Scotland Team for Olympics, London 2012 - NO GB Team!?

Question

I cannot believe what I am hearing on the news. If Scotland get their way they want a seperate team for the 2012 Olymipcs. The England Scotland divide seems to be more of an issue for the Scots than it does us English - well I am sick of it now. If you want to be seperate then you know what you can do.............

Answer 1

Would you please stop generalising! I'm Scottish and I don't hate English people and I want Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland to compete together as Great Britain. It means we can win more medals together. Hopefully we could get to at least third place, we were so close this year.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I think it is a ridiculous idea for Scotland to have their own Olympic team, at least at the moment. If Scotland ever get Independence, then is the time, but until then Scotland is still part of the UK. Wales aren't shouting for their own team, so why should Scotland?

However, I can see the point, in a way. There is nothing so maddening when if a Scottish sportsperson wins something, they are classed as British. But if they lose, then they are Scottish. Do English sportspeople never lose? I think not. Still, that is no real reason for a separate team.

It should be kept as Team GB, or whatever, until such times that Scotland is a completely separate country.

Answer 3

To the first answerer I have never heard Team GB be called english.  In fact the only athletes whose individual nationality was mentioned was the Scottish ones because the whole of scotland (not the individual athletes themselves) moan about it if they don't.

Give scotland their own team.  Let them find their own funding money.  If it stops them whining.  I dont think their athletes will apreciate it, but as long as they dont have to mix with anyone english the general public will be happy.

Guy - Rebecca Addlington is welsh

Edit: I heavily doubt that Charlotte T is in fact a commentator for the olympics, or on the TV a lot claiming that team GB are english.

Seonaid - I moved to Scotland when I was 7, I have had it constantly pushed down my throat how evil english people are.  History that happened 700 years ago +, why the h**l should we have to apologise for that. For a start all the scottish clans were fighting amongst themselves for land before the war between them and england broke out.  But do you see McLeods having to constantly apologise to McDonalds.  It's people like you who romantise it that make it worse.  I got a black eye when I was 7 for talking in an english accent (and I was a small 7 year old).  Do you think that is acceptable?

Answer 4

It is only a matter of time. It is well known that a lot of Scott's hate the English & have no belief in Great Britain. You only have to look at the amount of British flags waving for the returning olympic athletes in Scotland....NONE....they were all Scottish. I did not see one English flag for Rebbecca Adlington which to me says it all. Hopefully the English will wake up soon & realise how much the Scots hate them. I am personally for Independence for England away from the hateful Scots.

Then maybe the constant English bashing from the Scot's will stop.

Edit:-Sorry. I stand corrected. Welsh it is.

Answer 5

obtain independent from Britian first

Answer 6

England don't make it any better by calling everyone from the UK 'English', calling GB teams 'English', calling UK TV programmes 'English', I could go on....

It's an issue because we DO NOT want to be known as English, we are Scottish and proud, we have our own government and our own national anthem and we're better off up here than down there, on average per person we get £1200 per head more on NHS treatment for example.

We don't have half the problem you do with gun/knife crime, our pubs stay open later and we have some of the countries best scenery and the oil capital of europe... we're quite happy to be on our own thank you

Answer 7

I thought it would be the Irish that would feel like that and if Chris Hoy hadn't been Scotish would they feel the same.

Also Sonaid I hope you feel the same about the Aboriginals in Australia and aren't one of those that think they didn't deserve an apology.  

Answer 8

Maybe we could see free Scotland, Ireland and Wales protesters outside the Parliament a few months before the opening of London Olympic!  It could look bad for us but no publicity is bad publicity.

But to be honest, although we do have a lot of whingers because it is the national sport, I have a lot of faith in London 2012.  UK is united and many people remembered how we flop in the Millennium celebration but forgotten we rock in the 2008 new year fireworks!

We cannot and will not copy the Beijing Olympic, we will do this our own way and don't forget that the foreigners still think we are cool Britannia.

Answer 9

Lol, will we see Free Scotland protests at the next Olympics?

Answer 10

First of all it wasn't the general public in Scotland, that stated we go to the 2012 games as an Independent team it was Sean Connery. Most people I have spoken to disagree with him.  Chris Hoy the best British Olympian in years also disagrees.

Secondly that's what the Commonwealth games allows us to do, we all enter as Independent countries.  

And may I say to the people that are fed up of the Scots getting their own way.  Well I think It's about time.  We have been used as guinea pigs for years and I'm sure if England were given free prescriptions they wouldn't say no.

Answer 11

stop all this bickering and squabbling! Why dont scotland, england and wales kiss and make up??????

Together they could actually rule the olympics but no....you want only scotland coz chris hoy won his 3 gold medals..nah blah  nah...

Its going to team GB alrite whether 5% of the country like it or not.

95% of the country like it!!!

Answer 12

Okay, for starters, i am Australian. I don't like it much and i wish i was over in the UK.  My family and heritage is Scottish, and i just wish you would all stop being so hateful towards a different country. I understand why the Scots hate you, have you even read any history books on the subject? I think you should get off their backs and let them live their own life without slagging them off all the time.

Edit; Okay, im getting a little bit sick of this. This question is just becoming a racial debate for people who need to get out their anger. Just because i was supporting the scots it does not mean that you should have a go at me for something that you have had a bad experience in. Could i now go say all australians brag about their sportsmanship? You are all stereotyping, get over it!!

By the way, i was ALL FOR the apology, i think what they did was discraceful and they deserved an apology

Answer 13

I couldn't agree more!

I am totally fed up with the Scots - they get so much that we English don't in the way of university education, nhs care, free prescriptions, care for the elderly etc etc.

Let them go their own way and get on with it.