Scottish Parliament on course for pro-independence majority
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- Our Scotland Correspondent Ciaran Jenkins joined us from Glasgow to tell us the latest on the Scottish elections results.
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Greetings from ireland rooting 4 u in scotland
What part of Ireland?
@@mrmark8195 Eire
@@christianahern5517 So many people going up to Northern Ireland to buy things cheaper 🍀🤔
@@mrmark8195 good for them have you any more nuggets of information
@@christianahern5517 Lots of Facts and Figures Especially about the European Union. Fire away 🔥🤔
Hi from Denmark fantastic result
Sofus. Thank you . love to Denmark. Scotland. Independence is coming soon
Thank you kindly, Sofus. Much love to you and Denmark. Exciting times! 🥰
@@scottferguson48 Not with 48% it isn't.
don't get too excited. Its not really possible for Scotland to join the EU without the rest of the UK. And if by some miracle they pulled it off it would be fantastic for the rest of the UK, and put a nice big hole in the EU's precious single market.
@@christianfahey3661 how so? Scotland can rejoin and the hole would be on Nazi ussk Titanic
Huge win for Scotland 🏴
Yeah....no mandate for at least another 5yrs,3800 votes and 1 seat SHORT, hopefully the EU will be gone by then so we can go for 100% independence,not the scam that Globalist liar is proposing?
Why doesn't England want to give Scotland the independence they voted for? Its funny how England wants "independence" but everyone else is not allowed to vote for that themselves. The SNP should start a referendum slogan, "Independence isn't only for England."
@@lyndoncmp5751 Why not? First of all its been 7 years. Promises given have not been meet. 2nd, Pro-Union message was that Scotland would be out of the EU... well... England sure dragged them out of that.
@@beyondspace64 bit of a stretch that when the main message from the Project Fear campaign was that we wouldn't be in the EU if we left and would have to re-apply for membership. The Brexit campaigners all publicly said that if they lose and it's a closely ran thing they'll try again and again plus the "once in a generation" was a rallying campaign slogan and has no constitutional relevance, much the same as the £350million a week for the NHS lie. Why the outrageous double standards always? Why should people on one side of the spectrum be allowed to demand certain standards and adherence to a set of "rules" which they themselves regularly flout and wouldn't adhere to in a million years, not only that would claim persecution if such parameters were set for them by others.
Scotland needs to free itself from a future of rightwing Westminster governments.
@MM79 Done.
Can you repost in English that doesn't reek of condescension?
@MM79 Actually, I'm a recipient of Ireland's excellent public education system, which 99.4% of students are enrolled in.
The fact that everyone gets the same education avoids people such as yourself, people who suffer superiority complexes.
@@eoghan5006 don’t mind this poor guy... he is just sore of the big loss and is afraid of democracy as he is wishing to impose what feels confortable to him to other people.
Condescending and selfish, the perfect example of a wee crying baby Tory
@@gillou4382 🏴
The reality is the majority if Scots abhor the Tories Trump like politics. Division and hate are not wanted here.
4:45 "This is not what Scots want"
If only there was some sort of mechanism that the Scots could use to direct their nation's government's policy direction for the next few years.
You know, if there was a way from the citizens of a country to say their opinion, or to have some sort of way to be represented by some kind of group... I hope someone in Greece one day will invent that
You both are magic, love it 🥰
Noone mentioning the 47% the SNP got is not an actual majority and is less than Remainers got in the 2016 referendum! ...and that, regionally, in Scotland, Conservative support actually rose this election! - on top of that, some SNP voters don't even want independence, just more devolved powers, which Boris will probably dole out!
@@adarkimpurity You are forgetting that SNP is down only to 1 seat to have the majority but the Green party has 8 seats and they want the independence referendum aswell...
@@adarkimpurity everyone playing moron youtube comment bingo can cross out your "man who believes a notorious liars lie"
Good luck and blessings to the Scottish people.
Victory!🏴
No majority!!!
@@AC-tn9hg yes there is with the greens
@@vloglifesubscribe People vote green for different reasons, whereas SNP clearly said both votes for them to get a referendum in the next Scottish parliament. There is a difference
As a European I would be very glad to see Scotland joining in.
