'Independence can be delivered in five years' says Scotland's first minister John Swinney
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- SNP leader John Swinney believes, 'independence can be delivered in five years.' He tells Wilfred Frost: "I think independence can be delivered in that timescale because the arguments for it are compelling."
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It’s independence from the SNP we need
💯👏
Exactly my thoughts.
Well tbh my first thought was
Bwhahahahaha whit a Walloper he is 😂
Totally agree👏
God that’s true
If the worst comes to the worst and we do get independence, Scotland will need to open its borders to get some skilled workers here to support itself.
The mess the SNP has made to the education system means schools are churning out generations of incapable thinkers and loafers.
Fortunately few people take the SNP cult seriously anymore.
And yet 17 years in power has brought Scotland to it's knees and made clowns like this a millionaire.
His uncle is Tom Hunter.
He's not short a bob or two eh?
Thanks Blair herefor. He purposely balkanized and wrecked this Land, and many in Soctland, Wales and eslewhere fell for his lies and tricks.
About time dEvOluTioN aka Balkanization of the UK and Blairization of UK was halted and forlesed.
@stephencollins9062 it's not that Tom Hunter tho, it's an English guy
Not this sh*t again change the record .
no sooner do we get rid of one tosser than another one gets in....he takes obnoxious to new levels...
He's not spouting about Gaza like the last one, not yet at least. I wonder if he'll ask for the money back which Useless sent them.
Good luck with that - theSNP struggled to deliver a ferry, let alone independence 🤣🤣
Surely no one in the Western Isles is going to vote for this shower of incompetents.
Same clowns same cabinet.They have failed and delivered nothing while in office.
Same old rubbish 😣
Tyrant who played part lmprison us in home, restricted travelling while our papa, grans, mother's and dad's passed away alone in care homes ... Never forget , criminal snoty Swinney he is
Isn’t it why they win election after election? 🤷♂️😂
What about lack of housing, education, health service, road networks, small business grants, low emission zones that are putting people out of business? YES lets open your speech about independence within five years. Look what happened to the UK after brexit so imagine what happens to scotland after independence? STOP TELLING THE PEOPLE LIES.
Yes, get the ferries working again!
Same old obsession with gender. That's all I've heard . Housing and crime, cost of living not ever mentioned
The Scottish Numpty Party.
An Embarrassment to Scotland.
They are spoilt for choice with so many mince village idiots to choose from.
More like a "Religious Sect" than a political party
SNP, work shy. Never focus on anything that takes any effort from the SNP, always focus on WOKE and Someone Elses Problem.
@skylinegtrvspec1908 - Its a lot easier to waffle about gender, race and the English than actually run the country , what a load of deadbeats
He literally said cost of living several times in the first few mins😂😂😂😂😂
Here we go again, more postering, whining and blaming everyone else.
Who else to blame but the tories 😂
@@JJ-is2we After the General Election that'll most probably have to change to Labour ! If the SNP cannot govern with the powers they have - they aren't fit to run a country as the £ BILLION budget deficit confirms.
They can only blame Westminster for their own failings for so long!
this is why they are collapsing as a party put the people first not the party
Devolution was a massive mistake.
He is absolutely unbelievable, if he had a brain he would be dangerous.
That must be in the remit for a msp in Scottish government
id say without a brain he's dangerous enough
LOL!!
Scotland doesn't want independence!! Scotland wants roads, healthcare and for the assembly to stop whining about Gaza.
If the SNP has its way there would be more gazans in scotland than scots
50% of Scots want independence. Younger Scots folk even higher % ..tick tock..
Disgusting comment. Can't feel sorry for a people that have been destroyed with the Use of UK weapons
@@johnsmith99997 exactly. thankfully Humza is out.
Hates the union of GB but loves the eu
Doesn't realise that Brussels is Westminster on steroids 😂
Indeed. How can he want independence from a distant government and at the same ask to sign up to one more remote.
Globalist gob piece
@@A190xx because Scotland in the EU has more control over its affairs than Scotland in the UK.
Correct👍@@PorthLlwyd
The union is 317 years old today. Swinney’s nutcase nonsense isn’t going to end it.
The treaty became an abusive relationship. End it. Let them go and be happy.
@@bm8641 and the abuse was all from the Scottish nationalists.
