners have a right to speak on another Mans nation or nationality, as each to his own, but agreed that there are a lot of dumb people out there, particularly on Youtube.
Calengela 4 months ago
@Calengela - Do you think the 4th generation emigrant and Gaelic speaker, John MacDonnell from Glengarry Ontario has a little more right to comment here than Mohammed Azziz of Glasgow or Marian Xurzinski of Edinburgh ? - Being born in a stable does make you a horse. So let's hear it from the " foreigner" some of them have stronger Scottish roots than the so-called "Scottish" posters .
AlbaSiar 4 months ago
sweeet im canadian.
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@alfredoking14 No one gives a shit.
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@QRF11B WHo said I was Swedish lol. Tell you what, why don't you go ahead and hang yourself anyway?
Katazka 5 months ago
Well if I was American, I'd want to change nationality too...
Katazka 5 months ago
Love the intro...
segano1 6 months ago
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ElaineMcduff 6 months ago
Why do people need to argue with others on this video? Damn
SarahMcKissick 6 months ago
@SarahMcKissick Actually you are American Yankee, check your passport and birth certificate for further details...
Calengela 4 months ago
@Calengela dude idc anymore
SarahMcKissick 4 months ago
MOST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD PREFER SCOTISH PEOPLE TO ENGLISH PEOPLE JUST COZ ENGLAND THINK THEY OWN ALL, LIKE THE YANKS!
MrMowzy 6 months ago
Ohhhh please! do us (&yourrself) a favour and SHUT THE FUCK UP ! what is wrong with you people? what uneducated stuck-up obsolete hateful shit is that??? the whole world is within a terrible crisis, people around the planet REALLY suffer (england as well as greece aren't exceptions), you have the PRIVILEGE to be watching sth like this and you constitute personifications of sheer arrogance, sexism and racism! you can certainly do better than that! geessssus....
aikaterini1310 6 months ago
Rule Britannia!
Signed a Scotsman!
HULLOHULLO15 6 months ago
@HULLOHULLO15 Uncle Tom
BillDFC 6 months ago
@KeepEuropeWhite Theyy aren't related, they are just attention seekers looking to try and associate with Scotland in anyway they can despite the fact they have no Scottish birth certificate or passport, much like the brainwashed Plastic Paddie Yanks.
Englanistan 6 months ago
Although I am Greek I hate England
ios4ever 7 months ago
@ios4ever Why do you hate England? Half of Europe hates Greece at the moment.
How did a great ancient civilization such as Greece, become the backward, bankrupt, smelly shit-hole that it is today?
comanchio1976 6 months ago
@comanchio1976 I hate England for being such a conservative nation. However, I like Scottish and Irish people and history. Very proud people, not like English faggots. Greece was a great civilization but our so called "leaders" - politicians has lead us to what we are now, that is nothing. And I don't give a damn if you hate us. You have ur reasons
ios4ever 6 months ago
@ios4ever You're talking about ignorant stereotypes, not reality. The Scottish and Irish are no more proud...you know nothing. As for 'conservative',we had a left wing gvt for 13yrs before this one.
You cant blame your leaders for the entire state of your country, Greece is a backward shit-hole, with a badly educated population...going by the comments you've made anyway.
comanchio1976 6 months ago
@comanchio1976 "God save the Queen" Oh its so romantic... British Monarchy... "Left" wing my ass Ur right I can't and I don't only blame our leaders. Greece may be a backward shit-hole as you say, but it's Greece you English people like to visit for summer vacation. Last but not least, know that England SHOULD RETURN THE PARTHENON MARBLES BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE, that is Greece.
ios4ever 6 months ago
@ios4ever I personally despise the monarchy and know many people who do, I also think that the Parthenon Marbles should indeed be returned.
Which brings me to my original point, which I should have been more direct in making...
It is foolish to generalise about an entire nation and dislike all of their people based on foolish stereotypes and preconceived notions.
I was trying to get you to see that by behaving the same way about your country...but it obviously didnt work
comanchio1976 6 months ago 6
@comanchio1976 People who hate the monarchy are less than 20% of the UK, and almost none of them are anything but socialist scumbags. Remember that Scotland is more pro-Monarchy than England- here in England, we have killed our monarchs, and lived under a Republic. It was Scottish troops who continued to fight against Cromwell's Republic for the crown during the civil wars.
