Chip on shoulder definition: "to blame other people for something bad that has happened to you and continue to feel angry about it". Being England's neighbours has resulted in a lot of bad stuff happening to them so perhaps you are right.
What is all this about "punishing people for their sins"? The subject of this post is whether casual racism against the Irish, Welsh and Scots still acceptable. Are you saying that if it comes the other way towards the English it's bullying? Oh and of course my first sentence is true.
Crikey that is a narrow view of history; subsidisation has only been required since England's post colonial phase of history. The resources of Scotland/Wales/Ireland were relentlessly exploited to build that empire, for e,g, coal from Wales, ships from Scotland and linen and horses from...
As the biggest country in British Isles England has relentlessly exploited its smaller neighbours and justified it by judging them as inferior. This has left a certain residual resentment towards the English which is hardly a surprise.
Could it be that the English have become less insular in the last 30 years and realised that the stereotypes of other nationalities they've used to gain a sense of superiority are generally wrong? Anyway here's a joke for you:
Q: Why don't the English suffer from piles?
A: Because when God...