Scottish independence: 'So much emotion on the streets' - BBC News
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As the referendum on Scottish independence draws closer, BBC Scotland correspondent James Cook reports from the campaign trail on the challenges of covering the story.
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James you were part of a tiny percentage of BBC staff who actually did seem pretty impartial to be fair to you. However, I did notice that straight after you were shipped off to the USA to work on the stories from over there lol
Isn't it surprising that the BBC always manage to find equal numbers of YES and no campaigners for their reports. What a strange coincidence.
That statement is moronic for once the BBC did what it was supposed to do and gave a balanced view. 50 -50
Sadly they didn't do that in the eu refurendum (ie today show radio 4 96% of interviews in favour of remain )
If the BBC hadn't been such a bunch of bias sxxts in the eu refurendum the vote to leave would have been 90%. .
Scotland and it's people are wonderful but it would be a mistake of epic proportions to leave the UK.
I have no wish to see Scotland fail .
john Thatcher did they heck the were so biased against the yes campaign it was disgusting to watch
Shock horror they did a balanced report 😧 if anything they shouldve had more No campaigners seeing as there were more of them in the end...
@@Jonathan-pg2hd mmm i can taste the salt
ce183 I can only taste independence ya walloper 🏴🇮🇪
Free Scotland!
Support from Hongkong!
Free them? They had a vote and voted not to leave 😂 so it’s literally their choice lmao 😂
@@gurjitsurana2796 ya but obviously circumstances have change 🙄
For what?? We want to live with uk
@@mathsdebater231 no
@@rome316ae3 yes Britain left remember
Free scotland
Are Scottish people not free?
He DID reported it fairly and that is why this serious BBC journalist got punished and is now in Hollywood asking would-be starlets at red-carpet events to ask in-depth questions like " Who designed your dress"
HOPE YOU LIKE BO JO THE CLOWN, HAVE A GOOD BRITEX!!!
Aye James, its been really successful for the Westminster Parliament not so much for Scotland, Independence is our only hope.
Bye bye looking forward to a border with Anglo Saxon England
You will regret it sturgeon is telling the Scottish people lies
@C.J McDairmant MM the Picts and the Stryclide Britons are the People of Scotland the. The Gaelic Scots are from the Dal Rada an NI Kingdom that went to Scotland in the 5th Century. So No. Gaelic is from ireland not Briton they spoke Common Brythonic.
@C.J McDairmant This is the Language that he Britons and the Picts would have spoken.. czcams.com/video/CzRosgRtDCs/video.html
The south east of scotland was anglo-saxon for centuries btw, and most modern scots are very anglo saxon in their makeup 😂
The EU has rejected Scotland as "Another Greece" I say give Scotland their independence, I love a good train wreck.
"(...) on the vote of JUST 4 million people". Really? you call JUST 4 million? that's way much more people that at any point in history decided wether to join or separate states, always dependant on the power of royals and political elites. 4 million is a MASSIVE number of people, deciding on their future!
And yet it’s not enough to be the majority, maybe you just want to vote every week until you get what YOU want?
Not even accurate history. The 1962 Algeria Independence referendum saw 6 million people voting.
No voters what a bunch of hypocrites
You mean the actual Scottish
@@sahibbhadal That would be British Nationalists that hate everything about their own country now the minority as the Scottish people voted for the biggest amount of elected MSPs in favour of independence ever elected in the history of the Scottish Parliament
@@patrickwoodside5998 look most people who voted yes are Irish Irish paddy whos came after the election meanwhile the natives Scots were imperialists like England
The BBC should respect the rights and freedoms of the Scottish people
How about you worry about respecting the rights of hong kong first eh?
@@derkguez8590 Then why does the BBC care more about Hong Kong?
@@user-zj7vl3ey5d how about answering my question bot 😂😂😂
@@derkguez8590 Do unto others as you would have others do unto you😂Obviously you don't understand this truth.
@@user-zj7vl3ey5d free hong Kong. Period.
He starts off by saying “one of the most successful unions in history, and then goes on to say he approaches this story in a most unbiased way, lol.
This show began with a Scot shouting loud. What a tradition kept..
Shouting facts loudly...
BBC approach is balanced, not biased.Now is it?
No matter what the result is, I think the vote would create a huge gap between British and Scottish.
