It is something deep down – it’s like the jocks and bannockburn – doesn’t matter that you had your arses handed to in almost every engagement since (as scots that is, not taking anything away from the arsekickings handed out as part of uk forces) like we have at football, you still harp on about that famous victory over 400 years on. I think 40 is quite reasonable tbh. 😀
I’m English, spent the last 42 years in Scotland and the east highlands were a tough place to be an Yorkshire kid at times in the 70’s – no hiding behind a neutral edinburgh accent for me! I worked out early on that the scots didn’t ‘hate’ the English, they hated Jimmy greaves the pundit. Sod it, I hated Jimmy greaves the pundit.
Don’t forget that 90% of the population is English, so much of the Bbc is playing to the audience.