‘Humza-who?’ Andrew Neil on the fall of the SNP - The Week in 60 Minutes | SpectatorTV

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  • The search is on to find a new first minister of Scotland after Humza Yousaf announced he would be quitting, following his self-destructive decision to end power-sharing with the Greens. Has Scottish independence died with Humza Yousaf’s premiership? And what about the fortunes of the SNP - could anyone turn it around in time for a general election? Spectator Chairman Andrew Neil speaks to Cindy Yu.
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Komentáře • 661

  • @martinbeverley9536
    @martinbeverley9536 Před 15 dny +171

    I think Humza will be remembered for his anti white speech and for his hurty feelings legislation.

    • @ralph3428
      @ralph3428 Před 15 dny

      Exactly he will be known for his hateful divisive politics and his racist white speech

    • @user-mr1tw2ur8y
      @user-mr1tw2ur8y Před 15 dny

      That and the anti Jewish agenda within the SNP….the SNP have no Jews in their party, the Greens are another bunch of clowns who voted against accepting the international definition of antisemitism!!! You can’t be anti racist with the exception of one group of people….well…because that is racist!!!

    • @user-xq2zn8bu9q
      @user-xq2zn8bu9q Před 10 dny

      Bumza is a W⚓️

    • @paulmcgee1867
      @paulmcgee1867 Před 10 dny

      Yes definitely

    • @orangefield100
      @orangefield100 Před 9 dny

      And for being really thick .

  • @jenmazz1257
    @jenmazz1257 Před 15 dny +226

    As a Canadian & a Monarchist, when I heard him saying “Scottish government was too white” I knew he was a git. 😂😂 Good riddance.

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny

      It wasn't a very intelligent comment to make, by Humza, when 90 odd percent of Scots are white. It was a racist speech and I was 'vexed' by it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @chesterdonnelly1212
      @chesterdonnelly1212 Před 15 dny +31

      It is ridiculous that he can say that in parliament and still go on to be First Minister.
      Can you imagine a white South African politician say there are too many blacks in positions of power in South Africa, and then go on to be President.

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +26

      @@chesterdonnelly1212 I agree, it reveals that Humza's intentions were not for the good of the majority of Scots but for his own personal Agenda. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @iamrocketray
      @iamrocketray Před 15 dny

      With useless in charge the SNP were on target for a wipe out! with John Swinney in charge, well! not so much.

    • @khoorirune4573
      @khoorirune4573 Před 15 dny +9

      You would be meaning Mary Queen of Scots?She was white ye ken.

  • @laurasands8322
    @laurasands8322 Před 15 dny +105

    When he cocked anything up instead of being sacked he was moved to a different job to get him out of the way, I suppose if he was sacked he would cry racist.

    • @tonimoseley7885
      @tonimoseley7885 Před 15 dny +8

      No different to London.

    • @Ken-ps9ux
      @Ken-ps9ux Před 15 dny

      Funny how that works any normal person losses their job . Incompetent Politicians get rewarded

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson Před 15 dny +14

      He failed up. He was such a nasty, insidious opportunist who got lucky until he was found out.

    • @ianhillier1
      @ianhillier1 Před 15 dny

      We

    • @jacobcohen9205
      @jacobcohen9205 Před 14 dny

      Preferential treatment from the wokeratti left to show how none racist they were. Inclusive and all that bollox. Heumza was promoted way above his capability.
      He'll pop up again somewhere, no doubt, and for exactly the same reasons.

  • @BaconbuttywithCheese
    @BaconbuttywithCheese Před 15 dny +102

    Useless, that's who.
    Scotland deserves a whole lot better.

    • @rob832
      @rob832 Před 15 dny +1

      Well don't blame the English now for this at least. Perfidious Albion we may be, and tragically, guiltily, white to boot, according to The Sage of the Highlands, Hamza Yousef. But twas the Scots themselves who voted for these buggers, and got the government they, perhaps, then deserve.

    • @rob832
      @rob832 Před 15 dny +1

      We're lifting a glass of Scotch, down here, in the fat, lazy, white privileged, South tonight, l can assure you. Scotland voted in the SNP, time to stew in your own juice with all the neeps you care to add!

    • @user-tc7qb7st2d
      @user-tc7qb7st2d Před 15 dny

      Like what? That disgusting thief Johnson?

    • @horace9341
      @horace9341 Před 15 dny +9

      Scotland deserves what it votes for.

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson Před 15 dny +7

      ​@@horace9341and we never voted for him.