More people live in Yorkshire than Scotland! Yet no one can claim it is capable of being an independent state. Scottish independence is dead and buried. There is no reason for the SNP to exist any more, especially as they have proved totally incompetent in governing Scotland.
Yorkshire isn't in a `voluntary` union with England is it?
Scotland also contributes several thousand miles of coastline compared to Yorkshires 90, and 462,000Km2 EEZ or 62% of UK`s total maritime area, as opposed to Yorkshires - zero.
Within this astonishing EEZ lies every drop of UK oil and supports 5 refineries in England.
Scotland also has by far the UK`s largest food and drink exports in Scotch Whisky and Salmon, ang given that we have the third largest GDP in UK, our taxes are being used to subsidise Yorkshire, and large swathes of England.
Glad to be of assistance...
Yorkshire isn't a country!
Wow, what a colonial mindset
Idiot Yorkshire is a county of England
@@markwilkie3677 In 2001, over 170 million tonnes of oil and gas were produced from Scottish fields. In 2021, that number fell to 65 million tonnes and continues to fall annually. How will this fund an independent Scotland?
Typical politican. He agrees independence could be delivered within five years, but doesn't say _which_ five years. He could mean the years 2097-2102 for all we know! 😂
@dftfire - he was saying something similar 5 years ago, it is like one of the Soviet Union's make-believe 5 year plans
The last thing any of them actually want is "independence", the rest of the UK is stuck with Swinney and friends endlessly whinging for the forseeable
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Complete lie, the entire purpose of the EU structure is to make the voting processes of individual countries worthless, the eu Parliament is just a gravy train for politicians, look up the running costs of all the bureaucracy its something like 2% of the European gdp.
The sooner Scotland Leaves the UK the better for English Tax Payers 🙏
As an Englishman, I Can't wait for to to happen asap.
🤣🤣🤣
This guy couldnt deliver a motorhome even if if came with a full tank of fuel and a couple of airfreshners thrown in
I think Nicola may know someone who can deliver them though. Maybe he could ask her? 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂@@dftfire
But he could expense one....
😂👏🏴
I will never again vote for independence or for a SNP government. They've scarred me for life. I was a life long nationalist but have turned to unionism after this last 5 years of SNP "rule".
Welcome home brother!
yeah same here.we are far better together.for most of us we are all so sick of this party and want rid of them ASAP!
Oh FFS, here we bloody go again🤯
TRY PROMISING THE NON LGBT PEOPLE OF SCOTLAND THE SAME AMOUNT OF SUPPORT .....UNBELIEVABLE!!!
They get it already without anybody saying anything.
Right wing nationalism bad, left wing nationalism good.
Why not fix Health,transport,housing first.
They don't know how.. Clueless Party who only have an agenda of Independence
good point get the bank balance sorted look after the taxpayers for once not scrounging non workers who take take take for once what about the cash that went to Gaza is that traceable maybe return to the needy
swinney is a clown
Says a man we never voted as first minister. 😂
He is delusional. How about focusing on the issues of the country rather than the SNP obsessive plan to leave the UK and rejoin the EU, i mean on the plus side i guess all the illegal immigrants can then have the choice of Ireland and Scotland to go when they all run away from the fear of being deported to Rwanda. They have SO many issues and there is NO way independence should be at the top...
Independence into the EU? Funny..
Let's start with having a functioning NHS, reviving a moribund economy and rebuilding a credible education system all of which the SNP have demonstrably failed to deliver and at which John Swinney has been at the heart of for more than a decade !!
How much will independence cost us? Remember Alex Salamander said he could do it for £200 million, cLInts can’t even deliver 2 ferries for that 😂😂🤡🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴
They are partied and if it was a election for fm they wouldn't be able to afford it
The public already had a referendum and remained part of the UK ........
SNP, won't even be the majority party in Scotland then.
Cool story. The SNP are polling to win yet another election 🤣
Lol barely.... The SG will collapse @@Mark-Haddow
@@Mark-Haddowthey vote for them then complain
@@Mark-Haddowpolling snp members doesn't count
Well scots will see if swinney can live up to this promise, 5 years is such along time in politics, am sure that line has been used before, or was that just promises of federalism or vows with more devolved powers, strangely don't cut it..
democratic? like installing leaders without asking the public?
The Tories do it all of the time. Unionists seem totally fine with that. Plus that whole unelected head of state thing they love so much.
