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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2021
- Hope and Possibility. Some thoughts on Scottish Independence and the forthcoming Holyrood elections, May 2021. Second video also now posted (19 March) - bit.ly/3lD9pgj Follow the blog at www.donrobertoandme.com
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
Hope, possiblity, and self respect
Great piece by Jamie.
Excellent video - shared to Twitter and every FB group I belong to.
Thank you Jamie for this carefully worded inspiring video.
Now subscribed to your CZcams and following your blog! Saor Alba gu bràth, mar bu chòir!
Thank you. I hope we can all share this far and wide on social media.
Excellent video and spot on. Scotland needs to waken up! I'd be interested to know why the folk who disliked this video, did. Do they have a positive case for Scotland remaining in this toxic "union"?
Brilliant Jaime . Really enjoyed that
This pretty much sums everything up very clearly. 🏴🔥
Great to hear positivity on this issue. All we hear in the media is negative
Very articulate. More voices like this please. Stories are powerful, the politicians are unfortunately not doing the best job at promoting independence, so let the people!
There are lots of power stations on the River Tay already and the big uilities want to scrap.them. i had small business repairing ship electrical sytems for many years to lloyds dot etc. If ship company had english manger my invoices were put away in a drawer but if manager or superintendant was scottish or foreign i got paid on the nail. We being robbed of raw materials like steel which put in hands of foreigners chargin g huge money for commonly used steel
Fantastic video and great words. Will definitely share.
Well put Jamie.
Thank you ,Jamie for putting this across in such an articulate way - as a New Scot I am praying that my fellow countrymen and women have the courage this time to grasp this opportunity to take our rightful place inEurope and the world. A progressive, modern country with self confidence and the self respect to no longer be a vassal to that corrupt, disdainful, callous, Westminster colonial master. (Subscribed)
When much of mainstream media has us in doubt & feel ill of our abilities & future, occasionally words of encouragement, hope & possibility come to the fore, helping us to our feet to persist in our effort, and we are very thankful for them
Well said sir.
Awesome - well said Jamie !
Thanks for your wonderful video, you have inspired me to try harder to be less aggressive in my arguments. Thank you.
Thank you Jamie.
Hear, hear!
Excellent. Strength to your arm!
Powerful river - powerful words. Good luck from south of the border.
Thank you - appreciate it!
Thank you. Good to know that at least some south of the border understand that Scottish independence isn't predicated on Anglophobia.
Thank you Jamie for your powerful, succinct and true words. This clip could genuinely be used in the election campaign
Flow river flow...
Thank you, for succinctly voicing my own thoughts and also fears for Scotland if we don’t get our act together ASAP. My heart would break if we lose our chance of independence because of our own divisions .
Superb case all wrapped up in a very watchable video...the best 7mins spent on CZcams for many. Thanks for putting it all succinctly and updating us on many confusing facts that have been debated or worse still, hidden from us leading up to possibly the most significant Scottish Parliamentary elections in history. It's make or break time. Both votes SNP 1&2.
Jamie: thanks for these excellently-presented (and scenically attractive) videos. If a more eloquent and persuasive argument for independence exists, I have yet to see it. More power to your elbow, sir.
Yes! Thanks for making the case so succinctly Jamie.
This was fantastic. Thank you.
Well said Jamie - I will share far and wide!
Saor Alba!
Excellent, Jamie. Strength to your arm!
I've liked and shared this video. Thank you Jamie. Saor Alba
Great words my friend. Can you direct me to your Blob please?
Guess you mean blog?! www.donrobertoandme.com
Brilliantly well put .
Outstanding, Sir. You gained another follower today.
What an inspiring speech, thank you, this is getting shared
The yes poll has been over 50% for more than a year now thats a clear and sustained vote for Independence.
You're not up to date. It's dropped below that post SNP corruption exposure.
Actually you're not up to date, that poll was withdrawn as it was not measured in comparison with the standard way of measuring polls and when done correctly the yes vote was corrected to 53% . Google it you'll find that's the case.
Added to this, being an English speaking country in EU is very much needed in the overall education, politics and economy. Try to imagine how many erasmus students may going on there after England exited.
Quite agree Alfredo. Though please remember, we’re not Anglo-Saxons!
@@JamieJauncey my apologies, didnt know it, im changign it right now into English speaking country then
Saor Alba gu brath!
Superb, Jamie!
Splendid stuff !! 👍
Saor Alba
Fair enough!
good clear video but do do BothVotesSNP in South Scotland. If SNP are set to win constituencies elsewhere then fine do BothVotesYes
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Jamie, despite your very posh accent that we generally associate with the privileged elite, I like your video right up until the last 3 words... I just don't see how 'Both Votes SNP' is the best message for Scottish Independence, under the D'Hondt method of our voting system, where thousands of votes are deducted because we do well with the 1st votes to get the most Constituency Seats. I will definitely be giving my 1st vote to the SNP in Paisley, but my 2nd vote will go to the next largest pro-Independence party most likely to pick up Regional List Seats in SNP Strongholds like my location and that's the Scottish Green Party. Both votes for Independence. I believe the The Highlands and Islands and the Borders, perhaps also in the North East are the only Regions where 'Both Votes SNP' might be worthwhile. The most pro-Indy MSPs in our Scottish Parliament with less Unionist MSPs is surely worth more than SNP 2nd votes that don't amount to anything and which everybody forgets about? Æ
Thanks Andrew. You are not alone in seeing it that way, but my reading of the system is that if the SNP fail to keep their percentage share of the list vote very close to their percentage of the constituency vote they are disproportionately penalised - as happened in 2016. I have the greatest respect for the Greens, but on this occasion there is too much at stake to risk any loss of seats by the SNP - they’re the ones who are going to get us over the line, after all.