I'm sure you would. Another wealthy country you can drain money from. If scotland vote to leave the UK it's because they want to end our union, but then rejoin an unstable and frankly undemocratic union that is the EU
@@benardo01 if you want to talk about undemocratic.... Scotland voted against brexit! Westminster just ignores the Scots.
@@rsrs8632 scotland voted to remain in the UK, and the UK voted to leave the EU. Democracy is wonderful because it works, you're argument would make sense if the 2014 referendum never happened and scotland hadn't voted to remain part of the UK, but to say the Brexit referendum isn't democracy in Scotland just doesn't stand up. Dont forget there were people in scotland who voted for brexit too
Ditto.
@@benardo01 Just like you talk about democratic EU. If people in EU vote directly for the president of EU, only big country like mine or Italy can really chose their leader so it's not really equitable with small country like Portugal or Luxembourg.
Go Scotland! How will Westminster ever preach democracy to other countries ever again if they ignore a democratic mandate in one of their constituent countries?
@@lyndoncmp5751 So are you advocating for dictatorship since you can only have one election every 50 years?
@@beyondspace64 Except for Liberal Democrats no one wanted that.
@@lyndoncmp5751 that's like saying Scotland already joined the UK, you can't just have a referendum when you don't like your original decision hundreds of years ago. People change. Countries change.
On indyref2: ‘This is not what Scots want’ from the labour MSP - did he not see the results?
@MM79 The dual voting system deliberately restricts seat growth. The whole system is designed to avoid one party majorities, and the SNP is but one seat away. Also, they advanced their lead in almost every seat they held, and closed the gap in the seats they lost. Big win for the SNP.
@MM79 no the SNP gained a seat and increased their vote share
Noone mentioning the 47% the SNP got is not an actual majority and is less than Remainers got in the 2016 referendum! ...and that, regionally, in Scotland, Conservative support actually rose this election! - on top of that, some SNP voters don't even want independence, just more devolved powers, which Boris will probably dole out!
@@adarkimpurity Conservative votes did rise (but not their share) as did SNP and Green (but increased share) both labour and LDs lost votes. The 47% is on constituency level which is the wrong indicator (Not all parties stand on it). List vote is a clearer indication of where the country is politically, that had pro indy support at over 50% with more votes cast on the list ballot. You are right not all SNP voters support indy (about 5%), however 40% of labour voters do support indy as do roughly 10% Conservatives.
The unionists just can't accept democracy. The only democracy they believe in is the one that agrees with them. The more they deny the democratic right to a referendum, the more the majority of Scots will want it.
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, the Soviet Union and soon, the United Kingdom. 🪓⛓
Grab the popcorn. Alba gu brath! 🏴
Let's hope for a Czechoslovakia not a Yugoslavia
what did you said ? Czechoslovakia ? they're always had been separated countries before Soviet Union Yugoslavia almost the same
bro how do ppl listen to conservatives talk and not just laugh
time to go our own way, nothing to loose tied to a sinking ship
I don't like the idea of Scotland leaving the UK and the remaining part becoming even more in the grip of the Tory "middle England .. A hard border btwn England and Scotland seems a backward retrograde step. I regarded myself as British first and English second.. Maybe England will follow Scotland and rejoin the EU in 30 years... No borders, FOM, common standards on democracy and human rights.. The EU as a greater version of the UK Union..
Robert Allen you are so right go Scotland go we can't wait to have you back Irish French living in the Netherlands love
Howabt a hard border with London and no money from London?
I'm not one to be pedantic but seeing "lose" written as "loose" triggers my OCD. Regarding Scottish independence, I'm Canadian, so I don't have a horse in this race.
@@MRTOWELRACK Spelling is not important, we are discussing Scottish independence... As u r Canadian, you must be aware of Quebecois desire to leave Canada.. Personally I think that a disaster for both Quebec and the rest of Canada and of no benefit to Quebec.. What would they gain? A better trade deal with the US? Hardly.. A tiny Quebec army and navy on the Great lakes that they can cheer and feel macho abt? Quebec already has all the freedom it needs...
That Tory has some logic.
"The Scottish people have rejected Independence, by electing a pro-independence majority"
Some polls suggest half of the Green voters would reject independence.
