Gravedigger

The Gravedigger in "Hamlet" says that Hamlet is mad but no one will notice it in England because everyone there is mad. Scotland's King James VI became also King of England in 1603 and wanted the countries to unite politically. But neither the London nor Edinburgh Parliaments wanted it. The King did, however, unite the flag which we call the Union Jack (Jacobus being the Latin for James). So if Scotland has another Referendum and votes to leave the UK we will presumably still keep the same flag. 19th century Scots writer Thomas Carlyle said the British Empire will go some day, but we will always have our Shakespeare.