  • @davidguy209
    @davidguy209 Před 15 dny +57

    That was amazing! What a shame he isn't in Scottish politics

    • @lyndhurstcollins9189
      @lyndhurstcollins9189 Před 15 dny +3

      Agreed with everything he said. Fluent and to the point. No flannel. Cannot think of a better speaker.No hope of anyone like that inPoitics

    • @keithmuir5077
      @keithmuir5077 Před 9 dny

      @@lyndhurstcollins9189 He is a unionist the most useless ideology in western Europe

  • @sapperRE
    @sapperRE Před 15 dny +43

    So glad Yousaf racist is gone

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny

      It was a very happy day when Humza resigned. Humza, the SNP and the Greens have made Scotland a laughing stock.
      The ludicrous Hate Crime Bill is a joke. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @user-hu1yi8ox9z
      @user-hu1yi8ox9z Před 15 dny

      How deer you say that, Some of his best friends are white😂

  • @ralph3428
    @ralph3428 Před 15 dny +73

    Humza had no self awareness his hatred divisive politics along with his racism was undeniable his downfall

    • @romulus3345
      @romulus3345 Před 13 dny

      All Islamists are the same.

    • @ganndeber1621
      @ganndeber1621 Před 7 dny

      Yet the hate crime bill was approved of by Labour the Greens as well as the nationalists and stays in force

  • @josephgallacher3729
    @josephgallacher3729 Před 15 dny +30

    Lorna who is Deputy Leader of Greens is particularly annoyed cos as a consequence of her resignation she has lost her Chauffer driven Ministerial Jaguar!!!!!!! What a bunch of hypocrites

    • @georgekennedy2496
      @georgekennedy2496 Před 15 dny +3

      Being a Slater she’ll just need to scurry around in the undergrowth

  • @duckndive.
    @duckndive. Před 15 dny +59

    A completely different agenda to the Scottish people.

    • @markwilkie3677
      @markwilkie3677 Před 15 dny

      Half of Scots support independence.

    • @user-tc7qb7st2d
      @user-tc7qb7st2d Před 15 dny +2

      All we have to say to you lot is Johnson Truss Johnson Truss Johnson Truss. Scotland needs to dump the UK.

    • @superted6960
      @superted6960 Před 15 dny

      D​@@user-tc7qb7st2dWe English wish.....

    • @mrnobody9227
      @mrnobody9227 Před 15 dny +1

      @@user-tc7qb7st2dsounds like you think it’s ‘cool’ to not like Johnson and truss. You probably think it’s cool to not like trump too. Politics in the does not pay enough to attract any talent. As no one worth there salt would do the job for work for a mere 90k a year. Maybe £180k if your PM - not worth it.

    • @jstewart4205
      @jstewart4205 Před 14 dny

      @@mrnobody9227 - Yousless was on more than the PM.

  • @tituslane4929
    @tituslane4929 Před 15 dny +51

    Devastation from Andrew as ever. Great stuff

    • @joeDi1960
      @joeDi1960 Před 15 dny +7

      It’s incredibly hypocritical to be so anti devolution and not even live there (you up there can’t run your own lives, well do it for you) why does he care so much when he doesn’t pay a penny of Scottish income tax himself.

    • @markwilkie3677
      @markwilkie3677 Před 15 dny +6

      @@joeDi1960 Well said. I think he lives in France.

    • @philiprufus4427
      @philiprufus4427 Před 15 dny +6

      @@markwilkie3677 Yet,-S N P Supporters were all over the late Sean Connery,the man who lived in Spain.

    • @jstewart4205
      @jstewart4205 Před 14 dny +2

      @@joeDi1960 You don't have to live there to know devolution is a disaster...it affects all of us, no matter where we live.

    • @jstewart4205
      @jstewart4205 Před 14 dny

      @@markwilkie3677 And?

  • @marknewlands614
    @marknewlands614 Před 15 dny +23

    His tumble from the knee scooter was the perfect metaphor for his competence

  • @monkeyboy8424
    @monkeyboy8424 Před 15 dny +40

    Even Mel Gibson said Yousaf wouldn't last.

  • @tamreid
    @tamreid Před 15 dny +49

    Andrew asks, why do you want it (SNP leader) Its the £50000 annual pension for life.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Před 15 dny +6

      Mad Lizzy Truss gets a pension and £115,000 plus the maximum 10% staff pension costs would equate to £126,500 /year.
      And a lot more slagging of Britain abroad. And writing a book doing it.
      She is supposed to be an MP.

    • @markwilkie3677
      @markwilkie3677 Před 15 dny

      You need to check your facts before spouting complete nonsense.

    • @tamreid
      @tamreid Před 15 dny +3

      @@markwilkie3677 what are the facts?

    • @davidbaloney2505
      @davidbaloney2505 Před 15 dny +3

      £52,000

    • @dominionphilosophy3698
      @dominionphilosophy3698 Před 15 dny

      @@markwilkie3677oh dear, a wee bigot from north of the border. Cry more.

  • @TheZanshen
    @TheZanshen Před 15 dny +50

    SNP out and be done

  • @angusclark8330
    @angusclark8330 Před 15 dny +20

    Quarter of a million to an unwanted and unnecessary Muslim institute, less than half of which is accounted for. Half a million to UNWRA, ie Hamas, totally outside his remit. Jail Humza now. Make him talk.

