Has this government done anything good for the people of the UK? I'm trying to think of something. Anything. Oh wait, they saved the economy didn't they.
There is clearly a political hostility between England and Scotland--and rightly so! An anti-austerity state has been shackled to a, mercifully, capitalist country.
But there is also hostility because of a nationalist spirit that has been encouraged by Conservative scaremongering and a rising Ukip--all of this aided by the "the evil Tories" vibe as donated by the SNP.
Scotland should have gone independent.
EDIT: Let's also remember that this Conservative government, in only 5 years, doubled the national debt. And if this warrants the "THE EVIL TORIES" vibe, then could you imagine how bankrupt this country would become under a Labour government?
To be fair to the Tories, they have cut the deficit in half relative to GDP.
On the national debt point, in response to
@Ultimatum that was unavoidable. The financial crisis created a huge deficit as shown in the above images, and in order to pay off that deficit, you
have to borrow more, and that is what comprises the large majority of what we have borrowed. As the deficit has gone down, annual borrowing has also reduced. The remaining borrowing was for investments in infrastructure and such, which also are necessary to keep things moving and stimulating the economy, and it should be noted that the borrowing for investments was less than what Labour borrowed last government.
In the calendar year 2007, the Labour government borrowed £37.7bn, of which £28.3bn was invested in big projects (the balance of £9.4bn represents the current budget deficit). Conversely, in 2013, the Conservative-led coalition borrowed £91.5bn, with just £23.7bn invested.
The huge increase in borrowing is necessary to pay off the deficit, and it's clear that the borrowing for investment has reduced.
One may think, "Why not just cut the deficit completely right now, just stop spending so much money, and therefore stop so much borrowing?" The Tories have been careful to reduce the deficit at a steady pace, despite the accusations of lack of care for the people by their detractors. Cut too much too quickly, and the economy could have grinded into deeper and worse recession.
Only once we shrink our deficit down to reasonable levels, or even have a budget surplus as the Tories intend in the next few years, can we start doing something about the debt properly (e.g. refinancing our debts, expanding the economy by cutting taxes or increasing spending to decrease the debt relative to GDP, or just directly paying them off with the surplus).