Soccer boycott?

Westminster scheming to blockade the Scots colony, and to force other nations to cease any trade with them that doomed them to failure. This is what our “friendly” neighbours government did to our country at that time, and they’ll do it again to crush any possible competition.

Hugh Edinburgh This is exactly what Indy supporters lose sight of. If Scotland did go it alone then RUK would still be there, sharing the same island, with its much larger population and economy, except then it would be a direct competitor nation. The influence it would continue to have on our economy would be enormous.

Paul Holyrood Fascinating article, you can’t argue with history, only twist it to suit your own beliefs like Scottish Nationalists are doing every day of their wasted lives. Long live the Union.

Bea. Sutherland The Darien scheme was a last ditch attempt because of the pressure of the 17th century version of Better Together. The same snidey backhanded tactics facilitated by a bunch of spineless cringers.

Thewindthatshakesthebarley Surprised nationalists are missing a trick here, by not suggesting the thing should be moved to a neutral, nonqualifying country – like Scotland.

So Hot The fans visiting will be soft targets for incidents with Russian Ultra groups and that will have a far longer legacy if it gets out of hand. If the UN weapons body checking the UK results find it was Russian in origin then sport moves into politics and fifa maybe forced to act.

Luckie Mucklebackit Doesn’t seem unreasonable in the circumstances. Spain, France, Italy or Germany would do just as well but as a symbolic gesture of solidarity against Russian state terrorism England would be best.

Arch Stainton There was always the danger that Russian extreme nationalist thugs were going to use the World Cup to settle what they see as old scores, but this latest development makes this an absolute certainty.