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Do you think we should take pride in our English flag, or ditch it to save offending the offended?
Do you think we should take pride in our English flag, or ditch it to save offending the offended?
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The Darien Venture - Scotland’s Thwarted Empire
To fund the company the Scots attempted to raise money on the London and Amsterdam markets, however, William of Orange, under pressure from the East India Company, banned any English investment. The Scots reacted patriotically by raising hundreds of thousands of pounds in capital for the Company, which eventually settled on Darien in Panama as the ideal location for a Scottish colony.
The company hoped to make Darien the trading link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across the narrow isthmus of Panama. Founding colonies in the New World was a risky business at the best of times and Darien turned out to be a disease-ridden swamp. The Scots soldiered on but the global politics of Empires ensured its failure. The Spanish laid claim to the area and attacked the Scots colony. William of Orange, who needed the support of Catholic Spain in his Continental Wars, thwarted the scheme by denying the Scots any support from nearby English colonies or from the English Royal Navy.
The financial loss of Scottish capital was colossal and the Scots were outraged that, as Lord Belhaven put it, Scotland’s sovereignty had been trampled under foot by their own king.
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The Darien Venture - Scotland’s Thwarted Empire
To fund the company the Scots attempted to raise money on the London and Amsterdam markets, however, William of Orange, under pressure from the East India Company, banned any English investment. The Scots reacted patriotically by raising hundreds of thousands of pounds in capital for the Company, which eventually settled on Darien in Panama as the ideal location for a Scottish colony.
The company hoped to make Darien the trading link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, across the narrow isthmus of Panama. Founding colonies in the New World was a risky business at the best of times and Darien turned out to be a disease-ridden swamp. The Scots soldiered on but the global politics of Empires ensured its failure. The Spanish laid claim to the area and attacked the Scots colony. William of Orange, who needed the support of Catholic Spain in his Continental Wars, thwarted the scheme by denying the Scots any support from nearby English colonies or from the English Royal Navy.
The financial loss of Scottish capital was colossal and the Scots were outraged that, as Lord Belhaven put it, Scotland’s sovereignty had been trampled under foot by their own king.
The Act of Union was a little more complicated. The Act of Settlement (1700) limited succession to the throne to the protestant descendants of James I. This, however, did not apply to Scotland. When Queen Anne came to the throne, childless, it was imperative to find a solution lest the Catholic Stuarts be restored in Scotland.
It's a flag, it represents our country, we must keep it and make sure it's not hijacked by right wing maniacs who bring unpleasant connotations to it of rabid nationalism and white superiority. That's all. The more moderate people use it the better, because it dis-empowers it as a symbol of anything unpleasant and restores it's proper use. I'm quite happy to fly it.
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