This post alone shows you're clear ignorance and lack of knowledge regarding these issues.
The Scottish want nothing to do with England? The Scottish recently voted heavily in favour of remaining part of the United Kingdom. They had an indpendence referendum, of which the majority of Scottish citizens voted against. They do not consider themselves English by any means... that is due to the individual nationalities present within the country that is the UK... but the Scottish still clearly wish to remain part of the UK, as their referendum results proved.
But whilst you have grouped the "Irish and Scottish" together. You fail to recognise the fact that the Irish are a completely different country. They are absolutely nothing to do with the country that is the United Kingdom. You have shown your ignorance by completely overlooking the intricate political problems which have plagued both Northern Ireland and Scotland for over a hundred years. By grouping the "Irish and Scottish" together you have assumed that both these cultures are one contiguous group, rather than realising the truth which is that both Scotland and Northern Ireland are heavily divided along religious lines... which has fuelled the unfortunate violence in both nations (more notably Northern Ireland) for generations.
The term Great Britain is synonymous with United Kingdom, but neither terms are synonymous in any way whatsoever with The Republic of Ireland.
Basically, if you don't understand the problem... don't try and comment on it. Simple. Without meaning to generalise, Americans without basic knowledge of European history will never understand. So many Americans claim to be Irish... but if they don't understand the animosity between Ireland and the UK (two very different countries) they surely cannot be truly Irish.