TheLiberalKnight 5 days ago
@TheLiberalKnight People don't hate the monarchy because they don't care.
ozipk 2 days ago
@ozipk The Guardian and other filthly socialist newspapers predicted the golden jubilee would be a failure, yet it was a massive success, with huge numbers of people from all over the Commonwealth coming out to show their support, far exceeding expectations.
The truth is, the miserable little republican socialist pigs are a minority.
TheLiberalKnight 2 days ago
@TheLiberalKnight So are you saying that I dont know many people who hate the monarchy?...and what is your source for this alleged 20%?
I dont really get what point you're trying to make, and it seems like you're talking out of your arse, not surprising though, given your "socialist scumbags" comment.
comanchio1976 1 day ago
@comanchio1976 Opinion polls.
Socialists are not welcome in England. England is an ancient country, we are a capitalist free market country. Socialism is a plague that has come to England very recently. I'm sick of these miserable, anti-patriotic socialists trying to govern England.
TheLiberalKnight 1 day ago
@ios4ever You sound as ignorantly dumb as a Yank. What's so bad about Conservatives?
Englanistan 6 months ago
@Englanistan Look you english fascist bastard, this is about Scotland's history so why don't you move ur arse and go watch a video about Edward Longshanks? I don't talk to fascists
ios4ever 6 months ago
@ios4ever Yes this is about Scotland, so why the fuck are you here you Gay Greek cunt?, you're from Greece, the home of homosexuality.
I like how you equate wanting to preserve your own as 'facism' and how you completely ignored my question in the previous comment, kind of proves me point, if everybody resisted becoming 'Gay' they would be sexist bastards according to your logic?
You Dumb Fuck.
Englanistan 6 months ago
@ios4ever What was fascist about that?
Calengela 4 months ago
I half expected william wallace to be mel gibson.
knoble430 9 months ago
Scottish History changes the way we think about the english to this very day
VioLenTBlaZex1 9 months ago
@TheKavebear Actually, both of they are tied. But what's more impressive is that Scotland did inflict the same amount of damage to England as England did to Scotland even though Scotland has way less troops and money than England. But then the English did an embarrassing faliure in Bannockburn.
Aleeacerix 11 months ago
I hate the english! :|
Scealic93 11 months ago
@Scealic93 I hate the Vikings!! All that raping and pillgaging of my homeland!...GRRR! Oh hang on, no I dont...I've just remembered that it was hundreds of years ago, and that I shouldn't be a ridiculous sniveling prick who lives in the past!
comanchio1976 10 months ago
@comanchio1976 Well...i don't really like vikings. :P
Scealic93 10 months ago
@Scealic93 Nor should you, their table manners were dreadful!
comanchio1976 10 months ago
@comanchio1976
It's okay. Scots raided Norway as well.
Snekkja713 8 months ago
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SarahMcKissick 1 year ago
@SarahMcKissick You're not, you're just another dumb insignificant Yank attention seeker, foreign to Scots.
Englanistan 6 months ago
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SarahMcKissick 6 months ago
@SarahMcKissick Erm no you're not, check your birth certificate and native passport you dumb identity crises suffering Yankee Doodle Dandy Doo Dumb Yankee wanker.
Get over your identity crises and inferiority complex and stop hi-jacking other peoples nationalities, you're no better than a Plastic Paddie Yankee.
Englanistan 6 months ago
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SarahMcKissick 6 months ago
@SarahMcKissick It's you who's retarded, you can't be Scottish unless you were born & bred there, it's birth right, it's nationality, Scottish is not a race by anthropology, so to say 'Scottish blood' is pure retarded and the sort of stuff you would hear from a Yank or Canuck set of rednecks.
I don't care if I'm not American, I don't need to care, I'm glad I'm not a Yankee.
You have a problem like most Yanks.
Using the so called word 'dude' sounds cheesy as fuck.
It's not even a proper word.
Englanistan 6 months ago
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@Englanistan You really have no life, do you? Gahh
SarahMcKissick 6 months ago
@Englanistan
Actually, the language is always changing, adding and losing new words. So ,maybe in some English countries it's not.
kolearian 3 months ago in playlist A History Of Scotland - Series 1
@SarahMcKissick Con't, What you are is a Caucasian White Yank by majority, or a 'European-American', although maybe not as you yourself have nothing to do with 'Europe', you may have had a distant ancestor or two who did as they were from Europe themselfs however that does not extend to you as you are not the same person, you are a different person entirely and are a Yank in every single way, by nationality, personality, intelligence, accent, culturally etc, you are native to the United States.