    • @williamweb9782
      @williamweb9782 Před 10 dny +3

      @angusclark8330
      It is incredible how he has been able to do that and not get his collar felt.

    • @joegreen2750
      @joegreen2750 Před 8 dny +2

      I think if you look at the awful state of London
      Would you vote a person of a culture totally opposed to ours, into any position of power.?

  • @philipanthony9596
    @philipanthony9596 Před 15 dny +25

    Every time i see and hear him i mourn the loss of This Week. It was by a country mile the wittiest, the most intelligent prog that the Beeb ever managed to conjure up. Andrew and Portillo - what a team that was!

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny +1

      Good balance there, a Torie and a Torie.

    • @jstewart4205
      @jstewart4205 Před 14 dny +2

      @@ScottishRoss27 - You just proved you never watched it!

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 14 dny +1

      @@jstewart4205
      Andrew Neil has a long history of derogatory remarks about Scotland

    • @pedanticlady9126
      @pedanticlady9126 Před 13 dny +1

      ..... aren't you forgetting Diane Abbott? She was the was the original 'labour' representative on the This Week series. 😂

    • @philipanthony9596
      @philipanthony9596 Před 12 dny +1

      @@pedanticlady9126 I was attempting an act of kindness

  • @zingo2664
    @zingo2664 Před 15 dny +26

    great interveiwer & Andrew Neil is THEE daddy of political analysis, is he awesome (as always, number 1 )

  • @francescarose1453
    @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +39

    Andrew Neil is always the voice of intelligence, rationality and reason. He demonstrates how sane and rational debate should be done and I wish there were more journalists like Andrew.
    I am fed up with angry people who don't know the meaning of 'showing respect for others who hold an alternative opinion' They should respect the right for others to voice an alternative point of view. That is called freedom of speech. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @1967deek
      @1967deek Před 15 dny +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣💩💩

    • @blaircorral8158
      @blaircorral8158 Před 15 dny +1

      Yes! Andrew Neil does have the right to struggle to remain relevant.🤦

    • @Silly.Old.Sisyphus
      @Silly.Old.Sisyphus Před 13 dny +7

      Andrew Neil is always the voice of idiocy, rhetoric and rubbish. He demonstrates how insane and irrational debate should be done and I wish there weren't so many journalists like Andrew.
      I am fed up with angry people who don't know the meaning of 'showing respect for others who hold an alternative opinion' They should respect the right for others to voice an alternative point of view. That is called freedom of speech which is the opposite of narrow-minded nationalism. 󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @alanna4858
    @alanna4858 Před 15 dny +58

    Always great to hear from Andrew he’s spot on as always

    • @SuperKanonier
      @SuperKanonier Před 15 dny +7

      He did a fantastic job of destroying Nicola Sturgeon a couple of years ago.

    • @graemeross1998
      @graemeross1998 Před 15 dny

      😂😂 he's a colonial arse licker

    • @kevinkevin-ug9po
      @kevinkevin-ug9po Před 15 dny

      ​@@SuperKanonierNo he did not. Also A Neil relies on fake news. He was wrong on everything when Jeanne Freeman took him to task. Hes a fraud.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 14 dny

      Its well know he hates Scotland, her people and the SNP.

    • @keithmuir5077
      @keithmuir5077 Před 9 dny

      Neally a traitor to the Scottish race

  • @serene5986
    @serene5986 Před 15 dny +37

    Hamza in transport and health departments was a disaster and he was promoted for it! 😂

    • @horace9341
      @horace9341 Před 15 dny +3

      This is typical of all governments, councils and public services around the UK. If they are useless at the job they are supposed to do, promote them out of the department they are in where they can be just as useless but on more money for it.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny +1

      Best transport and health departments anywhere in the UK.

    • @zoon1543
      @zoon1543 Před 15 dny +1

      ​@@ScottishRoss27 😂😂😂😂😂 different levels of shit

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      @@zoon1543
      The only nation in the Union to have had No NHS Strikes.
      No Road/Bridge Toll Charges, 13 Toll charges in RUK.
      ScotRail peak-time fare removal.
      New Railway Line in Fife opening next month.
      CalMac Ferry network operating at 98,5% yesterday.
      Publicly Owned Prestwick Airport recently reported its 4th consecutive year of profit for the public purse.
      Publicly Owned Inverness Airport recently awarded Best Airport in Europe in under 2 million passengers category.
      Doncaster Airport was left to close in 2022.
      Kent Manston Airport and Blackpool Airport were left to close in 2014.
      Bristol Filton Airport was left to close in 2012.
      Plymouth City Airport was left to close in 2011.
      Sheffield City Airport was left to close in 2008.

