THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE- so that Alex Salmond can lock them up for whatever he deems to be ‘offensive’ or ‘sectarian’ hate-speech any time he fancies...
@tonytheprawnful Perhaps you also have to ponder why when Scottish people support independence, they are regarded as Anglophobes. Or why people that get desperate in political debates have to resort to silly comparisons and remarks about "Nazis" and "Hitler". Doesn't go down so well, just ask Tom Harris.
I support Scottish Independence with a ferocious passion... but I call a Scottish unionist a "person with different political views who will vote no in the referendum". Simple.
@RichardElden You give English people a bad name! Every anti-Scottish statement you make converts another 50 people to voting for Scottish Independence. Keep up the great work buddy! We still love you even if you don't feel the same way towards us. x
Guys. Please, please. All of you who have children or just anyone. Please don't believe voting for the "right guy" will change things. You're being lied to.
I beg you to look at the video by leuren moret here on youtube. it's 1hr54m. It's been a long time since you heard factual news so be prepared to feel a little shocked.
Then begin to take the advice in her video which might help your family. Spread this news to everyone - for your childrens' sake. I beg you.
All the problems in the world, the Euro going down the pan, Iran and its nuclear program, millions of people starving in Africa, and all we hear from the SNP is poor little Scotland. Compared to many other countries in the world Scotland doesn’t really have anything to complain about right now, its all Me Me Me with the SNP.
@YARROWS9 You, sir, are an idiot. Did you not watch the video, did you ? - NO of course not, having the attention span of an EDL brick thrower, you will just have assumed that the Daily Mail holds the absolute truth!
@RichardElden Im assuming your part of the unionists community? Well you see, half the population of NI is nationalist and they would disagree with you and history would disagree with you. Nationalists are growing 3 times fasting the unionists community, the biggest party in NI is sinn fein.
Give it 20 or 30 years and NI will be rejoined with ROI, whether you like it or not. If you dont want to live here, you may as well find a nice house in scotland or somewhere "non irish"
@RichardElden so your from Northern Ireland, are you? so am i. I recommend you read up on your history because thee history of ireland goes back 2000-3000 years, LONG before the english ever stepped foot into ireland, long before even the crusades.
Only the uneducated (like yourself) think the history of ireland is dominated by the english. Andd i assure you Northern irelandd was apart of ireland then lol you do know 3 counties of ulster is currently part of ROI? lol your arguement is baseless
@RichardElden Your talking absolute nonsense. The Kingdom of Scotland is alot older than the United Kingdom. Britain is nothing more than an english scheme to enslave the scottish, welsh and irish peoples into believing ttheir apart of a country.
The UK is breaking up, it has crumbled and holds no more influencce on the world. Scotland and Wales will be great countrys like Denmark/Sweden when given independance. Northern ireland belongs to the ROI and will be given back in time.
@BobbyJones2005 england is holding them slave? Last i checked, whilst Scotland, Wales and NI have their own Parliament for their own MPs England don't. Westminster is not an English only establishment - Welsh, Scots and NI MPs can vote on English issues where English MPs can't vote on their issues. It is ENGLISH tax payers who pay for Scottish Uni fees. It was the SCOTS that took NI not the "evil English". As far as rights go, England are at the bottom and don't get a fair deal.
@RawJobber You are wrong about the English taxpayer paying uni fees in Scotaland, buut you are right about England needing its own parliament.
BTW - Nationalist MPs from the Celtic countries do not vote on England only matters - it is ionly the MPS returned for the London based parties that do that.
@BobbyJones2005 in fact, let Scotland have independance so they can financially back NI when it goes tits up. Less tax for us lot south of the border.
@RichardElden whats wrong? is it because the scottish people want to break away from the delusion of being "british" while we all know thats only a title granted to them by england in order to make them feel apart of the nation, while in reality theyre not their own masters, while they can be.
Ireland never submitted to england and i ddont see why scotland should, even though they have done for the last few hundred years.
@BobbyJones2005 Don't listen to that unionist idiot RichardElden, I noticed him in a few posts stating that if Scotland tried to break away, it would be regarded as declaration of war ! You have just got to laugh at some people, the Tories or labour for that matter don't have a chance in hell of beating "wee Eck" ! lol
I hope scottish ppl vote for independance, i think Scotland would be better off without other ppl in westminister telling them what they can and can nott do.
It would also be great for the scottish ppl to have more of a country for themselves. Im Irish BTW.
If those English students lived in Scotland, aka "took up residence in Scotland" then it's free.
But what happens if Scottish students go to study in England? That's right, we pay. So when you (England) take tuition fees off for Scottish students studying in England, we will do the same for you.
while scotland and england fight the real masters in the EU destroys our fishing industry and rips up our bill of rights, scotland has more in common with england and the rest of the UK than it does with these lunatics over in brussels who destroy bent cucumbers and mess with our national drink Irn Bru, the 3 main partys are not unionist so thats why the SNP have been charging ahead with mr "cast iron call me " dave cameron and all the other traitors down south
@RichardElden They're not charging English students.. they are charging students who are resident in England.. It's based on residence not race - the point being that WESTMINSTER is responsible for paying for education in England, NOT HOLYROOD. Complain to the hundreds of English MP's that YOU voted for who decided to betray you in this way. Stop being a sheeeeeeep!
I'd also argue that the English (like the Scottish) are not actually a race anyway but a melding of serveral races.
@MegaTrainspotter dont alex salmond is trying to allow all non eu students to live in scotland. and david cameron rejected alex salmonds bid to flood scotland full of non eu immigrants. fuk alex salmond and fuk the snp thier is nothing nationalistic about them.
@krackersdave how did i come to this conclusion? by gathering facts from the internet and realising alex salmond doesnt give a shit about scottish people. if being a right wing nutter means wanting a job after three years of unemployment and seeing ure countries leader wants to bring in thousands of immigrants to add to the unemployment list meaning more competition and being pissed off aboutt it then yes i guess i am a right wing nutter. are u a PC left wing faggot with no back bone?
@krackersdave eh no. my mum immigrated to scotland. i have friends who are mixed/black and asian but im not retarded. multiculturalism hasnt worked in any western country if it has please enlighten me. ure obviously working or u would probably feel the same way as me about this prediciment. what part of glasgow are u from?
@scotland1989able Jesus - you write a comment like "i have friends who are mixed/black and asian but im not retarded. " and claim NOT to be a right wing nutter?
@krackersdave name me one country that multiculturalism hasnt produced an explosion of anti white racism covered up by the media. and please dont just come back at me with aload of bullshit about every one is equal.
i hate how the scots always like to think of themselves as an oppressed minority - what a weak mental outlook to adopt, always wanting to be the victim, the martyr, the loser. scotland the poor, woebegone, put-upon slaves to the terrible english. it only has any actual existence in the attitudes of weak-minded scots.