He was elected by the entire parliament in Holyrood unlike the sham in the Tory Party in WM.
Like Truss and Sunak?
@@jackdubz4247 the Royals are good for Britain. I don't think having an elected head of state would be better, like Macron. Who wants that? I don't mind if the Conservatives do it because they are not hypocritical about it. The SNP are, bleating about democracy whilst installing leaders North Korea style.
@@jackdubz4247 Every political party does as we vote for our member of parliament, then they elect the leader of their party who will be PM if they get the most MPs. Gordon Brown wasn't elected as PM but Labour chose him.
Couldnt run a bath never mind independence shudder at the thought given their failure to deliver a ferry
How did Englands brexit work out ? Great idea or not? 😂😂
How did the covid PPE go and the financial crash from the lettuce or the energy price rises or the food inflation or the interest rises with homeowners or the brevity fiasco the list goes on. And on and on..
czcams.com/video/B_puYCnj1Tc/video.htmlsi=4RxyrAGEG1Q3kNCr, Failure of HS2, Two aircraft carriers are being used for spare parts to keep them afloat 😂
Moron,five years my arse.
In 2026 the SNP will be voted out of government at Holyrood.........and it will be decades before Scottish Independence raises it's head for discussion. In other words.....no more ramming it down our throats at every opportunity by this party of eejits. They will be crying on the sidelines.
As soon as they're out, the next government must seek changes to the Scotland Act so these clowns can never threaten the union again.
well said 😂
Once a failure always a failure......
Here we go again...
People in the UK wanted that other Scottish leader out, now they replaced him with a leader who wants independence and are crying again, don't remember Humza going on about Independence. LOL
Who replaced him? It wasn’t the public! So what’s your point?
We’re not laughing
Humza was a total clown. In it for Gaza and himself, not Scotland.
Used his position to get his family out of gaza, corruption in plain sight.
Doesn't matter who's in charge SNP obsessed with getting power at any cost to the people of Scotland.
Like a record stuck on a loop
Westminster should just transfer referendum powers to Holyrood then to break the loop.
@@PorthLlwyd It would only make it worse as they would be permanently campaigning for the _next_ separatist indy ref
So he actually admitting on air he's was the boss of education when the standards took a nose dive.
Pie in the Sky man!
There are no pies in the sky. They're in the humble crofter from Skye's gargantuan stomach. He's actually from Edinburgh.
The problem for the SNP is they have nothing to offer their followers EXCEPT independence. They have shown that they are an incompetent lot and the majority of people in Scotland can now see through them, however, if they are to keep their almost cult following they have to wheel out the independence utopia every now and again. Swinney was hopeless as the SNP leader before and there is nothing to suggest his mealy mouthed, non-dynamic persona has changed. The problem for the SNP is they have had to go backwards twenty years as they are fishing in an incredibly barren talent pool.
The problem for the Tories is they have nothing to offer their followers EXCEPT brexit. They have shown that they are an incompetent lot and the majority of people in Britain can now see through them, however, if they are to keep their almost cult following they have to wheel out the brexit utopia every now and again. Sunak was hopeless as the Chancellor and there is nothing to suggest his mealy mouthed, non-dynamic persona has changed. The problem for the Tories is they have had to go backwards fifty years as they are fishing in an incredibly barren talent pool. FTFY
While we have yet another first minister who prioritises Lgbtq rights over Scotland having the most drug death's in Europe i truly despair. Fix our Economy, our Education, our NHS our pot holes then we'll talk independence, not before.
How can the Scottish government fix those issues when their hands are tied and beholden to Westminster. The whole point of independence is so these issues can be tackled and fixed rather than having to play ball and be at the mercy of Westminster. NHS issues? That’s the Tories. Education? The Tories. Economy? The Tories. Scotland has some wiggle room, but not enough to make the changes they want to make. That is why he is prioritising independence.
Also, a leader can prioritise many things at once. He is not solely prioritising LGBT+ rights only. In his defence, the LGBT+ is huge. A significant portion of Scotland’s population is LGBT and in recent years their rights have come under threat. It’s good that he is offering reassurances so LGBT can continue living their lives with everyone else without feeling like they don’t belong.
@@ajh8156 Balls
Well said
What a load of tosh.
Same circus different clowns
more wasting the UK taxpayers money
What utter tripe 😂😂😂😂😂😂
the damage is being done by the SNP!