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson Před 15 dny

      Humza the racist ignored our history & claimed that despite being part of the Enlightenment, the industrial revolution, shipbuilding, heavy industry, fantastic education institutions and our families building this country after two world wars - it was too white for him and it isn't good enough. How dare he take advantage of everything this country has given him, & disrespect us so viciously and woth such vitriol. He should have been sscked then. He then goes on bbc1 to say anyone who thought he was racist was " only the extreme far right groups' He lied & said a nursery was "islamaphobic" to get attention! His hate law which we all know was to prevent any criticism of is"am & failed to protect women. He failed up & was lucky to get any job at all. Sarwar is a fellow racist. They two go way back. They want to drag us down. They are vile.

  • @Mizzkan
    @Mizzkan Před 15 dny +66

    We all know why Humza got promoted……….

    • @monkeyface6139
      @monkeyface6139 Před 15 dny +3

      Why ?

    • @andrewmckay2118
      @andrewmckay2118 Před 15 dny

      ​@@monkeyface6139
      He,s Brown and muslim

    • @rob832
      @rob832 Před 15 dny +13

      Hamza supplied a deep fried mars bar Nicola could enjoy in the motorhome.

    • @Mizzkan
      @Mizzkan Před 15 dny +7

      @@rob832 Yes that’s it 😂👍

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +3

      ​​@@monkeyface6139Tee hee hee. There might have been a few deep fried mars bars given to Nicola 😂😂😂

  • @ADMCWATP
    @ADMCWATP Před 15 dny +8

    The history of Scotland is unfortunately inconceivably better than the future of Scotland.

  • @davidbaloney2505
    @davidbaloney2505 Před 15 dny +21

    He achieved a £52,000 pension at 39 yrs old ,for the rest of his life .
    Vote REFORM PARTY.
    Enough is enough.

    • @blaircorral8158
      @blaircorral8158 Před 15 dny

      Not ruddy likely 🤦 Voting for that Brexit bullsitter is unthinkable.Reform are Conservative Xtreme with Xtra lie’s 🧐🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🤬

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny +2

      So Reform Party politicans can also get a pension?

  • @michaelmcqueen4514
    @michaelmcqueen4514 Před 15 dny +29

    Andrew Neil is brilliant 👏👏👏

  • @Slydeil
    @Slydeil Před 15 dny +20

    What an excellent observation of Scotland and it's current state, and unfortunately our bleak future due to the lack of foresight, reality and planning by the vaccous nonentities at Holyrood.
    It's never been anything but a 3rd rate talking shop which is throwing money down the tube.
    Devolution is another massive Blair mistake which is costing us all dearly.

    • @terencejay8845
      @terencejay8845 Před 15 dny +2

      I call it The Plywood Parliament. A lot of dead wood in there.

    • @Slydeil
      @Slydeil Před 15 dny +3

      @@terencejay8845 It's a rotting stump

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny +1

      Best social contract anywhere in the UK.

    • @blaircorral8158
      @blaircorral8158 Před 15 dny +1

      The vacuous nonentities are in Westminster! In the form of another unelected (in Scotland) Tory government. But devolution isn’t great,Scotland needs self government 🤔🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✅

    • @Slydeil
      @Slydeil Před 15 dny +2

      @@ScottishRoss27 Really, amazing how you swallow that nonsense. And what of the massive cuts to the public sector which would follow any vote of "independence"? The poorest and most vulnerable would be the hardest it.

  • @rhobatbrynjones7374
    @rhobatbrynjones7374 Před 15 dny +13

    I agree with Neil that Yousaf was very fond of punditry.

  • @robcarrol
    @robcarrol Před 15 dny +42

    Andrew is spot on, it's all about perpetuating the benefit culture in Scotland and taxing the hell out of anyone that's had the audacity to work hard and earn a half-decent income. The income tax system in Scotland is not "progressive", it's punitive. No wonder we can't attract top talent to come and work here.

    • @fredjones234
      @fredjones234 Před 15 dny +8

      And promise more free stuff everytime an election comes around

    • @robcarrol
      @robcarrol Před 15 dny

      @@fredjones234 it's only free if you're not paying sky-high income taxes

    • @wendyandrew3707
      @wendyandrew3707 Před 15 dny +1

      Part of the attitude that anyone who earns above £? doesn't do any actual work; their minions or wage slaves do it all. I think this attitude needs to be called out.

    • @robcarrol
      @robcarrol Před 15 dny +5

      @@wendyandrew3707 people that earn more either do it because they have put a lot of time and effort into their education and career and/or they are running their own business. Both of which involve working long hours, often working away from home and dealing with the additional stress of higher responsibility or managing a business. It might not always be physical work, but it certainly is hard work.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny +1

      HMRC Research recently reported since Devolution of tax rate powers,
      Thousands more taxpayers moved to Scotland each year from the rest of the UK than left Scotland for the rest of the UK.
      By 2022, 200m of extra taxable income was brought here as a result of taxpayers moving here from the RUK.