Check out Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett's summing up of the GERS report that now shows Scotland subsidises the rest of the UK. Go on the newsnetscotland website and see the report for yourself. Click on economy! Also look at the report that says "Scotland better off leaving bankrupt Britain" Wow! You wouldn't believe the smile on my face right now! Post these documents on your facebook and lets abolish the propaganda that fills the rest of the internet together as a proud Nation.
@mrkjames9 So you drain our money until it runs out and leave the moment it is unprofitable. Living up to your stereotype much Scots? Y'know, the one about you being backstabbing, penny pinchers?
You don't realise that the Scottish Government does not have to pay for certain expensive institutions, like an armed forces for example. You're only just breaking even, even with the UK paying your bills. Congrats.
@RichardElden maybe london should declare independence from england they could be the richest city state in the world with all those scottish banks making crazy profit for them.
@RichardElden lol what a load of trash, what is this 11 billion from england? can you prove it in anyway?. well ofcourse you can't because all you can do is spew unsupported dogma.
If you have read the GERS report you would know that Scotland is in a surplus of cash compared to what it spends and that includes defence spending and the like.
@whitbyjet65 I know the English think it will be the other way around but actually Scotland will be far richer after independence and England will be far poorer, so the irony of one of your own to come up here and for one of their descendants to help Scotland take England down and make Scotland better without you English, you lot still living there because your ancestors weren't clever enough to either move to Scotland or stay in Scotland whatever the case may be.
as much as i dont agree with the snp on their policies - as a labour party member - i am actually in support of independence with the queen as our head of state, i think scotland could manage with england as an ally with control over its own constitutional affair
@RichardElden didnt the scottish nationalist party do quite well at the last elections. plenty of arguements here against scotland ever being broke, as for eu membership scotland would actually freely .........choose.
@RichardElden Surely you can see why salmond left the question of immediately losing the monarchy out of his proposals. If theres an independent scotland by majority they wont be supporting a foreign queen for very long.
People keep using Ireland to scare off those in favour of Scottish independence. My response is this "Ireland didn't have oil". I cannot emphasise this any further.
Furthermore, I believe that the issues Ireland is facing are no different to other contemporary European states; take Greece for example. We're going to pull out of this recession, and Ireland will get better. Scotland doesn't have to make the same mistakes either - independence might not be one of them.
@MarvellousMuffin good point - if anything irelands recession strengthens the independence case as scotland can only have learned from the mistakes of others. thereby preventing them going down the same path.
@RichardElden I know this sound's funny but Ireland are going through a down turn but are still doing great compared to other countries for example there GDP per capita is 45,689$ in contrast to the uk's GDP per cap of 36,120$ and this so called bail out from the IMF to Ireland is just a loan so Ireland could buy its bank's sort them out and then resell them when the time is right much like what Scotland did to RBS. before the recession Ireland had the 2nd lowest unemployment in the world.
Gee, Paxman REALLY doesn't like Salmond. On all his vids he goes off on a rant against him.
I am opposed to Scottish independence, but I have to admit that the BBC doesn't even TRY to be impartial on the matter... they just slam the nationalists.
@RichardElden and also we should take our wealth of natural resourceslike oil and gold,also our renewable energy sector and tourism, in 2010 our exports were more than our imports and we did better than break even,without including englands scummy aid money!
@RichardElden You base the WHOLE of Scotlands unacceptability count on a TV show on deprived areas in Scotland. There are places like that everywhere, dont be stupid. We do with our money what we want , England does what they want, they dont want to supply free uni, then dont, not our problem.
What's strange is that the same people who don't agree with the Scottish right to a singular state believe strongly in that right for the English. It amounts to the same thing.
@RichardElden Typical English, dont listen to a word said to them, WE PAY MORE MONEY INTO ENGLAND THAN WE GET BACK, maybe thats more clear for your inbred brain
@l000093878 If Scotland is so great, why do Scotland's poor so badly neglected, and why do they have the lowest life expectancy in the entire industrilzed world? Does this upset you? If so what do you propose to fix this problem?
@RichardElden Richard, how about you take your head from your arse and get a grip. Scotland will be one of the richest countries in the world without england raking in as much of our money as they could. We have continuously paid more money into Westminister than England have paid back, Scotland The Brave - Vote For Independance
Alex Salmond's bid to open Scotland's borders to thousands of immigrants has provoked a stinging rebuke from David Cameron and his Ministers.
In an unprecedented attack, the First Minister has been told Scots should be given the chance of any job vacancies and that immigration is already 'out of control'.
The rebuke will come as a major blow to Mr Salmond and the SNP, who want Scotland to be 'open to all' and believe more immigrants would boost the country's economy.
the 3 main parties have wrecked britian, labour areas have the highest drug crime like the west of scotland which is a socialist drug den from hell and has a higher murder rate than america per capita, yet you still get brainwashed marxists who vote for them like drones
Indeed the UK needed a far greater figure than this. Indeed the Debt interest next year is closing in HALF the figure Ireland needed. Just shows how much better the irish economy is than the UK eh?
@RichardElden: The only Scot of whom I have ever heard to have sought refuge in England is John Comyn, the Earl of Buchan; and he did flee before Robert the Bruce, his lawful king; so where have these millions of Scots come to England and why? I mean there are just a few million Scots around in the world in general; or do you refer to the Scots who dwell as aliens on English soil? Well, you should throw them out since they will then join the Scottish armies and plunder in Northern England.
And once again we have Richard signing on with his comment of the day. Yesterday he googled the IMF and today its the celtic Tiger. IN what way shape or form was it hilarious for Salmond to call for Scotland to be like Norway or Ireland. They indeed are indeed both in a far better finacial position than the UK. Then you talk about too much borrowing yet the total Debt(this is money owed son) in the UK is 0.932 trillion pounds! Staggering stuff Richard keep up your good work!
@RichardElden: Which makes it much worse: Since at Bannockburn Scots fought against the English types and of course did prevail; so the Scots need to stop their infighting and drive the English out!
Again can you help out the debate and provide linkage to these figures? There isn't an English politician that wants the UK to break up as they know how much they rely on our weath.
NO as i've already explained the figurs in England are always below 50 adn who could blame them, given the capital injection Scotland has given the the uk purse.
..and the entertainment continues. The BBC are massively pro-union. Look at kirsy Warks links with the labour party or indeed brian turners blogs. FFS you are PRIME ANTI-union material.
@haddingtonbb41 Your points are bang on every economist has said independence is more than viable economically and I can't understand how anyone can argue against it well done on fighting against the unionist machine.
No last year Scotland paid in 1,300,000,000 million pounds more that it recieved back from the block grant. This figure is very easy to find in the westminister acounts. Indeed even the BBC ran with the story. The rest of the UK have NOTHING to do with council tax, university places or prescriptions as they are all decided at hollyrood you fucknugget.
Scotland doesn't get anything from england Last year for example the westminister figures agree that Scotland was 1,300million pouds in surplus. What has this got to do with a small council scheme?
