Should the North of England Follow Scotland Into Oblivion?

[cronus]

A drain on the economy in the South, full of Northerners who resent the goodwill of the wealthy part of the country. Surely it's better the North goes it alone like Scotland? Then when they are both bankrupt the South can play one against the other rather than bail the North and Scotland out?

[mistermack]

That can never happen.
The scots would never agree. Rangers and Celtic would never win another championship.

[piscator]

I think I can speak for most Americans who see through the transparent attempt to un-arse yourself of the recently-unprofitable clustered little urban shitholes you've spent the last 1200 years creating. Too bad you can't set your excess population to work on wars Continental and Colonial, or loaded 1800 at a time into wooden ships, wot?