Scotland has “geography”
Having lived in England for many years, there’s one thing that consistently bugs me about the English-centric media - it the way they tag “and Scotland” onto news reports, see quote from BBC News below. At first glance, it doesn’t look like much but normally you would naturally group London with other world capitals like Paris, Rome or New York, not a whole other country! I’m assuming it’s because reporters are too lazy to look at a map, or perhaps they think that readers are too simple to understand that Scotland has “geography”. But the most likely reason is because readers just don’t care (What does that say about Scotland’s status within the UK? Roll on independence!)
And it’s not confined to just Scotland. For example, if you’re reading this from outside the UK ask yourself, “Besides London where else is there in the UK?” Can’t think of any where? What about in Russia besides Moscow, or any African capital? Well, I have to admit I’m struggling too! Now I come to think about it perhaps I was being far too unkind to those ‘British’ reporters after all.
The announcement follows reports that pirated DVDs of Casino Royale were on sale in London and Scotland last week.