Backed by Russian money. Why else is it SO corrupt. Tory lite.
Wishfull thinking considering he will not be here in two years as indeed goes for the most of them. Car crash interview on breakfast news, keep it up.
With this guy in charge the SNP are nothing to be concerned about.
More fence sitting, he has no comprehension that green and identity issues that have crippled the entire SNP for years up to and including the resignation of the previous first minister, still refusing to serve the Scottish people, who elected them, yet he rambles on about the lgbt+ community with an almost terrified need to pacify them. What Scotland needs from him and isn't getting is a clear statement that the snp government will NOW follow the wishes of the silent majority and not the noisy, yet miniscule minority. I suspect he is playing the role of the captain of the Titanic and the people of Scotland will be the one's who suffer.
Utter bollocks ......who does he think is going to pay for their health care system 🤔
Independence is dead in the water after the recent corruption by the SNP Leadership no less. Who knew that apparently diverting/stealing many thousands in public donations into buying Sturgeon a Motorhome was the death knell for Independence. Very silly and greedy thing to do.
A lot of desperate b/s artists that don’t live in Scotland & DONT GET A SAY. LOL
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@@Celticsamuraibluesorry sir I’m proud Scot and proud Brit. I intend to vote to stay if the vote ever comes. Also Eu would never let us in so we would be worse off.
@@LordPanda-wz9oq Yep a lot of desperate b/s artists on here. LMAO
Habeas corpus? Or is this the tabloid drum headcourt?
Here's a copy and paste of mine from another thread.
Yorkshire isn't in a `voluntary` union with England is it?
Scotland also contributes several thousand miles of coastline compared to Yorkshires 90, and 462,000Km2 EEZ or 62% of UK`s total maritime area, as opposed to Yorkshires - zero.
Within this astonishing EEZ lies every drop of UK oil and supports 5 refineries in England.
Scotland also has by far the UK`s largest food and drink exports in Scotch Whisky and Salmon, ang given that we have the third largest GDP in UK, our taxes are being used to subsidise Yorkshire, and large swathes of England.
Glad to be of assistance...
Did he just say "when SNP does well Scotland does well" .. Ohhhhhhh really, so that's why Scotland is a pit hole, infrastructure is knackered, everything is closed, education is in tatters, NHS is on its knees, still waiting for two ferries. Blimey I can go on and on and on and on and on...
I live in Scotland and it is great. I’ve lived else where in the U.K. and Scotland is where I’ve enjoyed the most and found it easier to live in society.
Absolute rubbish ...get the SNP out now...we need a government that gets delivers a better NHS, ferries etc. BTW.... the ref was about the UK staying in Europe,,, NOT SCOTLAND so get the SNP out
Does he look like a man that could get Scotland out of this mess of a supposed union...I don't think so.
If nippy couldn't get independence he has no chance.
Can't they take one of the uninhabited islands and move there and have their own country? Everyone happy.
Diverting attention away from their own failings. Was their bottle return scheme good for the economy? Was their ferry fiasco good for the economy? Was the running down of the oil industry good for the economy? Could any of these be contributors to the cost of living crisis?
Its called continually taking the public for fools.
As an Englishman, I love Scotland and its people.. However, I must say that the continuing call for Scottish independence should be addressed by England declaring independence from Scotland
the sad truth is,this would result in a union that is centuries old,being sent on different paths to please a brainwashed minority of people.i think this is also why muppet Swinney is yapping on about LGBT.pleasing minorities is there go-to because it feeds there ego's.its all a very toxic set up.
Scottish independence will see a flood of migrants at the Cumbria and Northumberland borders.
Good old Scotland. Will be lots cheaper to let illegals wander over the border than send them to Rwanda and the poor souls won't have to suffer another boat trip over to invade Ireland. Maybe the English can get some of their country back😂😂
How about building some ferries?? 😀
Scotland does well when the SNP does well, that explains why everything is failing just like the SNP
Can the English vote to dissolve the union so we can have lower taxes.
Scotland has the highest taxes in the uk
What is the point - if divides the country into two halves?
Or ... is that the real intention?
Agreed ..... Look what happened in Ireland when it was divided. Total disaster and thousands of people killed over the past 100 years. I'm a Dubliner in my 50's and it's crazy to me why 8 million people max north and south can't live under the one government in a beautiful land. Don't let those SNP fanatics do the same to the island of Great Britain. ..... What's next after that? An independent Wales or Scilly Isles using the Euro while England still has the pound? Crazy stuff!