@@monarchist1838 40% of Labour voters would vote for it.
@MM79 Apart from, you know, the most significant thing to happen in the last 50 years of British politics, Brexit.
But yeah, nothings changed.
@MM79 Ok, very cool.
My point still stands. You lied.
@MM79 I have explained how you lied, I won't waste anymore energy unless you actually make an argument.
Did he say Mexican Standoff? I live north of Mexico and I'm not even sure what that means. 😆
If you watch the final scene from the good the bad and the ugly you will know.
Just look for it here on CZcams.
Mexican Standoff: is when three people (or groups) are pointing a gun at eachother and no one can shoot because the first one to kill will be the second to die, and just the third will survive. It's a possision where you can not shoot or being shot so you do nothing. I think that it's an australian term to ilustrate the situation in the mexican revolution where three revolutionary groups had to negotiate to organize the goverment because no one could defeat the others.
Tablas mexicanas: es cuando tres personas (o grupos) se apuntan los unos a los otros y ninguno puede disparar porque el primero en matar será el segundo en morir y sólo el tercero sobrevivirá. Es una posición en donde no puedes disparar o ser disparado, así que no haces nada. Creo que es un término australiano para ilustrar la situación durante la revolución mexicana en donde tres grupos revolucionarios tuvieron que pactar para organizar el gobierno porque ninguno pudo derrotar a los demás.
Well done Scotland.
The Scottish people need to go all out so as to regain its independence .
Boris Johnson is proof that it’s Westminster that dictates to Scotland right now .
Go grab your freedom , it’s a great World out there for small independent countries..
Scotland 🏴,
Ireland 🇮🇪,
Wales 🏴
= 3 sister Celtic countries .
There are many areas of present day England that are still Celtic also .
Like? Cornwall?
🏴
@@Jay_Johnson
Yes , Cornwall and many other areas of present day England .
It once was a Celtic island with numerous tribes/ clans , one of which gives the island its present name .
@@Dannydantimpat DNA analysis over the past 15 to 20 years has revealed that the people of Ireland and Great Britain (as well as much of nearby northwestern/western continental Europe) share a common genetic ancestry going back to the end of the last ice age.
By the time it is appropriate to think of the Irish and (Celtic) British as separate peoples culturally, say 1500 to 2000 years ago, there were extensive interactions between Ireland and the western parts of Great Britain. For example, there are archaeological remains of Irish settlements in what is now Wales, and the Ulaid (from present-day Co. Antrim) established the kingdom of Dál Riata in western Scotland. It is reasonable to assume that there was an exchange of DNA among the Irish and the Britons at that time (though, despite their cultural/linguistic differences, both groups were still essentially identical from a genetic perspective).
The ancient Irish were enthusiastic slave-raiders and brought many slaves over from Great Britain. After the fifth century AD, their victims necessarily included Anglo-Saxons, and thus we may expect that “English” (as opposed to British) genes began to enter the Irish gene pool from then on. The importation of British/English slaves continued after the Norse established Dublin and other towns and largely superseded the Irish as slave traders.
The English invaded Ireland in 1169-71. As the Cambro-Norman official Gerald of Wales described in his Expugnatio Hibernica (“The Conquest of Ireland”) (1189), these “English” included Normans, Flemings and Welshmen. They settled mainly in Leinster and parts of Munster, where they and their descendants often intermarried with the Irish. Surnames of medieval Anglo-Norman and Welsh origin are still common in those parts of Ireland.
The late 16th and early-to-mid 17th centuries saw the influx of significant numbers of English and Scots settlers, particularly in Ulster but also in parts of Munster. The big difference between these settlers and the Irish (both of Gaelic Irish and Anglo-Norman descent) was that the newcomers were Protestant and the Irish were Catholic. This diminished the possibilities for intermarriage, especially in Ulster where the settlers had sufficient critical mass numerically to maintain a separate cultural identity. But hormones will be hormones, and a certain amount of exchange of genetic materials took place nonetheless.
Of course, aside from the large influxes of English and Welsh in 1170-1200s and English and Scots in the 1580s-1600s, there was always a constant traffic of smaller numbers across the Irish Sea-officials, soldiers, merchants, adventurers-and these left their mark as well.
