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I& #39;ve been doing some research for a future book on Anglophobia in Scotland. I thought I& #39;d share some findings.
A thread on Anglophobia and its relationship with Scottish nationalism (lower case & #39;n& #39;) in Scotland
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A thread on Anglophobia and its relationship with Scottish nationalism (lower case & #39;n& #39;) in Scotland
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Look at this multivariate analysis of Islamophobia and Anglophobia in Scotland
It has been taken from & #39;Findings and Economic Research Programme on Devolution & Constitutional Change , briefings No.24, March 2005& #39;
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Looking at the data:Look at this multivariate analysis of Islamophobia and Anglophobia in ScotlandIt has been taken from & #39;Findings and Economic Research Programme on Devolution & Constitutional Change , briefings No.24, March 2005& #39;[3/25]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Looking at the data:Look at this multivariate analysis of Islamophobia and Anglophobia in ScotlandIt has been taken from & #39;Findings and Economic Research Programme on Devolution & Constitutional Change , briefings No.24, March 2005& #39;[3/25]" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
We can conclude from this table:
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Scottish identity comes close to rivalling low levels of education as an influence towards Anglophobia
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Having an English friend reduces Anglophobia by about as much as having a Muslim friend reduces Islamophobia.
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"Scottish nationalism, unlike English nationalism,
does not make people significantly more Islamophobic. But at street level (though not at SNP
leadership level) it does make them more Anglophobic."
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!["Scottish nationalism, unlike English nationalism,does not make people significantly more Islamophobic. But at street level (though not at SNPleadership level) it does make them more Anglophobic."[5/25]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez5xc_pWUAM1Jhz.jpg "\"Scottish nationalism, unlike English nationalism,does not make people significantly more Islamophobic. But at street level (though not at SNPleadership level) it does make them more Anglophobic.\"[5/25]")
does not make people significantly more Islamophobic. But at street level (though not at SNP
leadership level) it does make them more Anglophobic."
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Bottom-line: having a strong Scottish identity has a significant impact on Anglophobia.
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![Bottom-line: having a strong Scottish identity has a significant impact on Anglophobia. [6/25]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez5yijvXIAU0Sj_.jpg "Bottom-line: having a strong Scottish identity has a significant impact on Anglophobia. [6/25]")
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Whether we& #39;re talking about correlations and social attitudinal data, or examining the great Scottish literary giants of the 20th Century; Scottish nationalism has found its & #39;other& #39; in the English.
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"Conversely, Scottish nationalism – with either a small ‘n’ or a capital ‘N’ has more impact on
Anglophobia" - ESRC Devolution & Constitutional Change, Briefing No.24, March 2005
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Scottish nationalism (& #39;n& #39; or & #39;N& #39;) has more impact on Anglophobia than Islamophobia."Conversely, Scottish nationalism – with either a small ‘n’ or a capital ‘N’ has more impact onAnglophobia" - ESRC Devolution & Constitutional Change, Briefing No.24, March 2005[8/25]" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts">Scottish nationalism (& #39;n& #39; or & #39;N& #39;) has more impact on Anglophobia than Islamophobia."Conversely, Scottish nationalism – with either a small ‘n’ or a capital ‘N’ has more impact onAnglophobia" - ESRC Devolution & Constitutional Change, Briefing No.24, March 2005[8/25]" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
We need to talk about Hugh MacDiarmid, Tom Nairn and James Kelman...
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Hugh MacDiarmid’s papers in the National Library of Scotland notes and poems (unpublished) written in the first years of the second world war demonstrate his virulent Anglophobia
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‘The leprous swine in London town/ And their Anglo-Scots accomplices/ Are, as they have always been/ Scotland’s only enemies’.
In a note, he looked forward to the destruction of London — ‘earth’s greatest stumbling block and rock of offence’.
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In a note, he looked forward to the destruction of London — ‘earth’s greatest stumbling block and rock of offence’.
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That Hugh MacDiarmid is still held up in reverence in Scottish literary circles is deeply alarming to me.
MacDiarmid was an authoritarian as well as deeply anti-English, expressing attraction toward Mussolini, and more distantly to Hitler.
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![That Hugh MacDiarmid is still held up in reverence in Scottish literary circles is deeply alarming to me.MacDiarmid was an authoritarian as well as deeply anti-English, expressing attraction toward Mussolini, and more distantly to Hitler.[12/25]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez51bZhXEAgaOAs.jpg "That Hugh MacDiarmid is still held up in reverence in Scottish literary circles is deeply alarming to me.MacDiarmid was an authoritarian as well as deeply anti-English, expressing attraction toward Mussolini, and more distantly to Hitler.[12/25]")
MacDiarmid was an authoritarian as well as deeply anti-English, expressing attraction toward Mussolini, and more distantly to Hitler.