@RichardElden The terrorist campaign didn't end when Michael Collins signed the treaty. It ended in 2005. The continuous acts of armed republicans between the time of Collins IRA and the PIRA have changed the political landscape across the 6 counties. A lot more than namby pamby Home Rule.
@RichardElden Speculating again. How can you be so sure that under British rule, Ireland, and even Britain, would not be in financial turmoil. Home Rule and Independence are not the same. I think you find the terrorist campaign was quite successful, however long it has taken.
@RichardElden Who are Chris and Marvin? You're beginning to sound classist now, I'd do something about that. Also about those billions, see my last comment.
@RichardElden Why did you reply twice with the same thing? Also check your facts! The Scottish economy often more than pays for redistributed taxes. Don't forget the money that "comes from Westminster" also includes revenue made in Scotland. Which would stay there should there be independence.
With respect Santiano, Richard doesn't have a clue about fiscal issues or indeed life. I suspect he holds dear the 'values' of unionism through rangers or some far right organisation. Pleae encourage his comments as he is SOOOO thick it help the cause to better Scotland.
They have done many polls in England. I'm staggered that you have not seen any of these!! And no the figures south of the border are in favour of the retention of the union. HArdly a surprize as teh oil of scotland is the sigle reason the UK government is able to keep their AAA debt catagory.
@RichardElden That's just speculative economics, the kind of economics has done the damage to the country. The 26 county state got independence in the 1920s, it;s been a long time since then. You cannot say that Ireland's desire to be free and sovereign has anything to do with Irelands current financial situation
@RichardElden Nationalism has nothing to do with that. Not quite sure how you've come to equate the two. I don't consider myself a nationalist by the way.
Richard once again showing his complete ignorance.
Health and Education are ALREADY devolved issues and the council tax is collected and retained in Scotland. Keep going as you are pushing the independence bandwagon with your illinformed murmurings.
You don't really understand how the government is funded do you? Scotland more than funds its share on welfare as it does on every single aspect as a direct result of running in surplus.
Scotland has been in Suplus for nearly 20 years you complete fool. England doesn't give Scotland money, what happens is Scotland gives other countries in particular Northern Ireland, and wales extra funding.
Wow, Jeremy Paxman did not do his research on Alex Salmond and the SNP at all!! SNP Nationalism is nothing about 'the hated english' or oppression, it's just "hey, I think we could govern ourselves!". Which is a fairly decent sentiment I would have thought. The SNP want Scotland to carve out her own destiny in Europe and the wider global community. (Also cutting out England means Scotland will barely be influenced by right wing politics at all!! Heehee! I like that bit)
@Eoaiyer21987rhei Scottish Nationalism isn't very right wing actually! It's on the basis of self government and more devolved power... That's not right wing at all.
Scotland will get independence when it votes for it. Shame though, the union has a prestigious history behind it, no other like it. But it will come, not in Alex Salmond's lifetime though, 2041 roughly.
Scottish independence would be a disaster for your country. You have a population half that of Azerbaijan. I'm not sure if you realise how insignificant that would make you on the global stage and in the EU. Two Scots helped to mold global affairs this decade, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. That sort of power would be History for your country.
Yes we scots realy proud of the war criminals brown and blair,and as for being insignificant in the eu and un i think an independant scotland being the 2nd largest producer of oil and gas in europe would make us pretty significant indeed contrary to youre assumptions.
jeremy paxmans attitude seems to be the norm amongst the people in positions in england,rude and demeaning,,this is why the scots are voting the way they do,,and if paxman and co,,i.e cameron and other unionists continue to insult the scots intelligance then independance it will be,,they say the scots would be worse off,,i,m not to sure as a third of the british army is scots,gas,and oil,,i think england has more to lose,
It seems that the rebirth of Scotland is at hand indeed! More than 250 years after the Scottish defeat at Culloden the Scots are likely to once more free themselves from English dominance; which will force the English ducks to abandon their global follies like invading China for the right to sell opium there or to get a good bloody nose at the hands of warlike Japan or Germany; as it has happened in the last great war; Shakespeare may now reminds the English of their Scottish neighbourhood:
@m4rkyboy: It’s Madam, Lady or Miss but never Sir; and as I understand you think that England is a mouse which has overpowered the Eagle Scotland? Though I hope that you do not call Monsieur Oliver Cromwell, who subdued Scotland, a mouse, do you?
@m4rkyboy: But it was not I who did create this fancy animal fable but the divine Shakespeare himself did compose it for his play Henry V in which he does indeed compare England to an eagle and Scotland to a weasel but the mouse doing havoc in the absence of the cat was a comparison to the havoc the Scots caused in England while the English armies fighting in France for example. So you have to send Monsieur Shakespeare your complaints about that!
@FireEyedMaidOfWar What was your intention when writing it?If it was meant as a compliment to Scotland then it is a funny way of doing it.If it is meant as an insult,then i am disappointed-i thought the Scots and the French were friends.You must remember it was the English who have slithered into Scotland and plundered our resources.Thankfully we are a step closer to being rid of them.
@m4rkyboy: Is it not the greatest of all compliments when your enemies speak well of you? Friends do flatter but if foes speak good there’s more truth io it; but my comment was rather nasty towards the English than mean against the Scots as I did rejoice at the increased possibility that Scotland will once more gain its independence! Is my English that bad? And yes: The Auld Alliance between France and Scotland should and must be renewed once again: Old Europe is returning.
@m4rkyboy: There is no need for such an apology since you Scots are hot-blooded in spite of your cold and wet climate due to the drinking of the water of life (as Whiskey is called in Scotland); but I am happy that I could make myself clear for sometimes I doubt my ability to express myself in English when I get such strange reactions on my comments; and now I will invoke Shakespeare’s Falstaff on the positive effects of alcohol:
"Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father, he hath, like lean, sterile and bare land, manured, husbanded and tilled with excellent endeavour of drinking good and good store of fertile sherris, that he is become very hot and valiant. If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack."
Reading all the comments on Independence from various sources, the SNP have won argument after argument, and the English are FAR more racist than the Scottish are. They are almost jealous we have such a wonderful, genuine government and to be honest not one Scottish person gives a damn about what English people think. It's our future and we'll always be better than those that are racist by not stooping down to their level.
@acciesfan8 Paxman is only doing his job. People in Scotland have the right to know what the S.N.P.'s and every other potical parties policies are in relation to Scotland and their future.
Its a shame that the Scots want to leave the Union, sure we have problems, but we could work them out. Hopefully one day our Scottish brothers and sisters will realise that the U.K has its faults, but we are not their enemy.
@codownni Okay 1st of all it's got nothing to do with the Scottish not wanting to be friends instead of enemies as you put it, My fiance is English as are my cousins and most of my dad's family but all my direct family and I myself am Scottish. I have no problems with English people but I have a problem with a Tory government. I would much prefer as would the majority of Scotland than SNP rule Scotland as their policies are the best and they will do a better job than any of the others.