So, to return to your question: While we may not be able to say whether all Irish people are part English, Scottish or Welsh, it is indisputable that over the course of history, strong dashes of English, Welsh and Scots seasoning were added to the genetic Irish stew. But before there ever were Irish, English, Welsh or Scots, all four peoples shared a common ancestry.
@@Dannydantimpat they aren’t really still Celtic though are they. England (and most of Britain) have had huge cultural, ethnic and linguistic blending.
SNP represents Scottish Independence, free Scotland from Westminster.
Democracy at it finest even if you don’t fancy the result.
And I think Irish reunification will come to and maybe Wales next
Plaid Cymru went from 2nd to 3rd at the Senned election.
Scotland, that shining city at the top of the hill.
Go Scotland. Make it happen
Pls leave Uk and join with EU.we are ready to welcome Scotland
The real Scottish, and the majority of Scots dont want independence. We voted in 2014 to remain in the UK so that result must be respected. But I suppose you lot in the EU dont believe in democracy
@@benardo01not we don't
Go Scotland........ just go!
This referendum must be only financed from Scotland GDP not from financial assistance as supplied from the rest of the U.K.
Also to those from other countries congratulating the Scottish people on this, please ensure your put you hand in your pocket and send over cash to help them out when required.
Does this mean that the Queen will need a passport to visit Balmoral?
I wonder what would happen??
@Frank Roy I know that is the case as Scotland is part of the U.K. But what happens if Scotland becomes independent?
@@nukemanmd yeah they may choose to keep the Queen as head of state, like Australia/Canada/NZ
@John Bull If Scotland became independent it would be a British Dominion like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Scottish government and Scottish people would pledge allegiance to the British crown. Australia and New Zealand are intending to hold a referendum on becoming a republic after the Queen dies meaning they'll replace the British Monarch with their own President as head of state.
@@nukemanmd If Scotland became independent it would be a British Dominion like Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The Scottish government and Scottish people would pledge allegiance to the British crown. Australia and New Zealand are intending to hold a referendum on becoming a republic after the Queen dies meaning they'll replace the British Monarch with their own President as head of state.
"we have to get scottish independence" yes queens
“It is agreed that nothing in this report prevents Scotland becoming an independent country in the future should the people of Scotland so choose.” Smith Agreement, 2014
Sturgeon and Salmond claimed time and time again the 2014 referendum was a ‘once in a generation/lifetime opportunity’. The Edinburgh agreement made no provision for a second vote if the SNP didn’t like the first.
@@monarchist1838 all Unionist parties claimed we'd keep our EU Citizenship get Devomax Federal UK Home Rule if we voted no in 2014 they lied & didn't deliver what they promised now theirs an indy majority like never before in the Scottish Parliament & you've absolutely shat it, typical unionist desperately trying to deny democracy
@@monarchist1838 completely forgetting the Smith agreement for which I've stated was signed by all parties in the Scottish Parliament
It's been 7 years since & a lot has changed many have changed from no to yes hence majority SNP & Green indy support in this election, Labour lost a seat Tories lost a seat SNP gain both & get the biggest ever vote in the history of the Scottish Parliament for any political party =we're off like it or no
@@monarchist1838 the anti-democratic royalist speaks 😂
@@patrickwoodside5998 what do you expect, they don’t respect Scottish people and only see the benefits they can get from it... was my first vote in Scotland... happy to have made it snp
Let them go and be independent. Make or break for Scotoland. But if it breaks them, we'll will Nocola Sturgeon get any blame?
Get the popcorn ready.
The current majority is already pro Indy lol, why move the goalpost from SNP majority to pro-Indy majority when there is already one
Nothing has changed since 2014. Nothing! Aye, right...
Support Scotland Independence !
Good luck Scotland!
07:10 typical tories
Well done SNP!
Question. What do you call the UK if Scotland & Northern Ireland leave the union? " WANGLAND "...
Underrated post.
Zombie decetive how about idiots
At last they can join our EU private club . It was abou time... Where is reunited Ireland ?
Barnier is preparing the Cofee and the biscuits for them
Whether they rejoin the EU or not, shouldn’t that be Scotland’s decision to make?