YI WANG Thats what we want britain is Scotland's graveyard
You are both idiots. Scotland is IN Britain!!
You mean England and Wales
@@alliona502 it's in the British Isles but that doesn't mean if we leave we'd be British that's like saying Canadians are American as they live in North America 😂
@@AlbaHistory scotland would still be on the island of great britain and would therefore still be british
here is hoping for a Yes next time
Ha, never! Soctland will forever be a part of *THE UNITED KINGDOM*
@@iqbalbhayangkara3816 In your dreams
@@TheMarioManiac Who?
why an antagonizing BBC? I thought British = Scottish+English ?
No british is scots english welsh and northen irelanders who are mostly of scotish decent i believe
The UK is more then two places...
e21big you think the the uk is only two places 😂😂😂
And people upvoted this? Bloody hell people are stupid.
@@silver4831 agreed
And how apt that Cook slants by saying "the most successful Union the world has ever seen"!! You can tell the BBC is paying his wages.
Alan reid, because it is one of the most successful unions the world has ever seen.
Alan reid it is.
@@caelan8819 it was murderous, made a lot of individuals very rich by raping other countries, and it was Scotland and Ireland that suffered proportionately more casualties, cannon fodder was the only use Westminster found for Scotland.
@@davidalexander330 this is so untrue its almost comical, if you actually look it up Scotland and Scottish people were the driving force in the empire and massively over represented in positions of power
@@samhardie699 individuals di
d take part, but the nation didn't, and we were used as cannon fodder, as were the irish.
NO: Speaking facts
YES: SHOUTING AND YELLING!
Ur probably English yet u cant even speak it
Go Now !
World's most successful union. It would be madness to break it up. Don't do it.
Most Scottish probably want to, after Brexit
For the English.
You are a idiot. The only thing this unequal union has benefited is the English ...with out Scotland England would be a third world country... England needs us we DONT NEED YOU
Support the Scottish freedom to choose, to be free from the south.
They voted to stay you idiot.
England wanted them to go and now we're stuck with them 😢
Is Scotland forced to sink with UK into something they do not want to? If Scotland wants to leave UK why they can not ?
people get angry but well done. proud to be one love
typical stupid comment from a idiot nationalist. tell us what drug you are in to make such stupidity?? 🇬🇧
The Divided Kingdom of Not So Great Britain,, oh and Northern Ireland.
Scotland becomes independent.
Northern Ireland joins Ireland
Wales...just stays the same
And England keeps Boris
That is the future
Be careful what you wish for sturgeon is telling the Scottish people lies
@@keithsymons5708 expand
Emotion will always be strong, the Scots deserve to be free
Lol
@@Sahaib3005 is that it... Is that your peak input
@@chiefgilray is that your peak input?
They deserve to be free and deserve to stay. So let others have their say. Also it’s not official anyway so good luck
@@connorharris2119 I have an awesome input, it extends past "lol" though
James Cook of the Scottish BBC . Mr true blue Rangers fan .Yeah.
Scotland the not so brave.sad
I'm predicting a 5 to 8 percent defeat tomorrow, partly due to the gaps in the YESERS flawed campaign. I'm a YES and am voting YES, as there will be a significant desire for independence that will keep the issue alive and on the table, and will spur momentum towards a fully-formed and cogent strategy in the next run.
There will not be another run get that fact out first.
This is a one in a life time opportunity. Westminster will not make this mistake again by offering a referendum.
bighands69 Perhaps you're thinking is too short-term. A significant democratic deficit means that the matter must be re-addressed. I studied the UK political system, and professional commentators have already stated that, should there be an almost 50% of the electorate whose desire has been thwarted, there will indeed be a another referendum and probably within 10 to 15 years. Just as people cannot be expected to suffer governments that they did not approve, the people's will cannot be ignored indefinitely.
Good shout tbf
@@nemome5837 2021
@@nemome5837 bet u didnt expect there to be one in just 6 years
It is not democratic to only allow the Scottish to vote on this topic.
I think the N Irish, Welsh and English should also be allowed to vote on Scottish Independence.
Then the Scots may actually get what they say they want and become independent. If they want it so much, let them have it.
Then the rest of UK wont have to listen to Nicola Sturgeon.
WONT BE A UK THEN WILL IT NUMB NUTS
@@Zac2Hartsie Exactly, without Scotland , and stop shouting and calling people names. It makes you look infantile.