@codownni Okay 1st of all it's got nothing to do with the Scottish not wanting to be friends instead of enemies as you put it, My fiance is English as are my cousins and most of my dad's family but all my direct family and I myself are Scottish. I have no problems with English people but I have a problem with a Tory government. I would much prefer as would the majority of Scotland than SNP rule Scotland as their policies are the best and they will do a better job than any of the others.
I didnt mean any offence, but there is a lot of anti Englishness there, almost a accepted part of pop culture. It isnt reciprocated down south. My point is, a vote for SNP will lead to a refferendum, which i am always in favour of a vote, but if Scotland does become independent, I think it will be a huge shame for us all. Scotland has been undervalued, and unappreciated for a long time, rich history and culture ect. I just believe we can work it out, and that we should do.
@RichardElden Yes, based on an English election, Labour would have been owned. But you said there would never be a Labour government again- that's not true. Labour won a majority in England in 1945, 1997, 2001, etc.
@ToaJoe your right he is, cant believe ive stumbled upon his nonsense again!! search for alex salmond in kick erse mode (might be a vid at the side too) and you will see what I mean. Awful little man
I just hope that labour are never allowed into power again those sell outs should keep there heads down if they knew whats good for them that dosent mean the other two parties are any better.
@RichardElden That's not what happened in 1945, 1997, or 2001, but please troll along, you're a bad troll and an embarassment to trolls on youtube. You should be ashamed of yourself for being such a lame troll.
Hilarious.
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alex salmond is a tit and should die from aberdeen
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thuggie1 4 days ago
Favourite moment when he said "Yes...very polite." It distracted me from the rest of the video.
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THE SCOTTISH PEOPLE SHOULD BE FREE- so that Alex Salmond can lock them up for whatever he deems to be ‘offensive’ or ‘sectarian’ hate-speech any time he fancies...
SuperTruth77 2 weeks ago
Why do I get the feeling that when people do not support scottish independance, they are branded 'Anti Scottish Nazis'?
tonytheprawnful 3 weeks ago
@tonytheprawnful Perhaps you also have to ponder why when Scottish people support independence, they are regarded as Anglophobes. Or why people that get desperate in political debates have to resort to silly comparisons and remarks about "Nazis" and "Hitler". Doesn't go down so well, just ask Tom Harris.
I support Scottish Independence with a ferocious passion... but I call a Scottish unionist a "person with different political views who will vote no in the referendum". Simple.
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Paxman is a snidey twat, love how Eck just laughed away his comments
yermaww94 4 weeks ago
Scotland independence ftw
haz464 1 month ago
0:10 Rab McGlintchy interpreting for the neds tonight
kylemackay88 1 month ago 3
Rise Scotland for the Greater Good.
McDenster 1 month ago 4
@RichardElden You give English people a bad name! Every anti-Scottish statement you make converts another 50 people to voting for Scottish Independence. Keep up the great work buddy! We still love you even if you don't feel the same way towards us. x
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Guys. Please, please. All of you who have children or just anyone. Please don't believe voting for the "right guy" will change things. You're being lied to.
I beg you to look at the video by leuren moret here on youtube. it's 1hr54m. It's been a long time since you heard factual news so be prepared to feel a little shocked.
Then begin to take the advice in her video which might help your family. Spread this news to everyone - for your childrens' sake. I beg you.
telemetry9 2 months ago
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All the problems in the world, the Euro going down the pan, Iran and its nuclear program, millions of people starving in Africa, and all we hear from the SNP is poor little Scotland. Compared to many other countries in the world Scotland doesn’t really have anything to complain about right now, its all Me Me Me with the SNP.
RonSuperJet 2 months ago
Alex Salmond is a English hating Git.
YARROWS9 3 months ago
@YARROWS9 You, sir, are an idiot. Did you not watch the video, did you ? - NO of course not, having the attention span of an EDL brick thrower, you will just have assumed that the Daily Mail holds the absolute truth!
sionnyn 2 months ago
@RichardElden Im assuming your part of the unionists community? Well you see, half the population of NI is nationalist and they would disagree with you and history would disagree with you. Nationalists are growing 3 times fasting the unionists community, the biggest party in NI is sinn fein.
Give it 20 or 30 years and NI will be rejoined with ROI, whether you like it or not. If you dont want to live here, you may as well find a nice house in scotland or somewhere "non irish"
BobbyJones2005 3 months ago
@RichardElden so your from Northern Ireland, are you? so am i. I recommend you read up on your history because thee history of ireland goes back 2000-3000 years, LONG before the english ever stepped foot into ireland, long before even the crusades.
Only the uneducated (like yourself) think the history of ireland is dominated by the english. Andd i assure you Northern irelandd was apart of ireland then lol you do know 3 counties of ulster is currently part of ROI? lol your arguement is baseless
BobbyJones2005 3 months ago
@RichardElden Your talking absolute nonsense. The Kingdom of Scotland is alot older than the United Kingdom. Britain is nothing more than an english scheme to enslave the scottish, welsh and irish peoples into believing ttheir apart of a country.
The UK is breaking up, it has crumbled and holds no more influencce on the world. Scotland and Wales will be great countrys like Denmark/Sweden when given independance. Northern ireland belongs to the ROI and will be given back in time.
BobbyJones2005 3 months ago 2
@BobbyJones2005 england is holding them slave? Last i checked, whilst Scotland, Wales and NI have their own Parliament for their own MPs England don't. Westminster is not an English only establishment - Welsh, Scots and NI MPs can vote on English issues where English MPs can't vote on their issues. It is ENGLISH tax payers who pay for Scottish Uni fees. It was the SCOTS that took NI not the "evil English". As far as rights go, England are at the bottom and don't get a fair deal.
RawJobber 3 months ago
@RawJobber You are wrong about the English taxpayer paying uni fees in Scotaland, buut you are right about England needing its own parliament.
BTW - Nationalist MPs from the Celtic countries do not vote on England only matters - it is ionly the MPS returned for the London based parties that do that.
sionnyn 2 months ago
@BobbyJones2005 in fact, let Scotland have independance so they can financially back NI when it goes tits up. Less tax for us lot south of the border.
RawJobber 3 months ago
@RichardElden whats wrong? is it because the scottish people want to break away from the delusion of being "british" while we all know thats only a title granted to them by england in order to make them feel apart of the nation, while in reality theyre not their own masters, while they can be.
Ireland never submitted to england and i ddont see why scotland should, even though they have done for the last few hundred years.
The scottish ppl deserve better.
BobbyJones2005 3 months ago
@BobbyJones2005 Don't listen to that unionist idiot RichardElden, I noticed him in a few posts stating that if Scotland tried to break away, it would be regarded as declaration of war ! You have just got to laugh at some people, the Tories or labour for that matter don't have a chance in hell of beating "wee Eck" ! lol
MrAJK2015 2 weeks ago
I hope scottish ppl vote for independance, i think Scotland would be better off without other ppl in westminister telling them what they can and can nott do.
