Scotland vs England
A Hilarious Celebration of 300 years of the Act of Union

Ian Black

Category Humour
Pub Date April 2007
ISBN 1 84502 147 9
Extent 160 pp.
Price £6.99
Format Paperback, 197 x 127 mm



2007 – the 300th birthday of the Act of Union. For 300 years, Scotland and England have stood together, united in glorious kinship. So how to celebrate this momentous anniversary? With jokes about our dear English cousins? Heaven forfend! With anti- Scottish vitriol from south of the border? Lawks a mussy!

Yes, it might be a long while since the 1707 creation of Great Britain but we still haven’t quite put all our rivalries behind us. And with 300 years to work on their material, both sides have plenty of good gags ready to rib their rivals with. Like, did you know that copper wire is a Scottish invention? Two Scots got fighting over a penny . . .

And why do they call it a ‘kilt’? Because of all the English people that get kilt when they call it a skirt.

Ian Black, author of the bestselling Edinbuggers vs Weegies, Mair Edinbuggers vs Merr Weegies and Mancs vs Scousers, turns his attention to the biggest rivalry of them all and finds both the Jocks and the Auld Enemy on fighting form. Full of angry jibes and gentle jokes, Scotland vs England celebrates 300 years united. And it might just bring about an Act of Disunion . . .