Alba gu bràth! Vive l’Écosse libre !
more people voted to leave the eu than voted for the snp.
@@neilmacdonald9501 That just isn't true.
200,000 more people voted for the SNP compared to Brexit.
IN THE WORDS OF THE GREAT IAN PAISLEY NEVER NEVER NEVER
This way Westminster with the Brexit racist nationalists will be isolated from Europe and the US. This is the price they shall pay for lying in Brexit referendum campaign.
Greetings from Greece! This year we celebrate 200 years of Greek independence, soon we will celebrate Scotland’s independence! 🇬🇷🇨🇾🏴🇪🇺
@@SociallyAcceptedGopnik
We get it
Evil EU etc
England and Wales can escape the evil EU. Do the brexity thing and good luck
The rest of us are happy enough with the EU.
Despite the fact i strongly disagree with independence (where it means a hard border and restricted movement), Indyref 2 needs to be held. The mandate is there.
@James Paterson how do we not have a hard border like that in the Irish Sea when Scotland rejoins the EU.
@James Paterson Scotland is less than 10% of the UK population. Our seat on the U.N security council is permanent
@James Paterson as for the military aspect who cares. The UK or England/Scotland will be protected by/will protect nato. The Only reason the UKs military is important is we pay enough that the US doesn’t complain within nato.
@James Paterson yes but England and Wales aren’t? I’m talking about a hard border on the island of Great Britain not Ireland....
@James Paterson again I hate to say it but who cares... militarily Great Britain is not important compared with Iceland Norway The Baltics or Turkey.
Why do they keep saying this is what the Scottish people want .not all Scottish people want independance
not all english want Brexit
the reporter at the start reminds me of a young John Laurie.
Independence!!!!! This time we got to win big!! let go for 80%
Ha....did you not see what just happened....Sturgeon lost her mandate for another referendum by 3800 votes and 1 seat?
@@williamrae9954 The past the post system in Scotland is rigged. proportionate representation is way fair . And don't worry the referendum will go ahead. winning is another story 😂 but I think it's achievable.
Ugh 😵😵 brexit was bad enough. When did people become so small minded?
They're gonna be sorry....
So if Scotland picks up and leaves the UK we get a shorter flight time to Iceland?
Don't bottle it this time!
SNP is good.
If it's so good why does it need support from the Greens?
Yeeeessss!!!!End London Rule!!!!Free Scotland!!!!!!!
Wearing my "I'm with Nicola" t-shirt with glee today. Just a shame Sean Connery won't see an independent Scotland.
Nor will you. 52% said no. No overall majority. If I were Johnson I'd say go ahead.
@@jaquesravalec242 it wasn’t a referendum. It was an election, grow up you sore loser crybaby.
What kind of view would he have had from fucking Marbella,Spain?
I'm a Scot and in favour of independence but Sean Connery was a woman beater and a complete bully, good riddance to him!
@@neilmacdonald9501 he hadn't lived in Marbella for over 20 years when he died. But that's beside the point, he had every right to his political opinions. The Tories just parachuted a woman into Hartlepool, who by her own admission has spent more time in the Cayman Islands than the constituency she's just been elected to.
Alex Salmond... Salmon is a fish.
Nicola Sturgeon... Sturgeon is a fish.
Fishy! 😂
Yep the smell is bad
If Scotland was really serious about leaving why do they not try to run the country without Westminster money and show the Scottish people they can manage their own country without economic disaster.
She has never suggested this sensible course of action, I wonder why?
@Raa Hiissdd dass yes I know, I work for the Treasury and I have to bank that £20?
Scots and Scots alone have legal claim and title to the lands of Scotland ..If Boris Johnson doesn't do the gentlemanly thing and agree the referendum Scots have an choice they can dissolve the union themselves and legitamitely declare Independence this with an show of hands and simple majority in the Scottish parliament or call an referendum to let the Scottish people have there say then MSPs can decide and vote on the matter following the will of the people as there mantra...The Scottish parliament an soveriegn parliament that governs the lands of Scotland legally doesn't have to have an referendum or seek Westminsters approval since it already has the mandate and status for independence in its manifesto commitments and law but it's an democratic choice the MSPs seem to favour. .The law in Scotland and internationally carries more weight than Boris Johnson and his Westminster government as there's nothing to stop Scotand tearing up the act of union declaring independant status to put up barbed wire fences border posts and guards..and this with or without an referendum agreed or not by Boris Johnson...In short given the sovereign status of Scotland an free state and Scotlands agreement to the union then Boris Johnson and Westminster dont govern Scotland unless Scots want them too...
