You’re correct, but I think he’s also saying the Scots see it differently.
In general I think he’s right, but what do the Scots get out of being allied with modern England?
Free immigration of Jamaicans and Pakistanis?
UKIP and the Scottish independence people have more in common then they think.
I’m afraid Scottish politics is the worst of Britain, magnified and concentrated. The SNP is hardcore leftist, pro-EU and pro-immigration, to the extent that there has been talk of introducing border control in the event of independence in order to stop immigrants using Scotland as a back door to enter rUK under Salmond’s half-baked plans.
For the record, Ireland coordinates its immigration policy with Britain, without which the Common Travel Area that exists within the British Isles would not be possible, and the Irish have had to accept this.