It would also be great for the scottish ppl to have more of a country for themselves. Im Irish BTW.
BobbyJones2005 3 months ago
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Lets vote for INDEPENDENCE! and we can let the fat man live in his new castle and we can call him the king of scotland...fucking idiots!
quest1931 3 months ago
@RichardElden
If those English students lived in Scotland, aka "took up residence in Scotland" then it's free.
But what happens if Scottish students go to study in England? That's right, we pay. So when you (England) take tuition fees off for Scottish students studying in England, we will do the same for you.
1scot4scotland 3 months ago 3
while scotland and england fight the real masters in the EU destroys our fishing industry and rips up our bill of rights, scotland has more in common with england and the rest of the UK than it does with these lunatics over in brussels who destroy bent cucumbers and mess with our national drink Irn Bru, the 3 main partys are not unionist so thats why the SNP have been charging ahead with mr "cast iron call me " dave cameron and all the other traitors down south
scottishchap2008 4 months ago
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@RichardElden They're not charging English students.. they are charging students who are resident in England.. It's based on residence not race - the point being that WESTMINSTER is responsible for paying for education in England, NOT HOLYROOD. Complain to the hundreds of English MP's that YOU voted for who decided to betray you in this way. Stop being a sheeeeeeep!
I'd also argue that the English (like the Scottish) are not actually a race anyway but a melding of serveral races.
krackersdave 4 months ago
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krackersdave 4 months ago
@RichardElden Name one.
krackersdave 4 months ago
@RichardElden He is fat and bald all right, ugly is in the eye of the beholder but how do you come to the conclusion he's a racist?
krackersdave 4 months ago
@MegaTrainspotter dont alex salmond is trying to allow all non eu students to live in scotland. and david cameron rejected alex salmonds bid to flood scotland full of non eu immigrants. fuk alex salmond and fuk the snp thier is nothing nationalistic about them.
scotland1989able 5 months ago
@scotland1989able 1) How do you come to this conclusion and 2) Are you a right wing nutter?
krackersdave 4 months ago
@krackersdave how did i come to this conclusion? by gathering facts from the internet and realising alex salmond doesnt give a shit about scottish people. if being a right wing nutter means wanting a job after three years of unemployment and seeing ure countries leader wants to bring in thousands of immigrants to add to the unemployment list meaning more competition and being pissed off aboutt it then yes i guess i am a right wing nutter. are u a PC left wing faggot with no back bone?
scotland1989able 4 months ago
@scotland1989able That'll be a yes to number 2 then...
krackersdave 4 months ago
@krackersdave eh no. my mum immigrated to scotland. i have friends who are mixed/black and asian but im not retarded. multiculturalism hasnt worked in any western country if it has please enlighten me. ure obviously working or u would probably feel the same way as me about this prediciment. what part of glasgow are u from?
scotland1989able 4 months ago
@scotland1989able Jesus - you write a comment like "i have friends who are mixed/black and asian but im not retarded. " and claim NOT to be a right wing nutter?
krackersdave 4 months ago
@krackersdave name me one country that multiculturalism hasnt produced an explosion of anti white racism covered up by the media. and please dont just come back at me with aload of bullshit about every one is equal.
scotland1989able 4 months ago
He just owned Paxman
jamiehorsey 5 months ago 2
Saor Alba Stop the english thief machine !
FreeAlbaSLM 5 months ago 6
@FreeAlbaSLM
Thief machine? We subsidise you.
Myles0Harcourt 2 months ago
It's hypothesize, not 'hypothecate' you twerp.
ellameister 5 months ago in playlist music
i hate how the scots always like to think of themselves as an oppressed minority - what a weak mental outlook to adopt, always wanting to be the victim, the martyr, the loser. scotland the poor, woebegone, put-upon slaves to the terrible english. it only has any actual existence in the attitudes of weak-minded scots.
carpet691 5 months ago
Check out Professor Andrew Hughes Hallett's summing up of the GERS report that now shows Scotland subsidises the rest of the UK. Go on the newsnetscotland website and see the report for yourself. Click on economy! Also look at the report that says "Scotland better off leaving bankrupt Britain" Wow! You wouldn't believe the smile on my face right now! Post these documents on your facebook and lets abolish the propaganda that fills the rest of the internet together as a proud Nation.
mrkjames9 5 months ago 10
@mrkjames9 So you drain our money until it runs out and leave the moment it is unprofitable. Living up to your stereotype much Scots? Y'know, the one about you being backstabbing, penny pinchers?
You don't realise that the Scottish Government does not have to pay for certain expensive institutions, like an armed forces for example. You're only just breaking even, even with the UK paying your bills. Congrats.
TheCrabPope 2 months ago
@RichardElden maybe london should declare independence from england they could be the richest city state in the world with all those scottish banks making crazy profit for them.
stonecoldmc 6 months ago
@RichardElden lol what a load of trash, what is this 11 billion from england? can you prove it in anyway?. well ofcourse you can't because all you can do is spew unsupported dogma.
If you have read the GERS report you would know that Scotland is in a surplus of cash compared to what it spends and that includes defence spending and the like.
stonecoldmc 6 months ago
@RichardElden Er i know why it all happend but you seem to be a little bit naive to the fact that saudi oil owners may hav a backlash at this :O
supervillan 6 months ago
The surname Salmond is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Your leader is a Sassenach! AHAHHAHAHAHA! Oh the irony of it!
whitbyjet65 6 months ago
@whitbyjet65 I know the English think it will be the other way around but actually Scotland will be far richer after independence and England will be far poorer, so the irony of one of your own to come up here and for one of their descendants to help Scotland take England down and make Scotland better without you English, you lot still living there because your ancestors weren't clever enough to either move to Scotland or stay in Scotland whatever the case may be.
MsJadeEem 5 months ago
@MsJadeEem - Actually most of the money is made in london, but you probably already new that!
LittleDirtyBlonde23 5 months ago
@LittleDirtyBlonde23 Not made... just printed and borrowed...
krackersdave 5 months ago
@RichardElden so basicaly you will steal the libian oil? that shit won't fly me thinks :P you seema very narrow minded angry person sir :P.
supervillan 6 months ago
@RichardElden I guess we'll just take the fresh water and oil then...
supervillan 6 months ago
@RichardElden Didn't know mental patients were allowed on the internet...
ShRiNkInGMuShRoOmS 6 months ago
Salmond is leaps and bounds ahead of any politician in the Uk.
ShRiNkInGMuShRoOmS 6 months ago
He might look up hypothecate.
blagamoush10 6 months ago
'hypothecate' ? he means hypothesise.
AdamSeeb 6 months ago
as much as i dont agree with the snp on their policies - as a labour party member - i am actually in support of independence with the queen as our head of state, i think scotland could manage with england as an ally with control over its own constitutional affair
dbvc1 6 months ago
@RichardElden
so youre actually supporting an independent scotland now. glad to hear it.