  • @SimonWallwork
    @SimonWallwork Před 15 dny +14

    Old Brillo nails it again. Great at sharing a cake out, but no idea how to bake one.

  • @rbir2653
    @rbir2653 Před 15 dny +8

    Dude ran out of race cards in his deck.

  • @welshtoro3256
    @welshtoro3256 Před 15 dny +11

    Excellent as usual. Pretty much sums it all up.

  • @edwarddonnachie1565
    @edwarddonnachie1565 Před 15 dny +7

    Humza like every SNP politician has had a career free of performance valuation as long as they flew the independence flag which will sadly forever be the undoing of a once great country.

    • @keithmuir5077
      @keithmuir5077 Před 9 dny

      right so after brexit Scotland will have world beating economy can i ask have your balls been transplanted to your brain

    • @ganndeber1621
      @ganndeber1621 Před 7 dny

      When was Scotland great?

    • @edwarddonnachie1565
      @edwarddonnachie1565 Před 7 dny

      @@ganndeber1621 Spend some time googling how many vital inventions are attributed to Scots . Bicycle, penicillin, Telephone, Television, finger printing cash machine, PIN ,Radiation therapy, flushing lavatory, genetic cloning etc. I could go on but I'm sure you'll find Scotland has always been a leader in Finance and Education and has always punched way above its weight in the world .As historian and author Arthur Herman reveals, in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Scotland made crucial contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics-contributions that have formed and nurtured the modern West ever since.

    • @ganndeber1621
      @ganndeber1621 Před 6 dny

      @@edwarddonnachie1565 So not very many then

  • @margaretmclean5684
    @margaretmclean5684 Před 15 dny +23

    Great to hear Andrew Neil's opinion...he does tell it as it is!!

  • @francescarose1453
    @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +16

    I would like to know how much money has been spent on the introduction of the Hate Crime Bill and Diversity, Inclusion and Equality. It must run into the millions. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      18 years ago in 2006, England & Wales Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 was introduced.

    • @ralph3428
      @ralph3428 Před 15 dny

      @@ScottishRoss27you been hiding 😂…not much to brag about 😂you’re pathetic party are finished

    • @williamweb9782
      @williamweb9782 Před 14 dny

      ​@@ScottishRoss27
      Typical SNP baloney. The hate laws in Scotland are far harsher than in England and Wales. Why do you think Jim Sillars left the SNP in disgust?

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 14 dny

      @@williamweb9782
      How so? Sillars is a dinosaur.

    • @williamweb9782
      @williamweb9782 Před 14 dny

      ​@@ScottishRoss27
      Yeah you ignore your own history. He had backbone at least.

  • @alibrowne6374
    @alibrowne6374 Před 14 dny +5

    He was utterly useless. No leadership skills at all. No vision. No actual knowledge.

  • @ronaldhiggins2832
    @ronaldhiggins2832 Před 15 dny +11

    He was acting as if he was total Commander in Chief of Scotland and Scotland tee totally independent that was his problem.

    • @alibrowne6374
      @alibrowne6374 Před 14 dny +1

      He also called his wife ‘The First Lady of Scotland’ 😂😂

    • @joegreen2750
      @joegreen2750 Před 8 dny

      Just like that creature who's mayor in London.

  • @user-ie2ud8vh9y
    @user-ie2ud8vh9y Před 15 dny +9

    Unfortunately true. Sad times for a once revered country which has become a laughing stock.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      You might wish it to be but its not.

    • @Camille_Anderson
      @Camille_Anderson Před 15 dny +2

      ​@@ScottishRoss27yes it is. We are being destroyed. We have unemployment, poor quality jobs, too many immigrants geting priority stock social housing causing homelessness to be at record levels, nhs waiting lists are atrocious, roads are dangerous, crime is sky high, you can't get a policeman for love nor money & the cost of living is terrible.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      @@Camille_Anderson
      Unemployment is 13 times lower than in the UK.
      Median monthly pay
      Scotland £2389
      Italy £2201
      Slovenia £2080
      Spain £2032
      Homelessness Applications in 2023
      Scotland 39,006 = 8x or 272,984 Lower.
      England 311,990
      NHS England waiting lists is 7,6 Million People,
      This is 28 Percent or 2,2 Million Higher than Scotland's entire population.
      Road Safety Statistics in 2023
      Scotland 5,621 casualties = 22x Lower
      England & Wales 127,822 casualties
      Recorded Crime Statistics in 2023
      Scotland 302,076 = 27x Lower
      England & Wales 8,4 Million
      Police Officer Numbers Population Officers Per Head of Population
      Scotland 16,632 5,4 Million 1 per every 324 residents
      England & Wales 147,430 59,6 Million 1 per every 404 residents

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      @@Camille_Anderson
      Unemployment is 13 times lower than in the UK.
      Homelessness Applications in 2023
      Scotland 39,006 = 8x or 272,984 Lower.
      England 311,990
      NHS England waiting lists is 7,6 Million People,
      This is 28 Percent or 2,2 Million Higher than Scotland's entire population.
      Road Safety Statistics in 2023
      Scotland 5,621 casualties = 22x Lower
      England & Wales 127,822 casualties
      Recorded Crime Statistics in 2023
      Scotland 302,076 = 27x Lower
      England & Wales 8,4 Million
      Police Officer Numbers Population Officers Per Head of Population
      Scotland 16,632 5,4 Million 1 per every 324 residents
      England & Wales 147,430 59,6 Million 1 per every 404 residents

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      @@Camille_Anderson
      Sources?

