Quote: (09-04-2014 01:25 PM)bojangles Wrote:
Of course the Scottish are only in union with the English because of Darien. (to cut a long story short, England bailed out Scotland)
Scotland was in financial trouble after Darien. But the real "to cut a long story short" version is that England bribed the Estates of Scotland to vote in favour of union (against the will of the Scottish people) to secure their northern border.