1976.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden I thought scotland pays more in than it gets out.
lib dems collapse, bad labour campaigns, wilsons colon etc etc.
heres to salmond and the snp.
dont be afraid brave scots.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden didnt the scottish nationalist party do quite well at the last elections. plenty of arguements here against scotland ever being broke, as for eu membership scotland would actually freely .........choose.
oh and the bailout thing again - 1976.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden Surely you can see why salmond left the question of immediately losing the monarchy out of his proposals. If theres an independent scotland by majority they wont be supporting a foreign queen for very long.
how she came to reign over scotland is history.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden somehow i dont think an independent scotland would maintain a english monarchy.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden But united kingdom refers to the unity of scotland with england.
new name needed in that case.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden
if there still is a uk.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@RichardElden
and ireland had its own harold wilsons. all the same.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
All Ireland bailout references see imf England bailout in 1976.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
People keep using Ireland to scare off those in favour of Scottish independence. My response is this "Ireland didn't have oil". I cannot emphasise this any further.
Furthermore, I believe that the issues Ireland is facing are no different to other contemporary European states; take Greece for example. We're going to pull out of this recession, and Ireland will get better. Scotland doesn't have to make the same mistakes either - independence might not be one of them.
MarvellousMuffin 6 months ago
@MarvellousMuffin good point - if anything irelands recession strengthens the independence case as scotland can only have learned from the mistakes of others. thereby preventing them going down the same path.
HLecterPHD 6 months ago
@HLecterPHD
Exactly sir. I agree wholeheartedly.
MarvellousMuffin 6 months ago
@RichardElden I know this sound's funny but Ireland are going through a down turn but are still doing great compared to other countries for example there GDP per capita is 45,689$ in contrast to the uk's GDP per cap of 36,120$ and this so called bail out from the IMF to Ireland is just a loan so Ireland could buy its bank's sort them out and then resell them when the time is right much like what Scotland did to RBS. before the recession Ireland had the 2nd lowest unemployment in the world.
bolgert911 6 months ago
Alex Salmond- what a legend.
yorkshire13579 7 months ago
Gee, Paxman REALLY doesn't like Salmond. On all his vids he goes off on a rant against him.
I am opposed to Scottish independence, but I have to admit that the BBC doesn't even TRY to be impartial on the matter... they just slam the nationalists.
BasilFawlty4444 7 months ago
@RichardElden and also we should take our wealth of natural resourceslike oil and gold,also our renewable energy sector and tourism, in 2010 our exports were more than our imports and we did better than break even,without including englands scummy aid money!
frazledazzle11 7 months ago
@RichardElden and what about bradford,south london? do they work??? NO
frazledazzle11 7 months ago
@RichardElden You base the WHOLE of Scotlands unacceptability count on a TV show on deprived areas in Scotland. There are places like that everywhere, dont be stupid. We do with our money what we want , England does what they want, they dont want to supply free uni, then dont, not our problem.
ELRusto92 7 months ago
What's strange is that the same people who don't agree with the Scottish right to a singular state believe strongly in that right for the English. It amounts to the same thing.
ElectricSexPants 7 months ago
@RichardElden Typical English, dont listen to a word said to them, WE PAY MORE MONEY INTO ENGLAND THAN WE GET BACK, maybe thats more clear for your inbred brain
l000093878 7 months ago
@l000093878 If Scotland is so great, why do Scotland's poor so badly neglected, and why do they have the lowest life expectancy in the entire industrilzed world? Does this upset you? If so what do you propose to fix this problem?
pluto4847 6 months ago
@RichardElden Richard, how about you take your head from your arse and get a grip. Scotland will be one of the richest countries in the world without england raking in as much of our money as they could. We have continuously paid more money into Westminister than England have paid back, Scotland The Brave - Vote For Independance
l000093878 7 months ago
There was a time I didn't like Alex Salmond at all, but now I have rather a lot of time for him.
dezboss 7 months ago
Alex Salmond's bid to open Scotland's borders to thousands of immigrants has provoked a stinging rebuke from David Cameron and his Ministers.
In an unprecedented attack, the First Minister has been told Scots should be given the chance of any job vacancies and that immigration is already 'out of control'.
The rebuke will come as a major blow to Mr Salmond and the SNP, who want Scotland to be 'open to all' and believe more immigrants would boost the country's economy.
enjoy your pakistan
menacinghat 7 months ago
the 3 main parties have wrecked britian, labour areas have the highest drug crime like the west of scotland which is a socialist drug den from hell and has a higher murder rate than america per capita, yet you still get brainwashed marxists who vote for them like drones
scottishchap2008 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Indeed the UK needed a far greater figure than this. Indeed the Debt interest next year is closing in HALF the figure Ireland needed. Just shows how much better the irish economy is than the UK eh?
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden: The only Scot of whom I have ever heard to have sought refuge in England is John Comyn, the Earl of Buchan; and he did flee before Robert the Bruce, his lawful king; so where have these millions of Scots come to England and why? I mean there are just a few million Scots around in the world in general; or do you refer to the Scots who dwell as aliens on English soil? Well, you should throw them out since they will then join the Scottish armies and plunder in Northern England.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 7 months ago
And once again we have Richard signing on with his comment of the day. Yesterday he googled the IMF and today its the celtic Tiger. IN what way shape or form was it hilarious for Salmond to call for Scotland to be like Norway or Ireland. They indeed are indeed both in a far better finacial position than the UK. Then you talk about too much borrowing yet the total Debt(this is money owed son) in the UK is 0.932 trillion pounds! Staggering stuff Richard keep up your good work!
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden: Which makes it much worse: Since at Bannockburn Scots fought against the English types and of course did prevail; so the Scots need to stop their infighting and drive the English out!
FireEyedMaidOfWar 7 months ago
@RichardElden Paying back a non-existent bailout that will never come should be easy enough I think nah in fact am sure we can.
Michael21089 7 months ago
@RichardElden: That's the spirit. If nothing else works, then a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Again can you help out the debate and provide linkage to these figures? There isn't an English politician that wants the UK to break up as they know how much they rely on our weath.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Can I ask you whether the UK have has any loans during the recession????
please answer this one since you have avoided 4 other questions so far. Go and google you fucktart.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
NO as i've already explained the figurs in England are always below 50 adn who could blame them, given the capital injection Scotland has given the the uk purse.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
..and the entertainment continues. The BBC are massively pro-union. Look at kirsy Warks links with the labour party or indeed brian turners blogs. FFS you are PRIME ANTI-union material.
Keep it up squire.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@haddingtonbb41 Your points are bang on every economist has said independence is more than viable economically and I can't understand how anyone can argue against it well done on fighting against the unionist machine.
Michael21089 7 months ago
@Michael21089
WE will fight 'em on the trenches we will fight them on youtube. lol.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
No last year Scotland paid in 1,300,000,000 million pounds more that it recieved back from the block grant. This figure is very easy to find in the westminister acounts. Indeed even the BBC ran with the story. The rest of the UK have NOTHING to do with council tax, university places or prescriptions as they are all decided at hollyrood you fucknugget.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Scotland doesn't get anything from england Last year for example the westminister figures agree that Scotland was 1,300million pouds in surplus. What has this got to do with a small council scheme?