  • @mrdunns3338
    @mrdunns3338 Před 12 dny +3

    Perfect summing up of the current state of Scotland by Andrew Neil and under swiney (or whoever replaces him when he's gone) or sarwar, things won't change any time soon.

  • @DM-le4yi
    @DM-le4yi Před 15 dny +5

    Good riddance to SNP domination in Scottish politics may it never return

  • @alexandermcclymont9131
    @alexandermcclymont9131 Před 14 dny +3

    🌈outstanding performance by Andrew Neil.🌈

  • @allthegearbutnoidea.7138
    @allthegearbutnoidea.7138 Před 12 dny +2

    One of my main concerns for the future is our failing education system. It will take a generation at least to get us back on track if ever at all.

  • @chucktodd60
    @chucktodd60 Před 15 dny +3

    Clever man, speaks the truth.

  • @francescarose1453
    @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +5

    Glasgow Environmental Inspectors have been complaining for years that the number of staff had been reduced to a low level, the type of poison used to treat vermin was ineffective and they warned that there would be a rat population problem, if money wasn't invested into the department. How right they were.
    Education is in a dire state.
    I agree with Andrew that MSP'S have allowed this to happen. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      Local Government Matter.
      Education is not in a dire state.
      You agree with Andrew from his house in the South of France?

  • @alexandermcclymont9131
    @alexandermcclymont9131 Před 14 dny +3

    🌈Andrew Neil, thank you🌈

  • @roz8723
    @roz8723 Před 15 dny +3

    Andrew Neil, What a clever and articulate man. Wish he was running the show.

  • @4Rellis
    @4Rellis Před 15 dny +3

    Great to see Andrew back in the fold. More please. Should be knighted.

  • @jboyd9062
    @jboyd9062 Před 14 dny +3

    Scottish government gets a much needed Swinney/Forbes make-over. Thank you Mr Ross. 😊

  • @crouisk
    @crouisk Před 15 dny +6

    am an indi yes voter and snp since 90s
    cant argue with mr neils analysis tbh

  • @steve24550
    @steve24550 Před 15 dny +3

    Scotland deserves better.

  • @ingmarsen
    @ingmarsen Před 15 dny +6

    He spoke so passionately ! A lot of people did say it would unravel for the SNP and their progressive left coalition of populism , wokeism and quakery !

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      Yougov poll the other day has SNP Up 2% for Westminster and Up 2% for Holyrood.

    • @ingmarsen
      @ingmarsen Před 15 dny +1

      @@ScottishRoss27 Really , looks chaos from the outside !

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 15 dny

      @@ingmarsen
      All Under One Banner Independence March in Glasgow going on right now

  • @apache16789
    @apache16789 Před 15 dny +3

    Andrew Neil, a great Scottish gemstone. Intelligent, knowledgeable, outspoken, honest and without even a hint of BS -- he just tells it like it is. A giant of a journalist and broadcaster.

  • @BigScotty-xm3se
    @BigScotty-xm3se Před 13 dny +2

    Fantastic interview

  • @xelakram
    @xelakram Před 15 dny +2

    This was a very interesting and informative discussion. Thank you!

  • @slimclark7558
    @slimclark7558 Před 9 dny +1

    Brilliant

  • @user-yb6eo1xp2f
    @user-yb6eo1xp2f Před 15 dny +7

    Forbes is too white & christian to be the leader, i guess.
    As a non Scot but sympathetic to the cause of indepedence, i think SNP is disastrous lately

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +1

      I don't think that Kate Forbes should be written off just yet. We shouldn't be underestimated as we got rid of Humza!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @user-yb6eo1xp2f
      @user-yb6eo1xp2f Před 15 dny +3

      @@francescarose1453 Forbes will be the leader in a new era. She may wait a couple years

    • @francescarose1453
      @francescarose1453 Před 15 dny +1

      @@user-yb6eo1xp2f I don't think she wants to get tainted by the current mob. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧

    • @user-yb6eo1xp2f
      @user-yb6eo1xp2f Před 15 dny

      @@francescarose1453 an electoral defeat is imminent for SNP. Then it will be time for her to emerge, hopefully!