@@Zac2Hartsie why not?
what? Are you insane? People have a right to self determination. This is about SCOTTISH independence, not English.
Nichola surgeon is fm of Scotland. No English n Irish or Welsh person needs to listen to her. You're clearly choosing to. Why tf would England get a vote on Scottish independence thats just stupid and def not democratic. 😂did Africans get a vote on Brexit? No thank you
I was a Scottish unionist 8 years ago but I'm backing independence next year.
Idiot
@Great Britain and Northern Ireland The Motherland I'm a Scottish unionist supporter in 2014 but I'm going to back unionism again, sorry.
If you ever get the chance LMFAOOO 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Scottish Labour = Red Tories .... Lapdogs .....
Yes🏴 Scotland Independence🏴🏴
Contributed ( negatively) to shaping of the world .
i am from India i say to all my scott brother and sister we Indian are with you you are not alone soon Scott land become an independent country 😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
You do realize that Scotland and England willingly unify to create Great Britain.
Monz O that was like a long time ago. Things have changed
@@teringarchief3860 Hundreds years ago when the first union of crowns happened between England and Scotland. And in 2014 Scots once again got the choice of staying or leaving the UK. The majority voted to stayed for if Scotland will leave the UK it will have a struggling economy and it have a difficult time rejoining the EU. But if Brexit happenes the support for a Independent Scotland may increase.
Hamper Franklin the 2014 vote was very close to be honest. It might struggle the first years but under good leadership it could become a good nation. And yes support will probably increase when brexit happens
Sahil Raghuwanshi I think you may be fooled by lies regards Scotland history! It’s not anything like Ireland’s. They are not fighting for independence due to oppression or colonialism.. Scotland was st the forefront of colonialism and indeed occupying Ireland along with England. They were also competed in the slave trade. Because of Scottish influence in Northern Ireland they prevented Ireland’s independence a real independence!! Ireland was held by colonialism . Scotland history is not brave heart the film!!!
5 million people, bawjaws.
Only 4 million eligible to vote though
This is more than six years old. What possible reason for showing it could there be? Is this the bbc continuing it's fight against a Conservative government? Or maybe another go at stirring Scotland into breaking a union which has brought the Scots to a point where they receive, more per head of population funding from the UK than any other country in the union. For those who want to believe bbc, let me ask you. Do you yet know what will be your contribution to the EU? What will you do to support yourself between losing UK regional support and joining the EU? Will you still have a health service when your exports to UK start to dry up? When you lose Scottish MP's in Westminster how will you be able to influence UK dealings in any way? Forget bbc, they will abandon you!
Paint your face blue !
In the 2014 Referendum the Union won and the SNP lost. Before the vote it was agreed between Alex Salmon and his protege Nicola Sturgeon and the U.K. Government the result would last for a generation or lifetime. So be it!
Actually it was “once in a generation in the view of the current Scottish and Westminster parliaments” hear the CURRENT. Tell me that if we are to respect democracy why should scotland with 64% choosing to remain be dictated by England
Electra Froot Because you voted in the referendum as the United Kingdom that’s how referendums work in most countries
@@mackenziem1-t3y Its a UK referendum- London voted to remain in the EU but as they are part of the UK they follow the majority - that's how democracy works
@@mrfrisky2997 by that logic London should hold a referendum to be a city-state and absolutely bone the rUK just because it didnt get what it wanted... oh wait...
It was held under sharp practice, just like the Act of Union, I read Political Science and yes the Scots were duped, England wanted to close " the back door" to avoid invasion by a foreign power.. One English MP, remarked after the Act got ratified ,we have catched Scotland and we shall never let it go...
Documented evidence...
Saor Alba
Should let the rest of UK vote because most of us our sick of this and would vote Scotland out
Wow posted this 6 months ago, our you one of those who think only English live and vote in England ?
@Raa Hiissdd dass can u not see it was an ironic joke ? Inferring if they let the rest of the UK (not just English) vote they would have there independents
It is the snp government that has caused a lot of hate and is sad because not all Scottish people are like that .and if we were on our own where would they get to give the people furlough they have no money they spend it we are poor we would be even poor.
The most successful union in the world. Or the biggest robbery
Looking forward to Scotland being Independent and getting rid of the BBC.