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Can you pleae link these figures that you have simply made up?
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden The terrorist campaign didn't end when Michael Collins signed the treaty. It ended in 2005. The continuous acts of armed republicans between the time of Collins IRA and the PIRA have changed the political landscape across the 6 counties. A lot more than namby pamby Home Rule.
macunfraidh 7 months ago
@RichardElden Speculating again. How can you be so sure that under British rule, Ireland, and even Britain, would not be in financial turmoil. Home Rule and Independence are not the same. I think you find the terrorist campaign was quite successful, however long it has taken.
macunfraidh 7 months ago
@RichardElden Who are Chris and Marvin? You're beginning to sound classist now, I'd do something about that. Also about those billions, see my last comment.
santiano42 7 months ago
@RichardElden Why did you reply twice with the same thing? Also check your facts! The Scottish economy often more than pays for redistributed taxes. Don't forget the money that "comes from Westminster" also includes revenue made in Scotland. Which would stay there should there be independence.
santiano42 7 months ago
@santiano42
With respect Santiano, Richard doesn't have a clue about fiscal issues or indeed life. I suspect he holds dear the 'values' of unionism through rangers or some far right organisation. Pleae encourage his comments as he is SOOOO thick it help the cause to better Scotland.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
They have done many polls in England. I'm staggered that you have not seen any of these!! And no the figures south of the border are in favour of the retention of the union. HArdly a surprize as teh oil of scotland is the sigle reason the UK government is able to keep their AAA debt catagory.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
I would be interested for you provide details to these billions that Scotland receive from England every year. Thanks in advance.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden That's just speculative economics, the kind of economics has done the damage to the country. The 26 county state got independence in the 1920s, it;s been a long time since then. You cannot say that Ireland's desire to be free and sovereign has anything to do with Irelands current financial situation
macunfraidh 7 months ago
@RichardElden Nationalism has nothing to do with that. Not quite sure how you've come to equate the two. I don't consider myself a nationalist by the way.
macunfraidh 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Richard once again showing his complete ignorance.
Health and Education are ALREADY devolved issues and the council tax is collected and retained in Scotland. Keep going as you are pushing the independence bandwagon with your illinformed murmurings.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
You don't really understand how the government is funded do you? Scotland more than funds its share on welfare as it does on every single aspect as a direct result of running in surplus.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
@RichardElden
Scotland has been in Suplus for nearly 20 years you complete fool. England doesn't give Scotland money, what happens is Scotland gives other countries in particular Northern Ireland, and wales extra funding.
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
The SNP are Nationalist with Social politics. Can't wait for the day we vote yes on independence.
9/4 in William Hill I thought a good bet.
Michael21089 7 months ago
@Michael21089
5/4 at paddy power! I can see the figure drifting out before closing in come 2015
haddingtonbb41 7 months ago
Wow, Jeremy Paxman did not do his research on Alex Salmond and the SNP at all!! SNP Nationalism is nothing about 'the hated english' or oppression, it's just "hey, I think we could govern ourselves!". Which is a fairly decent sentiment I would have thought. The SNP want Scotland to carve out her own destiny in Europe and the wider global community. (Also cutting out England means Scotland will barely be influenced by right wing politics at all!! Heehee! I like that bit)
santiano42 8 months ago
@santiano42 Right wing politics? A nationalist party is right wing. You should know that.
Eoaiyer21987rhei 8 months ago
@Eoaiyer21987rhei Nationalism is a right wing idea but the SNP's policies aren't right wing at all! You should read their manifesto!
santiano42 8 months ago
@santiano42 Exactly, just like Irish nationalism, Scottish nationalism is far from right-wing.
macunfraidh 7 months ago
@Eoaiyer21987rhei Scottish Nationalism isn't very right wing actually! It's on the basis of self government and more devolved power... That's not right wing at all.
santiano42 8 months ago
Scotland will get independence when it votes for it. Shame though, the union has a prestigious history behind it, no other like it. But it will come, not in Alex Salmond's lifetime though, 2041 roughly.
barnabyfraser 8 months ago
Scottish independence would be a disaster for your country. You have a population half that of Azerbaijan. I'm not sure if you realise how insignificant that would make you on the global stage and in the EU. Two Scots helped to mold global affairs this decade, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. That sort of power would be History for your country.
cpd101 8 months ago
Yes we scots realy proud of the war criminals brown and blair,and as for being insignificant in the eu and un i think an independant scotland being the 2nd largest producer of oil and gas in europe would make us pretty significant indeed contrary to youre assumptions.
1966thewallace 7 months ago
Thumbs up if your going to vote YES to Scottish Independence !
glasgow1234 8 months ago
jeremy paxmans attitude seems to be the norm amongst the people in positions in england,rude and demeaning,,this is why the scots are voting the way they do,,and if paxman and co,,i.e cameron and other unionists continue to insult the scots intelligance then independance it will be,,they say the scots would be worse off,,i,m not to sure as a third of the british army is scots,gas,and oil,,i think england has more to lose,
jasonmc36 8 months ago
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@jasonmc36 You do know Jeremy Paxman is of Scottish descent?, and is very proud of it.
swissnor 8 months ago
It seems that the rebirth of Scotland is at hand indeed! More than 250 years after the Scottish defeat at Culloden the Scots are likely to once more free themselves from English dominance; which will force the English ducks to abandon their global follies like invading China for the right to sell opium there or to get a good bloody nose at the hands of warlike Japan or Germany; as it has happened in the last great war; Shakespeare may now reminds the English of their Scottish neighbourhood:
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
For once the eagle England being in prey,
To her unguarded nest the weasel
Scot Comes sneaking and so sucks her princely eggs,
Playing the mouse in absence of the cat,
To tear and havoc more than she can eat.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar
izzat right?
Whatever!
ugizzat 8 months ago
@ugizzat: Say again in proper English, please.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar
I fear for you sir,alas
You appear to have stepped through the looking glass
and cast away the history which has passed
with disregard for none
To you,the eagle,the mouse did trespass
but maybe a mouse fought an eagle and won?
m4rkyboy 8 months ago
@m4rkyboy: It’s Madam, Lady or Miss but never Sir; and as I understand you think that England is a mouse which has overpowered the Eagle Scotland? Though I hope that you do not call Monsieur Oliver Cromwell, who subdued Scotland, a mouse, do you?
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar No,i thought you were comparing Scotland to a weasel who slithered into England and 'Playing the mouse in absence of the cat,
To tear and havoc more than she can eat.'
I thought this was unfair considering the exact opposite is true.
m4rkyboy 8 months ago
@m4rkyboy: But it was not I who did create this fancy animal fable but the divine Shakespeare himself did compose it for his play Henry V in which he does indeed compare England to an eagle and Scotland to a weasel but the mouse doing havoc in the absence of the cat was a comparison to the havoc the Scots caused in England while the English armies fighting in France for example. So you have to send Monsieur Shakespeare your complaints about that!