Englanistan 6 months ago
Why did Alexander smash a defensless babys head in? killing babies in that era mustve been part of growing up into a respected king
GrooveDoctor77 1 year ago
@GrooveDoctor77 the young baby girl was the last in line of the Canmore dynasty and was seen as a future threat for the throne, he feared that she would dilute the bloodline.
grahampurdie 1 year ago
The Picts and The Gaels....The Free People of the World.
binkydonnaful 1 year ago
@binkydonnaful too bad the picts were killed by the gaels... =)
Uuuurk 1 year ago
@Uuuurk They weren't, the Scots are the Caledonian Picts of ancient Scotland, this is proved by the OGAP4 haplotype code taken over a period of 12 years (1996~2008).
Englanistan 6 months ago
the whole series is captivating
melvyncostello 1 year ago
Im arab muslim. And what the English did to the scots back then, they are doing the exact same thing to muslims today. But the funny party is, they are losing. Even with every ounce of technology and money they have, they will always lose. The muslims are too strong.
Tarateesh 1 year ago
T@go home arateesh
melvyncostello 1 year ago
@Tarateesh Yeah... it's very sad... Muslim infesting England now >.> heh, guess when England becomes Arabic republic, we'll all have free hand to burn it to the ground along with the infestation :3
YuriPRIME 1 year ago
@Tarateesh
Bullshit, your s0-called religion is one of the worst that humans have ever come up with.
All you do is follow a deluded paedophile.
krissyeh 8 months ago
My ancestors were Scottish tyrants, good to know lol
MrROTD 1 year ago
I hate anything to do with babies dying, it makes my heart break :( :(
I'm just going to pretend I didn't hear that bit at the beginning.
lindiemoon 1 year ago
I will invade Engalnd and defeat them upon their own grround! Scots Wha Hae
volkscom 1 year ago
Is Neil Oliver a taxi driver? He is always turning round to speak to the camera.
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TheGd1314 1 year ago
Alexander was such a cunt. Both him and Wallace fucked over/invaded my country (Isle of Man) and slaughtered the locals. Nice guys. Scottish cunts!
maureenOWW 1 year ago
if scottish nobels througout history had not been subject to english lords and bribes the clans would have been united and beat england with the help of france!
stevenczoski 1 year ago
I think King John is one of those complex characters who is unfairly treated in history. The Ladybird book which some of us read at an early age says words to the effect of 'he was the worst king ever and it is unlikely that someone as bad will be king again.'
But it was not he - but his brother Richard - that created the debt by his pointless Crusade. Richard, who history has as a legend. And the loss of the territories in France was under John but the seeds go back to his brother....
alanheath 1 year ago 5
@alanheath I agree with you about John,who was his father's favourite,and who came around to be much like Henry towards the end of his life.He alone of the brothers chose to make the most of England,and contributed much to the legal system.John had a rocky start,what with the failed ventures in Ireland in his youth,etc.Overall,he wasn't nearly as bad as made out by church propaganda.Not being a crusader and putting England under a Papal interdict didn't help his image either.Too bad,really.
teufelstaub 1 year ago
@alanheath ...and as a woman,I have gotten the feeling that John would have been the brother one would have liked best.Obviously he had the charms and talents,with 27 acknowledged bastards to boast of.He seems to have lost favour with commoners and lords alike though,and losing the Royal Treasure in The Wash was a strike against him too.Regardless,he's a fascinating figure and far more complex then Richard by far.Cheers!
teufelstaub 1 year ago
@teufelstaub And there is another character very similar. I think we are going to hear from him soon in this series - Edward II!!!
We both seem to take a more modern view of history - that is good!!
alanheath 1 year ago
Although I love the truth of this seires there is a part of me that wants the myths of Kenneth McAlpine etc to be true, because the truth is we were never brave ruthless warriors, but people who let vikings raid our lands, and stab each other in the back. Don't really feel like shouting Scotland the brave atm lol.
MrMetalheart10 1 year ago
if ur family betrayed scotland or wallace and the bruce pray for forgiveness. You can't conqueer something that fights for freedom.