If what you're saying was true Scotland would have left already
it's time for the Scottish people to take matters in their hands ... and NOT depending on westminster to determine what they need & want ... eg if the renovations of your house + house rules + what you can eat & drink + when you get to rest on your comfortable bed + how you want your own garden be decorated + how you take care of your own families & friends & guests in that house + how you want to raise your children + many more liberties & freedoms to be done in your own private house or even a rented house + you pay for the house to live in there ... all of the above mentioned has to obtain permissions from another household ... doesn't it make NO sense at all ???
devolved powers just a joke ... meaning whenever westminster feel unsafe and insecure with all the powers given out ... they still can take back the devolved powers with so called "overwhelming majority of democracy" in england ONLY ... no matter what majority is held by the oppositions in Scotland + Wales + Northern Ireland ...
uk is actually forcing all other little poor sub-states that need to beg for EVERYTHING if they don't pledge their loyalty to england !!! there's a mirror in asia south east ... the islamic federation of malaya-sia ... right now the melayu is forcing everyone to speak their mother tongue ... sounds like indonesia former president suharto right ...
What a performance from the Tory representative and the red Tory too, their position is laughable if it was not so undemocratic.
Lol the red Tory!! My god....how far Labour have fallen 🤣😅
This is a turning point for Britain it won't be called the United Kingdom anymore as Scotland will soon be Independent, N Ireland will soon join Ireland so Wales and England will have to be called rUK (rest of the UK) or little Britain.
🏴🇪🇺
Sad losers line: "We don't have the full results yet."
But we will.independence is coming
@Mark Sibbald The reasoning behind it is irrelevant. It's called democracy. They want a referendum. End of.
@@beyondspace64 How do you come to that conclusion?. More Scottish people voted for independence in the last referendum than have voted for the SNP in any general elections.
The GREENS ! 👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Greens equel commie look really deep and u will find the truth look at the german green party and u will disciover there true meaning
Bader meinhoff ur ti probley to young to understand
@@alanwhite7127 Are you drinking the right tea mr.White?
Mr...White wake up it 's already afternoon ! 🕞
Gowan Scotland!!!!! We'll be delighted for yas here in Ireland 🇮🇪🙌
Let them have their vote, when and if they join the European Union there will have to be a closed border looking at the issues on the Ireland border. Will save the English taxpayer a fortune. Lets see if they have to pay from their own taxes what they can give free
You cant just add up snp and greens party votes and say that everybody in scotland voted for another independence referendum. People have different reasons for voting for parties. For example just dont like boris johnson or if voted for greens maybe climate change dare i say it. I ewas reading recently that about 66 percent of voters dont read manifestos.
You cant just add up greens and snp votes and say that everybody in scotland wants a referendum . People in scotland have various reasons for voting . For example green party voters might have voted for example dare i say it because of climate change? I read recently that about 66 percent dont read manifestos. I understand recent polls had no to independence vote ahead.
Oh
❤ *_Americans praying for you Scotland_* ❤
Hope u get to leave so we can watch u fall hahahaha
🏴🏴🏴🇬🇧 Always Scotland, UK ☝️
Canzuk free movement 🇨🇦🇭🇲🇳🇿🇬🇧 better business is coming soon ✌️
@James Paterson you seem to forget the Blair Brown years both are Scots
Fair play to Scotland I hope the north of England will be independent next because London is keeping all of the money for itself keeping an art in poverty spend all the money down south to send up the poor people get rid of them from London and bribe temp to give them a house up north
@@lyndoncmp5751 yes but the Southeast always gets the best infrastructure and the best rail
Am scotish and it no no no am british
This has not aged well...
Frenchman here. Good luck to Scotland. Vive la Auld Alliance.