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar What was your intention when writing it?If it was meant as a compliment to Scotland then it is a funny way of doing it.If it is meant as an insult,then i am disappointed-i thought the Scots and the French were friends.You must remember it was the English who have slithered into Scotland and plundered our resources.Thankfully we are a step closer to being rid of them.
m4rkyboy 8 months ago
@m4rkyboy: Is it not the greatest of all compliments when your enemies speak well of you? Friends do flatter but if foes speak good there’s more truth io it; but my comment was rather nasty towards the English than mean against the Scots as I did rejoice at the increased possibility that Scotland will once more gain its independence! Is my English that bad? And yes: The Auld Alliance between France and Scotland should and must be renewed once again: Old Europe is returning.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar I have misunderstood you on many levels Madam :) Please accept my apologies.
I thought you were referring to modern times when you i saw your writing.Now i must weasel my way into your affections with a poem :)
A fire eyed maiden,eloquent in phrase
Has graced me with her presence these past few days
I misunderstood her in many different ways
but we got there in the end
If only i could meet her,then this i would say
'I mistook you for an enemy,thank god you are a friend'.
m4rkyboy 8 months ago
@m4rkyboy: There is no need for such an apology since you Scots are hot-blooded in spite of your cold and wet climate due to the drinking of the water of life (as Whiskey is called in Scotland); but I am happy that I could make myself clear for sometimes I doubt my ability to express myself in English when I get such strange reactions on my comments; and now I will invoke Shakespeare’s Falstaff on the positive effects of alcohol:
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
"Hereof comes it that Prince Harry is valiant; for the cold blood he did naturally inherit of his father, he hath, like lean, sterile and bare land, manured, husbanded and tilled with excellent endeavour of drinking good and good store of fertile sherris, that he is become very hot and valiant. If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict themselves to sack."
FireEyedMaidOfWar 8 months ago
AYE and Alex won the election with a majority.
ianharrywebb 8 months ago
Reading all the comments on Independence from various sources, the SNP have won argument after argument, and the English are FAR more racist than the Scottish are. They are almost jealous we have such a wonderful, genuine government and to be honest not one Scottish person gives a damn about what English people think. It's our future and we'll always be better than those that are racist by not stooping down to their level.
lewisaccent 8 months ago
@lewisaccent English are far more racist? have you seen how many pakis we've let into our country? lol
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
Perhaps Jeremy could watch this interview again today... vile ignorant man. Scottish Independence is a step closer......
kelpieblack1 8 months ago 3
@kelpieblack1 You do know Jeremy Paxman is of Scottish descent?, and is very proud of it.
swissnor 8 months ago
@swissnor well it doesnt change the fact that he is vile and ignorant
acciesfan8 8 months ago
@acciesfan8 Paxman is only doing his job. People in Scotland have the right to know what the S.N.P.'s and every other potical parties policies are in relation to Scotland and their future.
swissnor 8 months ago
@swissnor fair enough
acciesfan8 8 months ago
hopefully scotland fucks off.
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
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kelpieblack1 8 months ago
@kelpieblack1 good man.
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
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kelpieblack1 8 months ago
@kelpieblack1 you should be in the kitchen then tbh.
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
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kelpieblack1 8 months ago
@RichardElden that's a good thing. I hope the jocks get their independence.
NottinghamForest22 8 months ago
Don't be Daft lolololol
swanny2001 8 months ago
paxman got owned there lol
DUmfk2 8 months ago
Its a shame that the Scots want to leave the Union, sure we have problems, but we could work them out. Hopefully one day our Scottish brothers and sisters will realise that the U.K has its faults, but we are not their enemy.
codownni 8 months ago
@codownni Okay 1st of all it's got nothing to do with the Scottish not wanting to be friends instead of enemies as you put it, My fiance is English as are my cousins and most of my dad's family but all my direct family and I myself am Scottish. I have no problems with English people but I have a problem with a Tory government. I would much prefer as would the majority of Scotland than SNP rule Scotland as their policies are the best and they will do a better job than any of the others.
msclarkscotland 8 months ago
@codownni Okay 1st of all it's got nothing to do with the Scottish not wanting to be friends instead of enemies as you put it, My fiance is English as are my cousins and most of my dad's family but all my direct family and I myself are Scottish. I have no problems with English people but I have a problem with a Tory government. I would much prefer as would the majority of Scotland than SNP rule Scotland as their policies are the best and they will do a better job than any of the others.
msclarkscotland 8 months ago
@msclarkscotland
I didnt mean any offence, but there is a lot of anti Englishness there, almost a accepted part of pop culture. It isnt reciprocated down south. My point is, a vote for SNP will lead to a refferendum, which i am always in favour of a vote, but if Scotland does become independent, I think it will be a huge shame for us all. Scotland has been undervalued, and unappreciated for a long time, rich history and culture ect. I just believe we can work it out, and that we should do.
codownni 8 months ago
He called Paxman Daft and Got away with it! 'Mon the Nats
LuciferLightbringer 8 months ago
@RichardElden Yes, based on an English election, Labour would have been owned. But you said there would never be a Labour government again- that's not true. Labour won a majority in England in 1945, 1997, 2001, etc.
Why am I even talking to you? You're a lame troll
ToaJoe 9 months ago
@ToaJoe your right he is, cant believe ive stumbled upon his nonsense again!! search for alex salmond in kick erse mode (might be a vid at the side too) and you will see what I mean. Awful little man
dacochsta 8 months ago
@dacochsta Don't take him seriously, he's obviously a teenager who's taking the piss.
ToaJoe 8 months ago
I just hope that labour are never allowed into power again those sell outs should keep there heads down if they knew whats good for them that dosent mean the other two parties are any better.
charlieiscool1000 8 months ago
@RichardElden That's not true, as I've just said. In 1945, 1997, 2001 etc Labour had a majority of seats in England.
ToaJoe 9 months ago
@RichardElden That's not what happened in 1945, 1997, or 2001, but please troll along, you're a bad troll and an embarassment to trolls on youtube. You should be ashamed of yourself for being such a lame troll.
ToaJoe 9 months ago
Bring on independence! Can't wait to show the critics that in actual fact, it's England that can't cope without us, not the other way around.
SNPFTW 9 months ago
that was low, I was expecting a video about politics but it turns out it's just one of those cheap scares where a monster's face pops up at the end
stuwdvpc 9 months ago
I'm European. Fuck your regional 700 year old "freedom" nonsense.
cullyvan 9 months ago
I'm all for Scottish independance of government, but this guy wants to break the union. What a twat.
ToaJoe 9 months ago
Vote SNP on both ballot papers.
BongoBrido 9 months ago
I'm 60 per cent Scottish and 30 per cent English and I'm not about to vote for some bloody divise p