Madcronic01 1 year ago
Having been to Scotland I know the stunning moody beauty it posseses,but these aerial views are amazing!
teufelstaub 1 year ago
@teufelstaub I also really appreciate them. And the relief maps - wonderful. This is an amazing production. The BBC are really coming up with some history gems. And thanks to the nice person who posted it for all of us to enjoy!
alanheath 1 year ago 2
still Scotland conquered their freedom...
ManuelRibeiro 1 year ago
It seems like the scots have always been beaten by the English. Scotland never came close to conquering England while England almost did with Scotland
TheKavebear 1 year ago
@TheKavebear Both scenario's are hardly equal. Even today there's 5 million Scots to 50 million English!
jamgilp 1 year ago 46
@jamgilp much are immigrants.
vandy87peeko 1 year ago
@jamgilp I am going to take this argument a little further. It was the King of Scotland who became the King of England in 1603 - not the other way round. Therefore in a way, Scotland did 'conquer' England.
The argument about the size of population is also valid - but I think the population difference was not one of 10:1 then although there were more people in England.
alanheath 1 year ago
@jamgilp is that all thereis in scotland 5million i thought you have lotsmore than that ,
AwsomWarrior 1 year ago
@jamgilp 5 million resident scots, snp would inform u, they don;t like to pay for non residents u see
TheBighairyfart 1 year ago
@jamgilp yah they are all muslims tho as if they would fight for england
daveownsyou31 9 months ago
@TheKavebear OI YOU THINK YER SMART AND O THAT CRAP EH? WE BET U AT THE STIRLING BRIDGE WAY BACK THEN, FOR FUCK SAKE, DON'T GO SAYING CRAP YE DON'T NO, Live on scotland, and go fuck yourself kave -.-'
LGKSdude 1 year ago
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@TheKavebear Indeed, there was an ambition and endless thirst for conquest and empire in Anglo-Saxon and the wider Germanic culture of the time that simply wasn't there in Celtic culture. They were both violent warrior societies, but the Anglo-Saxons always had their sights set on other peoples territories, first in Britain, then the world.
Essanach 1 year ago
In short, who says the Scots ever wanted to conquer England, or tried? Just because English kings wanted to control all Britain, don't presume the Scottish, Welsh or Irish Kings wanted to. There is no evidence they did.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach That is a good argument. Don't judge me by your standards. However it would seem that Alexander here did indeed wish to control England - albeit for understandable reasons.
alanheath 1 year ago 2
@alanheath I don't think any Scottish King ever considered it possible or even attempted to militarily control England. They did sometimes attempt to secure 'beachheads' of territory (such as in Northumberland) as bargaining chips and to create a buffer zone but this was always in response and as a defense against the ambitions of English Kings, and that is something quite different. There was simply not the ambition for Empire in Scotland, Ireland or Wales that there was in England.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach
Scotland had ambtion for overseas empire; they attempted to found a colony in Panama in the 17th century, but it failed, and led to the Act of Union.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy LOL. That's like saying someone is a glutton for chocolate because they once ate an M&M. Further, comparing England with Scotland in this regard is like comparing a 350lb chocoholic with the aforementioned one time M&M eater. Scotland's so-called "overseas empire" was absolutely miniscule and was only once such meagre attempt. It's laughable to speak of this as "ambition for Empire" in the same context as that of England which absorbed Britain and then most of the globe.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach
That was in the initial stages of colonization, when Spain was still one of the most powerful countries in Europe.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
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Essanach 1 year ago
@alanheath PS. As you said "for understandable reasons" and that's the key point. Seeking a degree of control as a defense and a response to expansionist aggression is a "understandable reason" and quite different to the Imperial ambitions of English Kings which was evident from the earliest days of the English Kingdoms as shown, for instance, by their use of latin Imperial titles and ambitious claims of Kingship of "all Britain", something which was pretty alien in Scotland Ireland and Wales.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach When did the kings of England start making these claims. I don't doubt that Edward I harboured such plans but I don't see evidence of that before his time.