Blah blah blah
John, c'mon pal, its not happening. Brexit showed why Scotland is constitutionally disadvantaged within the UK (if the many decades of tory governments in Westminster wasn't already a clue) but Brexit is also the reason we cant do independence now. We cant have the same border issues that NI and Ireland are going through, and Europe would not want a repeat of them. UK would need to rejoin Europe before its a possibility, and thats not happening any time soon.
F**K the E.U.!
He still got a ticket for the gravy train
The implications of Brexit (which a million Scots voted for) would be as nothing compared to leaping off an Indy Cliff with no Currency or plan.
Scotland's poor, welfare dependent and public sector workers would be out of a job and welfare in a month.
how benevolent of England to continuously paying Scotland's way - must be such an economic milestone having to chuck a few quid north of the border to Europe's most Oil wealthy country
Err I’m Scottish, living in Scotland and understand the power of the union. The reason Scotland joined the UK are as valid now as ever before.
What about all corruption 🤔 within 🤔 the SNP and missing money
Another day dreamer?????
Why can’t politicians carry out the ‘will’ of the people, they just look after themselves all the time 😩
The sooner that millstone is off Englands back the better.
not trying to be biased but this has been said a couple of times and it didn't happen
So he's on hid knees BEGGING for the support of any of the Unionist parties to keep him alive as FM - while still spewing out this complete word vomit.
Any Braveheart 'Yesser' out there who believes him needs a brain.
LGP Community, are LGP rights different from heterosexual Right?
The sooner we get a new Government in Scotland the better.
He's got more chance of having a full head of hair in the morning.
Lol. Here we go again, another waste of time. Just bloody leave it alone and count the money London sends Scotland.
SNP needs to go and fast
Independence is further away than it has been in my lifetime. As a yorkshireman in aberdeen, i thank God
“We could have independence in a few years if only we weren’t so corrupt”.
Scottish First Ministet , WHITE! His predecessor must be going nuts 😅
Oh, they are just absolute geniuses at thinking outside the box, aren't they? I mean, their amazing ability to completely disregard any notion of collaboration or interdependence is truly awe-inspiring! It's truly mind-boggling how they manage to thrive in the cutthroat world of business with such a brilliant and forward-thinking ideology!
It's been almost a decade on from the EU Referendum and all people like him do is says X is Brexit's fault, Y is Brexit's. As others have said, change the record ffs.
Independence isn't the answer, but giving more power to NI, Scotland and Wales in Westminster is. Blending our courts would be a good idea too.
Realistically none of the countries in the UK could survive on their own. They'd have to join the EU or bend over backwards to create trade deals with the UK. To do so for non-violent political differences is extremely petty.
Nonsense, independence is the answer, that's why everyone else does it. 😂
Different crook in charge but same old story. Good luck with that pal
* delivered in five years * . . . . but how long to pay for it?
Will these people ever realise that the powers that be will never ever allow Scotland to cecede from the UK no matter how many times they scream FREEDOOOOOM!
The lesson learned from Brexit was that breaking away from a larger union can cause a weakening of the country. 🙄
What is it with Scottish politicians?
I never trusted this guy ever since he played the evil preacher in poltergeist 2.
Oh come on, this comment deserves way more likes 😂
What was the OUTCOME OF THE LAST TWO INDEPENDENCE VOTES?????
As he said, the Brexit result was achieved by the people of BRITAIN... that means a large number of Scottish folks also voted for Brexit; not just English.
SNP are on the way out, they just don't know it yet.
The biggest issue in Scotland is the successive failures of the SNP.
I honestly thought that was Kevin Spacey at first!
Stop the Barnett formula... ffs even companies in Scotland have rules about not speaking about independence
We already voted against it. Now take a telling SNP, we don’t want it.
The SNP epitomises the one trick pony. So many other important issues need to be addressed and yet they are only ever focused on this one goal. Like all the other problems afflicting Scotland will be solved by gaining independence.
I don't see why England get their independance from Europe but we don't get our independance from England. We need to be our OWN country and run our own, Like normal countries do.
The SNP did more for the union than anyone else.
Early in the day but still a major over simplification of the issues around Scottish independence.