Why does Mumsnet now have a Scotsnet section?

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I've just noticed that Scotnset now has it's very own section (came up in Active) this was news to me! Is it recent?
Isn't it encouraging segregation?
How about we also have these sections:

Irishnet, Welshnet, Englishnet, and so on?

Good luck with that

Don't forget Cornwallnet!

There was this referendum....

So much is different - education, NHS etc that some folk wanted an area where they didn't have to keep explaining that they were in Scotland when, for example, asking for help with school exam issues etc.

Maybe its because of the amount of anti scottish feeling and everybody harping on about how scotland is now going to turn britain into hell on earth with all the terrible things all 59 Scottish MP's will visit on England. Maybe.

God forbid there should be Englishnet .... the poor beggars aren't even allowed to celebrate St Georges day properly without being accused of allsorts

Hey Mumsnet, I'm Irish!
Where's Irishnet?

There are quite a few differences highly relevant to topics popular with mn-etters, eg schools - different starting age, slightly different structure, different exams, different term times, also some different laws, property market operates slightly differently etc

We need yorkshirenet too.

Home rule for Yorkshire!

Maybe its because of the amount of anti scottish feeling

I haven't seen any anti-scottish feelings.
Being given their own section might cause some bad feelings!

FWIW my fave threads are still Chat, Politics and Teenagers.

I like to look at the unanswered q's and active too.

Feminist isses if feeling brave.

IABU if feeling desperate!

Yeah its new.
Don't see it as encouraging segregation any more than any topic does. There is also dadsnet and gransnet does not stop people posting on any of these or here.
If you want to discuss something relevant to Scotland then you can do so without having to explain differences in schooling for example to lots of people who do not read the whole thread.

there are quite a few differences highly relevant to topics popular with mn-etters, eg schools - different starting age, slightly different structure, different exams, different term times, also some different laws, property market operates slightly differently etc

I don't really buy that.
There are a huge amount of Australians and Americans use this site as well.
All their systems are different, so why not give them their own section as well?

I agree actually. Should be the same for all, or none. Imho

What choca said was the thinking behind it, but I'm in Scotland and not sure its a good idea to have a separate section for one part of the UK.

Don't see it as encouraging segregation any more than any topic does. There is also dadsnet and gransnet does not stop people posting on any of these or here

Yes, but they are completely different sites - in their own right.

Scottish people have been given their own section, within this site.
Which is different.

Aussienet
Francnet
Czechnet
USAnet?

Roseforme and chocco have it right; our laws, schools, property sales and NHS all operate differently from England, so the separate board is to accommodate that. I'm pretty sure the law in Cornwall is the same as in Yorkshire.

I'm English. The majority of MN is English. English and Welsh legal, education and health systems are very similar.

There are many differences to these systems in Scotland. The Scottish MNetters asked for an area where they could discuss specific issues relating to the Scottish legal, educational or health systems. English MNetters have the rest of the forum.

By all means if you think there's a market for divisive and childish "they have it so I want it" boards then go ahead and campaign for an English board. Personally I think it just reflects on a petty sense if insecurity and a lack of understanding about the significant differences Scottish MNetters have to deal with that aren't appreciated by the majority of posters who don't deal with those systems. It makes practical sense to have a Scotsnet board - what would be the rationale for having an English one considering the majority of the site is based on English systems?

NHS in Wales is different in a lot of ways to England and they have slightly different term times.
So they should possibly have their own separate section?

Oh and Dadsnet and Hransnet ARE part of this site, and there was a massive ongoing discussion on site stuff in the run up to creating Scotsnet. For someone who is so affronted at this change you don't seem particularly familiar with the site

It's cos the local boards are shit

Gransnet obvs!

Sunshine, I'm not affronted.
Curious mainly. Why Scotsnet in particular?

Ireland's separated by water you can't get any more separated than that -and yet, where's their section?
Where's Wale's section?

I'm English and I lived here in the south until my early 20s then moved to Scotland for 20 years, had two kids and now moved back.

There is a huge difference in the education system and I'm still utterly baffled at how the English have made something so simple, so fucking complicated. If I was still in Scotland I'd want to discuss that with someone who knew what I was talking about, not have loads of people come on telling them they need to state preferences etc when it just doesn't work like that.

I also learned that the English media aren't interested in anything north of the border, that it can be three feet deep in snow in Glasgow but it's ignored. However London gets 2mm of the stuff and its headline news. It's not that they want to be separate, it's that they feel ignored anyway so why not have their own say in things and their own forum?

If the Welsh and Irish and aussies and Americans want their own sections they can always ask and if there's enough interest then they can have one. I don't see the issue with it.

You may not 'buy' it OP but if you look at the board you will see that they are taken up with local matters.

I'm a teacher in Scotland and have little or no understanding of the English school system, exams, holidays or terminology. It can be difficult if you have a concern explaining over and over again that advice being given by well meaning posters is completely irrelevant. Or being accused of being a troll when you say your children are on holiday when the English schools are not.

Our local boards are not busy so although Scotsnet is not an actual local board that is what it is. A place for posters to ask specific questions about Scottish issues.