(Although I am a modern historian not a medieval one.)
alanheath 1 year ago
@alanheath Presumptuous titles such as "Emperor of all Britain" appear in the charters of powerful Anglo-Saxon kings prior even to a unified England. Imperial ambition and posturing and the explicitly expressed sense of their right to and intent to rule the entire island of Britain is apparent in English culture from the very beginning. Both in word and deed. English Imperialism was the 'engine' of the so-called 'British Empire', and it started revving from the moment the Anglo-Saxons invaded.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach
And yet it was Scottish soldiers and businessmen who built the Empire proper. England was a route for Scottish businessmen into the global market.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Yeah that's the usual 'spin' that is put on things these days. Strangely this only arose during and after the WWII period. Before that, English historians were very clear about exactly who had created run the British Empire - England. They even used the term 'Britain' and 'England' completely interchangeably. Only when Empire became an embarrassment did they try to spread responsibility for it to the likes of the Scots.
Essanach 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy There is no deny that some individual Scots engaged in England's Empire, but then so did the Ghurkas etc., so did some individual Indians profit from Empire. Does it make it their Empire too? Not really. Read Celtic Identity and the British Image by Marry G.H. Pittock for a more realistic account of Scottish 'participation' in Empire.
Essanach 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy PS. That should have beem 'Murray G.H. Pittock". That some very few individual Scots benefitted from England's Imperial adventures or that Scottish troops were recklessly USED (in the most callously negative sense of the word) to further their Empire has nothing to do with the subject of how the Empire arose, or who created, and directed it, which is what were are discussing here.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach
It could be said that all soldiers were used during the era of colonization.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Absolutely. However, the fact is that Scottish troops were used in a way that shows they were considered entirely expendable and their lives worth far less than English lives. To quote Pittock, there is abundant evidence that Scottish troops "suffered as if they were expendable colonial auxiliaries". Of the 3 million who served in Scottish regiments, 50% were killed or wounded. In the Seven Years War, the Scots suffered at FOUR TIMES the English casualty rate....
Essanach 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy Contd. In the Indian mutiny, Scots were used hugely disproportionately for the suicidal storming duties and even in WW1 the Scot's casualty rate was DOUBLE that of the English. The Scots were used cynically and ruthlessly by the English masters of Empire because Scottish lives were dispensable. They were treated as colonial cannon fodder. The Scottish experience was a colonial one: "There are too many tempting parallels to imperial experience elsewhere to dismiss the idea".
Essanach 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy But I agree, all soldiers are used. But if you happened to be of the same nationality as the rulers of the Empire - English - then you were far more likely to survive than a Scot, because you life was considered a lot more valuable, and fully human. While Scottish troops were dying at grotesque rates, Scots were commonly portrayed in England as animalistic - and actually as - animals (apes, and the like). The idea that Scots were partners in England's Empire is modern myth.
Essanach 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy PS. There is some method to this cold hearted madness, it's not simply contempt for Scottish life, and one English General (I will try to find the quote) even explicitly stated it, saying that the more Scots died abroad fighting for Empire, the less likely was another rebellion back home in Scotland - so let them die.
Essanach 1 year ago
@alanheath "Æðelstanus rex Anglorum . per omnipatrantis dexteram totius Bryttaniæ regni solio sublimatus ." which translates as "Æthelstan, King of the English, raised by the right hand of the Almighty to the throne of the whole kingdom of Britain..." He had REX TOT(ius) BR(itanniae) put on his coins. Look up also the Anglo-Saxon's use of the term 'Imperator' and 'Basilieus' in the context of claimed right of rulership of all Britain and non-Anglo-Saxon peoples.
Essanach 1 year ago
@alanheath It's possible to trace Imperial ambitions quite clearly through English history as English leaders weren't shy about expressing them nor about acting on them, although many modern English historians find this rather inconvenient and embarrassing. It began with various Anglo-Saxon kings claiming lordship over all other Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and presumptuously calling themselves "King of all the English", and soon lead to the likes of Edgar calling himself "Emperor of all Britain".
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach I say 'embarrassing' because Empire & an imperial inclination is today seen in a bad light & so there is a desire among some English historians to downplay the overt imperial ambitions of the early English Kings & to attempt to portray Celtic & Anglo-Saxon culture as 'the same' & the 'British Empire' as arising out of 'Britain' with 'responsibility' for it as belonging to all 'Britons'. In fact, the 'British Empire' was just the last incarnation of an ancient English Imperial machine.