@@JamieJauncey in 2016 our SNP got many more votes than in 2011 and gained 6 more Contituency Seats which meant more deducted votes under the D'Hondt method. Nearly 1 million 2nd votes and they only got 4 Regional List Seats out of it, whereas the Tories got 24 Regional List Seats with far fewer votes because they didn't do so well with the 1st votes. Only 10% of the people who gave the SNP their 1st vote didn't give them their 2nd vote. It seems the system was indeed set up so no one party could dominate our Scottish Parliament. So, if you do well with the 1st votes, it is not possible to do well with the 2nd votes in those same regions. If more of that 90% of people who gave their 2nd votes to the SNP the last time gave them to the Scottish Greens instead, we would have many more Pro-Indy MSPs right now and I expect we would be closer to Independence than we are now. I've asked the SNP, of which I am a member, about this several times and got no response at all. That speaks volumes. Æ
Jamie, I too share the feeling that the D'Hondt count means we cannot give both votes SNP, if we want to win. The system does seem loaded against any party that is successful in the constituency vote. I truly fear that the difficulty in understanding this is going to lose us this opportunity.
We thought about our future in 2014 and just got ignored, the EU is falling apart and we want to join? Looking forward to installment 2 when he tells the truth.
480p is the highest quality you can offer what you using a nokia 3210 lol
Indeed so here we are twenty odd years from the climate change nightmare really starts to bite and it is being suggested that we spending those years building a border at Carlisle, having a new currency and ignoring Attenborough's instruction not to look inward . Sounds very wise.
We do not look inward, and we will happily collaborate with others, including rUK on the urgently required actions we need to take to tackle climate change. We're capable of doing more than one thing at a time, us humans.
I could not watch all of this claptrap even though I am a supporter of Scottish independence. Come on Jamie. What are you smoking?
Great video then at the end you said both votes SNP Shame you ruined this would have shared until you ruined it at the end ....
Where have you been for the past 14 years, the SNP have blown your argument out the water, Europe and the EU is in turmoil.
This dear old chap is wildly out of touch with global reality; he has bought into SNP-promoted victim-hood big-time. He has a highly optimistic and romantic idea about Scotland's potential. Virtually every argument he makes could be made equally plausibly on behalf of Yorkshire (bigger population!). 60 countries have left the UK? Oh, come on. Presumably he's thinking of former colonies. Never part of the UK. Scotland has never been Guadeloupe! I applaud his criticism of Tory cronyism, but note, he makes no mention of the disgusting cronyism recently exposed in the SNP. What sticks in the gullet is the fantasy that Scotland is somehow different and even superior to the rest of us on these islands. Shear arrogance ! He cares not a jot about the damage his secessionist prescription would do to others nearby (Muslims in our ghetto cities in the north of England, e.g.). In short, he is no more than a Johnsonian scoundrel-patriot concocting seemingly plausible arguments to back up his Anglo-phobic case. What he DOESN'T say is far more pertinent than what he does. Thankfully, the majority of his compatriots are far too pragmatic and level-headed to be convinced by this nonsense. One idea would be to scrap the Barnett Formula, write off the Scottish tax contribution to Westminster, and allow Holyrood to tax independently in order to make up the differential. NOW - that's an interesting scenario! There'd be riots on the streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh.
You are wrong of course, but your clouded vision will not allow you to see that. By the way, just look at what you said about countries being former colonies. I am sure your grasp of semantics will allow you to understand that "former colonies" were once countries that we invaded, took control of and robbed. And they claimed their rightful place once more as countries, despite this country trying to prevent that happening. Scotland is a part of the current UK, sadly. Leaving that union does not constitute secession. Leaving the UK is a natural desire for those of us who believe that we should not be controlled and dictated to by people like you and your kind stuck in the decaying and diluting swamp of empire.
@@chickmckenna1 No! You are wrong Chick. I advise you to check out the history of the Union. Clearly, you are ill-acquainted with it. Scotland has NEVER been a 'colony' of England. It amalgamated with it by due legal process under the auspices of a Scottish Stuart monarch called Queen Anne. Attempting to break with that Union is by definition, 'secession'. Just as when the Confederacy sought to detach itself from the American union. They lost. Scotland has never in recent history been 'dictated to' or 'controlled' by Westminster. On the contrary, considering the power wielded by Scottish politicians in Westminster, recently, the opposite would seem to be the case. Christ! I hardly think someone of my generation has been stuck in the swamp of Empire; that entity was over before I was born. I strongly advise more reading up. Concentrate. You may be fortunate enough to be deprived of your ignorant prejudices. Hope so, anyway!
@@andrewgibbon-williams7974 Semantics aside, the relationship has always been a colonial one, whether you call it a "union of equals" or not. Words are cheap, but the reality of the union is one of colonialism.
Mad mental gymnastics that Scotland deciding to become independent would somehow be to blame for the poor or worsening treatment / living situations of (since I assume that's what you're getting at) "Muslims in ghetto cities in the north of England".
@@Biopoesis A secession by Scotland - it'll never happen - would impoverish ALL of us living on these islands. De facto. Scotland is an asset to England, Wales, and Northern Island ('colonized' by Scots, by the way!); but the rest of the United Kingdom is a greater asset to Scotland. Force majeure.
Well said Sir,