Love to France from your old friend scotland and thank you friend
the next time your french navy goes near British Jersey send them in glass bottom boats so they can find your fishing boats , then second time your navy goes near Jersey send them in more glass bottom boats so they can the first navy ships
@@summerbankboy Are you referring to the Franco-British disputes over the Jersey Islands? I have a lot of respect for the UK, but sending two warships against harmless fishing vessels is not a glorious thing haha
@@karimlasdoug937 no dispute Jersey, Gurnsey, Sark ect are British Islands end of story and so are the waters and fish surrounding them, when ships or boats blockade another countries port whether they be navy boats or not that is classed as an act of war
@@karimlasdoug937 dear friend don't worry about there English view s . about fishing. Typical English views. Your old Friend. Scotland
People seem to confuse voting SNP in an election
With voting for Scottish independence in a referendum
And that's two entirely different kettles of fish
There are more people who support independence than support SNP. I have tried to persuade them to vote for what they believe in and I´m sure other people have too. All they needed was one more seat. Maybe support from the Green Party will turn out to be a positive thing. It was still a good result though.
dont need a referendum, just leave !
That would be illegal.
It would also cause huge amounts of chaos. Think no-deal Brexit but worse.
Why does it take so long to get election results. In Canada we get results in about 6 hours. Yes we use paper ballots and they are counted by hand.
It’s cos of covid
Wow guys. Look at this Canadian trying to talk about how great Canada is.
@@eoghan5006 I am a Scot born in Glasgow! Yes I do have Canadian citizenship were I had to put my hand on the bible and swear to be loyal to Her Majesty The Queen and her descendents. Have you? You should get an education I was seeking knowledge when I asked the question not bragging about Canada in any way, although I could. God Save The Queen! Duel Citizenship loyal to her in both countries and the rest of the Commonwealth.
@@lukehumphries3916 Thank you!
@@bostonblackie9503 Well, that was an uncomfortable read.
A journalist who prefers the sound of his own voice to those of the interviewees, unless of course they share his personal points of view. Is this what journalism has come to?
@Vladimír Januška Vladimir, I have respect for everyone, but you must realise that the SNP are making false promises. More than 60% of Scottish trade moves from Scotland to the rest of the UK and Scotland's deficit is paid for by the UK, not Nicola Sturgeon or Scotland in isolation. And more to the point Scotland do not qualify for EU membership, their deficit is 10% of their GDP, not the 3% allowed by the EU. All Sturgeon is doing is seeking to divide the country for no logical reason other than her ultra-nationalist views and we've had enough divison already in my view
20 years minimum space between the same repeating referendums
Soon days my people soon days
Ciarans voice is mint.
Forget Boris call your own referendum
That would be illegal and many unionists including myself would boycott it.
@@magnuscliffard4631 since when did the English worry about anything being legal
@@malsmith1618 An illegal referendum would not only dent support for the SNP and for independence, but many Unionists like myself would boycott it and it would mean the SNP breaking a promise they made during this campaign of not holding an illegal wildcat referendum.
@@magnuscliffard4631 Dont go then, the people want it,
@@connork6740 I am fairly confident the Scottish Public, of which I am a part of, do not want an illegal independence referendum. If you can provide my with any opinion poll from any date even pre-Covid that showed majority support for an illegal referendum on Scottish Independence then please tell me about it.
Have they done the maths ... ?
Scotland (larger than Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands) are now well on their way to leave the UK following USA, Ireland, Australia, Canada, South Africa, Singapore, India ... the English empire is shrinking once again.
hahaha. You are crazy. There is no English empire anymore, and the Scottish created the UK.
5 of those countries are still part of the commonwealth....
Nice fucking tie lad
No nhs for Scotland and pounds good luck.
they're don't want anyway they're saying about Euro
Do you think if Scotland got independence would won't to keep the pound. As for the NHS Scotland . it will be up to Scotland
I remember when I watched "Brave heart" movie in my childhood the first time. What a great nation 🏴 big respect
Free yourself from the EU? Racist!
Scottish independence? So progressive.
We don't knO yet
what if England will refuse any trade with a separated Scotland until the Divorce is agreed on English terms ??