Essanach 1 year ago
@Essanach They tried several times; usually over dynastic succession.
maximuslaurius 1 year ago
@TheKavebear
Prince Charles came obscenely close to sacking London and killing the King.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
@ProfessionalWhiteGuy I think you put it aptly. The fear of London being sacked I think was recognised at Derby in December 1745 and that is one of the reasons why Bonnie Prince Charlie had the retreat forced upon him by the others.
I don't think he would have killed the king. I think his bags were packed and he had a one way ticket to Hannover.
alanheath 1 year ago 2
@alanheath
He would have killed an awful lot of people though. That can be agreed on.
ProfessionalWhiteGuy 1 year ago
@TheKavebear THEN HOW DOES WALLACE DEFEAT 25000 ENGLISH WITH ONLY 6500 SCOTTISH HIGHLANDERS?!?! the bruce was there, SCOTLAND DEFEATED EVEERYONE WHO TRIED TO CONQUEER US! AND NO ONE EVER WILL!!!
Madcronic01 1 year ago 2
@TheKavebear bullshit the irish an scottish together kicked the shit out of england until famine starved them out an either side couldnt go on.... the scots irish were beating the piss out of them.... i suggest u brush up on the history books
TheMcCurdyClan 1 year ago
@TheKavebear i'm sure on the Jacobites invasion they marched on london and would have won but turned back and in the end got hammered
ragw33d 1 year ago
@ragw33d
well there was alot of English catholics in the Jacobite Rebellions
chimaira6668 1 year ago
@TheKavebear Scotland never tried to conquer England,we only resisted English attempts to conquer us.
BillDFC 1 year ago 21
@BillDFC Exactly the same for the Welsh, but we were much easier conquered because of our size.
leahcimrac 8 months ago
@BillDFC but didnt he say the scots burned down newcastle, and took carlisle?
Bushinit002 6 months ago
@Bushinit002 Carlisle and the northern half of Northumbria were all originally Scottish/Picts (same people) land, all land extending north of Hadrian's Wall is truly Scottish land, the border between Scotland and England should really be set at the north of Newcastle rather than Berwick upon Tweed.
Calengela 4 months ago
@Calengela wow that puts a whole new perspective on things now. Much thanks.
Bushinit002 4 months ago
@Calengela Well the Kingdom of Northumbria which was a Saxon Kingdom strecthed upto and including Edinburgh and remanined so for hundreds of years. So there you go your capital city was formed from hundreds of years of Saxon culture !
ADZ01982 1 month ago
@ADZ01982 anglian
redcoatsrule 6 days ago
@TheKavebear : Never came close eh? how about when Bonnie Prince Cahrlie came within 50 miles of London...Had he gone on then who knows....Country may well have been named SCOTLAND....
4tanks 1 year ago
@4tanks ooooops, should read Bonnie Prince Charlie (typo)
4tanks 1 year ago
@4tanks so why didnt he?
DutchPetriot 1 year ago
@TheKavebear Scotland got bequethed england, James the third became the the 1st of England
TheBighairyfart 1 year ago
@TheKavebear Sorry old chap, did you not read further in your history books when the Jacobites invaded England all the way to Derby and turned back through choice - by all accounts they could have gone on to London and there wasn't much opposition being put up. Even King George reputedly had his bags packed ready to flee to Germany!
ajmclaughlin 1 year ago
@TheKavebear Sorry old chap, did you have some pages missing in your history book at school. The Jacobites invaded Endland as far as Derby before choosing to return. Even King George reputedly had his bags packed ready to flee to Germany.
ajmclaughlin 1 year ago
@TheKavebear you need to do your research man. heres a list of decisive battles the scots beat the english
Carham 1018, Stirling Bridge 1297,Glen Trool 1307,Loudon Hill 1307,BANNOCKBURN 1314,Myton 1319,Byland 1322,Weardale 1327, Otterburn 1388, Bauge 1421, Ancrum Moor 1545, Prestonpans 1745,
Falkirk 1746. all of these battles Scotland Beat england. Not to Mention that the union of the crowns was put together by the Scottish king James VI
albagubra2 1 year ago
@TheKavebear who the fuck would want to conquer england anyway? Just get you closer to the welsh...dont think anyone wants that.
ninnit5 1 year ago
@TheKavebear
They survived...At least so far. To survive is a accomplishment on it's own.
Infesturmind 1 year ago
@Infesturmind 10 000 yrs you want a fight lol
wullieready 11 months ago