    • @iamrocketray
      @iamrocketray Před 15 dny +2

      @@francescarose1453 She has already done a deal with John Swinney. John will either put the SNP back on course or dig it deeper into its hole, either way Kate will be there to either pick up the pieces or drive the SNP forwards. She is in my opinion a clever girl to step aside at this point!

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey Před 15 dny +6

    Peter Principle proved again

  • @agibsonallan
    @agibsonallan Před 12 dny +1

    the Scottish labour leader made the same speech so there is no chance I would vote for them The Scottish people have learned a valuable lesson do not put members of that cult in any positions of power

  • @2935441
    @2935441 Před 15 dny +2

    It's not that we do not know what to do, it's that we lack the will to do.

  • @user-bo7ls6ju1o
    @user-bo7ls6ju1o Před 15 dny +6

    Devolution has been a disaster for us

  • @VJ-Lowe
    @VJ-Lowe Před 15 dny +2

    "He was just there for 13 months."
    Andrew Neil
    Humza Yousaf (Useless) done irreparable damage to an already weak Scotland. The Scottish people will have to work really hard to recover. Anus Sarwar is Yousaf's replacement. Watch him go, Sarwar will do imcredable damage also.

  • @southaudley.8611
    @southaudley.8611 Před 15 dny +2

    Humza? I thought his name was Dumza.

  • @GleeSmee
    @GleeSmee Před 15 dny +2

    It wasn’t a getaway van. It was a shaggin wagon.

  • @sparky2086
    @sparky2086 Před 12 dny

    Neil had to delete a Tweet where he said Humza would get an annual pension of £52k a year for life. The truth was he will get £2k a year when he reaches retirement. I wouldn't trust a thing Andrew Neil says.

  • @helenmalinowski4482
    @helenmalinowski4482 Před 10 dny

    Good to spell out the importance of Scotland - but it was a long time ago. 😢

  • @rhonanack9210
    @rhonanack9210 Před 15 dny +3

    I'm an American so I don't likely understand parliamentary rules of conduct. But can someone explain why at least member didn't rise up and tell Hamza to FTFU while he was speaking?

    • @user-Katie019
      @user-Katie019 Před 15 dny

      I wanted to know that too, all those people in the room listening to his hateful white speech said nothing, wimps

    • @charleslouden6600
      @charleslouden6600 Před 12 dny

      They all have their noses in the trough

  • @duncanrosie676
    @duncanrosie676 Před 12 dny

    Andrew…. So well said.
    You need to now write a book about The Decline of Scotland.

    • @keithmuir5077
      @keithmuir5077 Před 9 dny

      decline of england ya numpty brexit remember?

  • @jamesrattray8548
    @jamesrattray8548 Před 14 dny +1

    Great interviewer. No interruptions, interesting points by Andrew Neil. So sad what Scotland has become……

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 14 dny

      The best social contract in the UK.

    • @keithmuir5077
      @keithmuir5077 Před 9 dny

      only sad for sell out unionists like yourself Scottish loyalist are quite happy

  • @juiceqc7716
    @juiceqc7716 Před 11 dny

    AN one of the few voices in the public square who has the courage to address wealth creation.

  • @IvorMutch
    @IvorMutch Před 11 dny

    It's terrible what's happened to Glasgow. All the beautiful victorian architecture being replaced by glass boxes.

  • @lesking6541
    @lesking6541 Před 14 dny +1

    Andrew Neil has got to be one of the greatest living Scotsmen (in my opinion).
    When he speaks about the country he obviously loves, then fellow Scots should listen and take note.
    It's amazed me that a nation as canny as the Scots should have voted these people in.

  • @alexburt6995
    @alexburt6995 Před 7 dny

    The comparison with McLeish is spot on but I feel he's being a bit unfair on Jack McConnell - FM for 6 years and an election winner who now sits in the Lords and makes regular interventions from there.

  • @iainrobertson1690
    @iainrobertson1690 Před 10 dny

    They have the narcissists dilemma, they can't take back what they like to dish out to others

  • @anthonybragg4844
    @anthonybragg4844 Před 12 dny

    Excellent!

  • @Mifferssnpout
    @Mifferssnpout Před 7 dny

    Great interview

  • @hughjohns9110
    @hughjohns9110 Před 15 dny +4

    I’m not sure that the UK govt has any more idea how to create wealth than the Scottish govt. Wealth creation seems not to be valued by European govts these days, its all about spending on the latest fad.

  • @SepulchreBrit
    @SepulchreBrit Před 15 dny +3

    Remember blaming the nursery for not choosing his kid on “racism”? Awful racist baiter

  • @johndavies8608
    @johndavies8608 Před 13 dny +1

    Am i hearing morse code in the background?

  • @smillner771
    @smillner771 Před 15 dny +2

    Denmark and Ireland have similar population sizes to Scotland and evidently are much more successful. Maybe the political half way house Scotland finds itself in is part of the problem? But i agree totally that working out how to raise sustainable wealth should be the priority.