Wont happen hahahahah
@@cd9759 Think you are wrong LOL
@@johnnicolson467 hows that then when westminster just block it 😂😂 once in a life time. You lost. Get over it
@@cd9759 Do you think its over? over half of Scotland does not think so with Boris in charge now even more of us want Independence so it will happen so you will have to get over it.
@@johnnicolson467 erm no it wont. Some of those people who voted for snp voted for snp not independence. If anything the vote for independence has reduced
I am Chinese. China supports the freedom and democratic rights of the Scottish people, supports Scottish independence, and embraces the European Union.. China supports Scotland to resist the oppression and slavery of the English!! Scots stand up!! Own your own country!!
I support China supporting Scotland
Greeting from worried East Africa 😉
@@mkodyChallengesYOu 🥰
Independence means standing Alone not Co-Dependent on the EU (Evil United) Law to which the Scottish Minister wants to join and adhere to ....that's NOT INDEPENDENCE that's CO-DEPENDENCE...BIG DIFFERENCE.
So please understand that !!
@@jesusisking3974 Please respect their human rights.. Democracy and freedom.
@@zhongyunyuan8232
I'm respecting my rights just like they want their rights respected..respect goes two Way's NOT one way.
Comprende!
#DissolveTheUKUnion
#dissolveyou
____ UKGov private polling puts it at 56% YES for an independent Scotland if we elect majority SNP MSPs that’s a mandate & democracy will prevail,I mean not as if it ever stopped in 2014 when Scotland was promised Devomax Federal UK Home Rule Keeping our EU citizenship ect... Scotland knows the better together campaign lied,time’s up!
Just so you know you're playing right into the autocratic hands of Russia and China, they want this to happen, they'll be laughing at both you and me. I dont like the Tories, I dont really like the government at all, this is not a solution. This will create more problems and you should know this will be yet another nail in the coffin of our democratic and free society, the splintering of a nation is usually never a good thing. I hope you come to realise this, I am not your enemy.
@@raptorbullets I'd say the opposite is true they want Scotland to stay trapped in the UK just as Putin wanted last time even said so himself so don't start the scaremongering we had it last time won't work, Russia seeing us as a threat because we overwhelmingly voted to remain in the EU by 62% & will rejoin on our own terms once we've became independent,you need to remember the better together campaign of all unionist parties promised Scotland Devomax Federal UK Home Rule & Keeping our EU Citizenship all lies hence many changing from no to yes now also cutting our MPs by 3 & giving England 10 & meddling in devolved areas through the UK internal market bill which takes already devolved powers from our parliament to Westminster not what anyone would call equal partners more of an abusive relationship hence the divorce!
@@raptorbullets democratic & free society 😂 seriously with unelected lords peers & a 2nd government Scotland consistently rejected but forced on us anyway
I will be voting no.
Richard the Longshanks called from Hell, & says he approves your decision.
Plane Old Boring why cause he disagrees with you
God Bless, thank you! 🏴🇬🇧
A disgrace to our ancestors you are. Send them homeward to think again!
@@StinkFingerr hell doesn't exist
The union has 300 years the kingdom of Scotland existed for 807 so I don't get where you getting at. Also the only reason the union happened is because Queen Elizabeth I died without heirs and the parlament of scotland thought the only way to fix the economic problem (cause by the english by the way) was to agree with the union. Even so back then people were marching in Edinburgh and Glasgow and so forth, against the union so again, I don't get where you getting at.
The Kingdom of Scotland existed for 736 years before the union. How did you get 807?
"The only reason" no. History is always more complicated than that. There's always more than just one reason. And one of those reasons was the Darien scheme (A poorly though-through attempt by Scotland to colonise Panama) left Scotland almost bankrupt.
There's a myth currently unconfirmed by historians that the English parliament bribed the Scottish one to sign the Treaty of Union. And most Scots and English were vocally against it. But I don't really care if that actually happened because even if it did, it was worth it. We created the biggest empire in the world together and prospered.
@@countertopconfessions9975
You mean the most “ brutal , vicious , murderess , rapist, sadistic colonial empire ever known .
@@Dannydantimpat I never said we shouldn't be ashamed if our history
@@countertopconfessions9975
I know that the sons and daughters ( far removed now) shouldn’t be held responsible for the sins of previous generations .
