Re: Hypocrisy and spite
Important correction: England has oft been referred to as 'Perfidious Albion'.
Important correction: It was Great Britain up until 1807 and the United Kingdom thereafter.
Or had just had all their land and property confiscated without compensation.
Important correction: The land was rented, and the largely Scottish landlords decided that they'd make mindblowing amounts of money out of sheep farming, and so evicted their tenants to make space for sheep.