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It can be seen from his books that Mr Nairn worked assiduously to engrain an anti-English sentiment.
Looking at his books & #39;The Break-Up of Britain& #39; (1977) and & #39;After Britain& #39; (2001), it is obvious he is pushing a national aversion to England & Englishness.
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Nairn argues that England lacks a proper intelligentsia, this being due to it not having a & #39;proper& #39; revolution as the French did.
He also argues that England has failed to any vibrant or successful mode of capitalism.
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He also argues that England has failed to any vibrant or successful mode of capitalism.
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Going further Nairn argues that England is a ‘a sinking paddle-wheel state’, ‘an indefensible and inadaptable relic, neither properly archaic nor properly modern’ in his book & #39;The Break Up& #39;
He even writes that England suffers from a ‘long-term irreversible degeneration& #39;
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He even writes that England suffers from a ‘long-term irreversible degeneration& #39;
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But not content with just that Anglophobic bile, Nairn actually sought to associate all England with the racism that killed Stephen Lawrence: ‘the country of Stephen Lawrence’
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Nairn doesn& #39;t care a jot that there was widespread disgust in England over the murder. He doesn& #39;t care that his mother, Doreen Lawrence, was given a peerage.
Nairn is only interested in painting as negative a picture of a whole country and peoples as possible
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Nairn is only interested in painting as negative a picture of a whole country and peoples as possible
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And we can see the SNP has also taken up this rhetorical tactic in recent years, as they weaponise & #39;brexit& #39; as a means of tackling their & #39;English question& #39;...
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"The positioning of England as hostile to people of colour and to immigration is a major Scottish National Party trope, even though England has, proportionately, by far the largest population of immigrants & their descendants in the British Isles." -Spectator 8th Feb 2020
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!["The positioning of England as hostile to people of colour and to immigration is a major Scottish National Party trope, even though England has, proportionately, by far the largest population of immigrants & their descendants in the British Isles." -Spectator 8th Feb 2020[19/25]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ez55H-lXEAQDXwn.jpg "\"The positioning of England as hostile to people of colour and to immigration is a major Scottish National Party trope, even though England has, proportionately, by far the largest population of immigrants & their descendants in the British Isles.\" -Spectator 8th Feb 2020[19/25]")
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Mr Kelman has been described by John Lloyd in his book & #39;Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot: the Great Mistake of Scottish Nationalism& #39; as "The most prominent literary Anglophobe"
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Kelman writes that ‘the (Scots) bourgeoisie tend to go with the colonisers and the imperialists (the English) as a means of personal and group survival and advancement’.
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Kelman also explains that he refuses to read any English fiction (never a good sign when someone refuses to read something)
‘because of the class barrier. Why would you want to read things that were treating you as an animal?& #39;
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‘because of the class barrier. Why would you want to read things that were treating you as an animal?& #39;
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The only problem for Kelman is that I can& #39;t think of any novel, or any piece of English writing, which treats us contemporary Scots as animals.
None.
Kelman& #39;s mindset is absurd. He actually sees Scots as oppressed, cheated and ignored by the English. Pathetic.
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None.
Kelman& #39;s mindset is absurd. He actually sees Scots as oppressed, cheated and ignored by the English. Pathetic.
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Sources:
Devolution Briefings Towards a multicultural nationalism? Anglophobia and Islamophobia in Scotland
Briefing No.24, March 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20130603080246/http://www.devolution.ac.uk/pdfdata/Briefing%2024%20-%20Hussain-Miller.pdf
The">https://web.archive.org/web/20130... Scottish literary giants who stoked the fires of Anglophobia
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-scottish-literary-giants-who-stoked-the-fires-of-anglophobia/amp">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/t...
Devolution Briefings Towards a multicultural nationalism? Anglophobia and Islamophobia in Scotland
Briefing No.24, March 2005
https://web.archive.org/web/20130603080246/http://www.devolution.ac.uk/pdfdata/Briefing%2024%20-%20Hussain-Miller.pdf
The">https://web.archive.org/web/20130... Scottish literary giants who stoked the fires of Anglophobia
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-scottish-literary-giants-who-stoked-the-fires-of-anglophobia/amp">https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/t...
Public Attitudes towards Migration in Scotland: Exceptionality and Possible Policy Implications
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/scot.2014.0006">https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/...
https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10.3366/scot.2014.0006">https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/...
National identity and social inclusion
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870701704677">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01419870701704677">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/1...
The Scottish Independence Debate: Anglophobia and Media Bias
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sophie-rodger/scottish-independence_b_3819366.html">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sophie-ro...
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sophie-rodger/scottish-independence_b_3819366.html">https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/sophie-ro...