Unfortunately there are a few that will still try and justify colonialism/ imperialism as somehow having been a good thing , but for the recipients it was anything but such with ancient cultures/ traditions/ languages / environments destroyed .
Sadder still , the elites succeeded in using the ordinary people of Britain ( and Ireland) to be the point of the sword and it was all to benefit the chosen few with mass wealth stolen from others .
The majority of the present day elites have inherited that wealth which has been laundered but if you look closely enough , you will still see the blood and tear stains of millions .
@@Dannydantimpat history has a funny way or sorting itself out and revealing all truths. With any luck, the UK will collapse sooner rather than later.
AYE/YES
Dissolve the U.K.
Only England votes Tory!
Let them suffer the consequences.
Saor Alba 2023
Being run by the SNP is much scarier than the tories.
@@claretblue2509 You only say that because, you’re a fU.King idiot, wee man.
Bollocks
Anything with the BBC attached, is going to be biased...Vote SNP for a decent future..
SCOTLAND - EU will be happy to have you in . (€). Many countries joined EU in worst possition that you and now they doing well why you will be different. EU clearly said - be a country and we will make you a member.
The EU is rotten to the core and it's finished so why would Scotland want to join it?
@@thetrooper1738 because when Scotland becomes independent nothing will change it. At least will have voice and bigger market - why Ireland ,Estonia , Malta Danemark and lot of small country is not leaving EU ? Because is better than before with 2%-3.5% economicall growth.Scotland is poor in UK..(it is a joke country with oil whisky clean power tourism and can not feed only 5 milliones people ? - size of bigger city 😉
YES💯 SCOTLAND INDEPENDENCE🏴🏴
Racist
Im anti Scottish independence
my ancestors fought for my country and i will fight for my independence..
@@mitsubishijimisar-scottdiv9738 fuck up mate we dont need independance id rather be in the 5th richest country than the 17th
@@mitsubishijimisar-scottdiv9738 what nonsense
Bullshit about being balanced and fair. Moments before, you were talking about how successful the UK is as a political union, and almost lauding the British Empire, which was one of the most aggressive and damaging attempts at world domination in human history. Even if you gave an alternative view to what you said, I'd think you were attempting at being fair. But you are either not very intelligent thinking that you're being fair moments after being very biased about history, or you're outright lying thinking that your words will disguise your bias. Neither look is good, and I wonder why mediocrity is so prevalent in journalism.
When British Empire still exist, Scotland are happy be part of that.
I'm such a fan of Scotland and it's great people I would be so sad if they made the mistake of leaving the UK.
Aging population, loosing population , leaving the worlds 6th biggest economy, leaving one of the best military's in the world and cutting them selve off from the number 1 trading partner and friend?
Not sure if independence is a good idea.
john Thatcher shut it you stupid fuck. We don’t need England we WANT eu. Right now the uk is like two neighbours, one gives his money and his stuff to the other and then the other decides what he thinks the other needs to pay his bills and live. We should decide that not them. Also the eu is a bigger trade partner than England and we don’t want a massive expensive army or nuclear weapons.
john Thatcher also what fuckin fantasy world have you been living in. Scotland and England are not friends. It’s like two people in a marriage that fuckin despise each other but one isn’t allowed to leave. Do you know the amount of fuckin wars we have had with each other? Idiot.
@@Lordmun445 Yeah he seems so ignorant! He needs to learn about William Wallace, Irish Potato Famine and the monstrosities created by the corrupt monarchy etc. So many "loyalists" are brainwashed!
@@Lordmun445 Scotland need England.
@@Lordmun445 Idiot. the amount of fuckin wars is long gone.
typical yes voter… shout shout shout
Scottish will be one of the poorest nation again in Europe . And later as yet many of them will travel to London to work and that what independence means.
Actually if Scotland were to rejoin the EU, as they have high income (cos they're not actually poor contrary to what the SNP would have you believe) they would actually have to contribute a net input into the EU budget but then as they're 5 million strong they'll have pretty much no say in what the EU commission wants and so they'll be locked in to the institution but also a net payer... almost like handing over your wallet and keys on a silver platter
Keep the union but it’s got to a point where the Englishman is getting a raw deal
How's that?
People will go for voting No!!!
Yes🏴 Scotland Independence🏴🏴
Racist