Gubulus Gabell. You spout English fascist, racist, arrogant hate narrative.
Somebody get that boy a fish supper
Labour are doing the same mistakes in Scotland in the independence debate as they did in the Brexit referendum; they are sounding irrelevant by not choosing a side of the fence to be on. If I were in Labour I would now support independence in Scotland 🏴 don’t worry about the Westminster parliament, at least they could regain power in an independent Scotland in the future. Play the long game. Plus, Kier Starmer would have a stick to beat the Tories with in London too.
I'd like to think Nicola Sturgeon can talk them into it better than Alex Salmond but she's making the same mistakes raving on about "independence" and "Scottish government taking control" and doesn't seem to understand that independence is the establishment of whole new sovereign and independent state which going to need its own financial and economic institutions among other things. Here's what should be put to her and she'll need sufficent answers to convince the Scottish people.
CENTRAL BANK: The Bank of England is the UK central bank, the Republic of Ireland has the Central Bank of Ireland. What about Scotland?
CURRENCY: Sterling is the UK currency (governed by the Bank of England), Ireland had the Punt (governed by the Central Bank of Ireland) before adopting the Euro. What currency would Scotland's central bank issue? A brand new currency possibly called the "Scot" or join the Euro?
STOCK EXCHANGE: The UK has the FTSE, Ireland has the ISEQ (pronounced eye-zeck), What about Scotland?
STATE BROADCASTER: The UK has the BBC, Ireland has RTÉ, both funded by a TV licence fee. What about Scotland?
POSTAL SERVICE: The UK has Royal Mail, Ireland has An Post (pronounced "on pust" which is Gaelic for "The Post"). What about Scotland?
NATIONAL AIRLINE: The UK national airline is British Airways, Ireland has Aer Lingus (founded by the Government of Ireland in 1936). What about Scotland?
PASSPORT: The UK passport has "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" on the front cover with "UK citizen" under nationality, the Irish passport has "Ireland" on the front cover with "Irish" under nationality. What about Scotland?
MILITARY: The UK has the British Armed Forces, Ireland has the Irish Defence Forces. What about Scotland?
HEALTH SERVICE: The health service in the Republic of Ireland is the HSE (Health Service Executive) which is only free to people who can't afford it (such as pensioners, unemployed, people on low income) and they're eligible to obtain a "HSE Medical Card" to avail of the service for free. And those who can afford it don't get it for free and have the option of buying health insurance. If Ireland was to copy the UK's NHS the Irish people (both low earners and high earners) would pay an average €300 extra a year income tax. Ireland's low earners would be paying extra tax (for NHS style) and many of them are already getting the HSE for free. As for the high earners, the extra tax (for NHS style) may be more than their optional health insurance. So would Scotland copy the NHS, or Ireland's HSE?
THE UNEMPLOYED: In the UK Jobseekers Allowance to over 25's is £74.70 a week, in Ireland it's €203 (£176.51) which is nearly £102 more. What would Scotland's unemployed receive?
Not an SNP majority!
one seat off, and besides that is an absolutely incredible result
not english Johnson but only scottish can decide their future !
They just did. 48% and no overall majority. Bolting the Greens on makes no difference. If I were Johnson I'd say go ahead.
Yes means No.
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Waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle waffle
Alaska was sold. Sell Scotland to a dumb buyer.
Stupid statement. A people are not property to sell.
Yurt
Let them go. Sick of hearing about it 2bh. Let’s move forward making the rest of the UK a success without Scotland
Dada not much left then which I believe would be the best for England so you can all live in your fantisty world where you are better than everyone else
@@miakeogh6844 we have the largest economy and population in the UK we will be fine without Scotland
I'm from India and I have seen outlander TV show, I have learn so much about Scottish history,also about Jacobites resistance.I get tears after I've known that.
_Although it is to shed tears on current COVID situation in our own India. Also there's a lesson to learn from Scottish Independence, that we should allow refrendum to Khalistan to peacefully vote YES or no on Independence. Please let me know if I am wrong?_
@@cakeofmanycolors2303 We have no problem with the referendum.
95 per cent in Punjab will vote for India.
Hypocrisy at its best.
I definitely support independence of Scotland why not ?