  • @Lochayetheview
    @Lochayetheview Před 15 dny +2

    Did Andrew just say Scotland built the British Empire.🤔.

  • @pepegalego
    @pepegalego Před 13 dny +1

    Looking from afar, Scotland are in the brown stuff, but not far behind the UK in general. Am I mistaken? Will a change in government improve matters?

  • @BillSikes.
    @BillSikes. Před 10 dny

    Only one of them could have dreamt up that kind of law

  • @belindafrisenda4306
    @belindafrisenda4306 Před 10 dny

    Love listening to Andrew Neil great interview

  • @christinedouglas7633
    @christinedouglas7633 Před 9 dny +1

    Love andrew neil dpeaks the truth

  • @tomkeating5178
    @tomkeating5178 Před 13 dny

    Love this guy

  • @jacobcohen9205
    @jacobcohen9205 Před 14 dny +1

    A common trait among political pygmies is that they surround themselves with yes-men and gravy train riders.

  • @allseeingeye7530
    @allseeingeye7530 Před 15 dny +1

    Glasgow City Centre is "NO GO" especially around Union Street! The Pits!

  • @johndalzell904
    @johndalzell904 Před 9 dny

    One of the reasons for leaving the EU was the worrying debt levels of countries like Italy. Italy's debt is around 140% of GDP. The EU won't allow Italy to default on its debt (which is a distinct possibility) so the member countries would be forced to pay for a bailout of Italy. The bailout of Greece was costly enough but Italy's economy is 10 times the size of Greece. If Scotland becomes independent, rejoining the EU may not be a good idea. Obviously there are benefits but the substantial risk of Italy and other countries is still looming.

  • @deanleng7403
    @deanleng7403 Před 10 dny

    One things for certain . He can’t ride a scooter 😂😂

  • @eweunkettles8207
    @eweunkettles8207 Před 13 dny

    he is a real gammon
    who scurried off to france to live

  • @DirtySanchez658
    @DirtySanchez658 Před 15 dny +2

    I am proud of my White skin.

  • @ryanbettsazure
    @ryanbettsazure Před 14 dny

    Great episode, Andrew nailed it about the SNP.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 Před 14 dny

      From his house in the south of France? i don't thinkso

    • @ryanbettsazure
      @ryanbettsazure Před 14 dny

      @@ScottishRoss27 You must be very thick if that makes a difference in your world.

  • @angushogg3667
    @angushogg3667 Před 11 dny

    I am a proud Scot and proud Brit. Andrew Neil is absolutely spot on with his analysis. The SNP are just mind-blowing in their ineptitude. The wondrous news that the passing of Humza Yoursaf is now followed by the return of John Swinney makes me want to dance for joy. Please just give the finance job to Peter Murrell. The chances of them delivering independence has receded into a period beyond my lifetime and I am just delighted. The more advanced of them are stuck in Culloden, but the majority of them live very happily in Banockburn. They live in a dream world of cats with tartan collars and dogs in kilts. They think of some imaginary united Scottish 'clan' that simply does not exist in 2024. Countless Scots have married English people - we are long, long gone past the world of the MacSweens uniting with the Mackenzies to stop a tribal feud. Scotalnd's future lies in the United Kingdom surrounded by other nations that love the Scots and all the amazing things they have achieved. Instead of that we are faced with endless cries for an independence that is the answer to all Scotland's problems. It is the stuff of fantasy and most educated people in Scotland see it for exactly what it is.

  • @oldskoolordie
    @oldskoolordie Před 12 dny

    He isn’t completely stupid, he knew he could rise through politics based on his identity and by dividing people on it and made a fortune from it.

  • @geoffnichols3831
    @geoffnichols3831 Před 11 dny

    The joke is on the snp, they elected someone who has failed in every position he has held, but some how thought making him leader would change that record, n then surprised when he kept his record of failure.

  • @PMMagro
    @PMMagro Před 12 dny

    SNP seems like a one issue party. I wonder what they want in all other areas besides having an independent Scotland?
    I'm not British or in Britain though so that could be my lack of knowledge. SNP is toast due to the party leadership corruption removing the sucessful leader.
    The idea to get rid of "Londons grip and corruption" must feel less urgent when the main indepence alternative is very corrupt itself?

  • @Elainemacpherson-zj7dk

    I agree

  • @monsieurgrigny
    @monsieurgrigny Před 14 dny

    Powerful stuff from Andrew

  • @roddyclezy3871
    @roddyclezy3871 Před 12 dny

    And yet the people still want the SNP in power

  • @jonguyett3084
    @jonguyett3084 Před 7 dny

    So why not give Scotland independence... would be great for England!

  • @snidermanUK
    @snidermanUK Před 15 dny

    Wise words

  • @jeanetteeftekhar6762
    @jeanetteeftekhar6762 Před 15 dny +1

    Yusef has plenty achievements but they were all failures.