No to centralised states wherever they may be!!!......keep clusters of research and science centres going but get rid of all the other dominating crap
We should be independant but the English want us to stay so they can boss us around well I'm not happy with that.But I can understand why the English want us to stay.If Scotland get independence that mean the Welsh would propably end up wanting it.And if the Welsh get it,Northern Ireland with either get it or will be apart of Rep of Ireland.And britian would be no more.I just guessed all this.It probaply won't happen but still.
@LegoScotsMan if wales and n ireland left england would be sorted. English people on the whole drink and smoke less, eat more healthily and work harder than their provincial neighbours, we would be a far welthier and healthier if we cut out the dead wood.
Your damn right it's your Scotland. It's about time you showed the English what you think of their turned up noses. (like they're better). Scotland can be a great independent nation. It's small, but you've had some of the best minds in history as inventors. After watching "A history of Scotland", I think the bankruptcy should be ruled a fraudulent act. It was nothing but a preplanned manipulation, no different than the American stock markets. Of course those are just my feelings on the matter.
@robertslistening My friend as a Scottish Nationalist my self i must say this isnt about Scotland v England, Its about Scottish Independence, I have no problem with England, I do how ever have a huge problem with the United Kingdom.
Those who want Scotland to run its own affairs, need to put aside differences, and work with common cause to achieve the YES vote. Make no mistake, Westminster will throw every dirty trick in the book, before the vote happens, so we really need a united front for independence in Scotland
@Alastairbell You are right m8 they will try every dirty trick scare story down right lie with the help of their poodles in the scottish m s m,my only fear is the snp wont get proper coverage to get their points across to the scottish people properly about the benefits of independance,
I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored to a free republic
I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored
@1966thewallace I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored
@BostonEm No offence but I don't want a 'Celtic Union' I just want Scotland to get out of the Union we are in and out of the EU as well, I am feed up with Unions.
@MsJadeEem, no problem with me, brother. To me as an Irish American, the idea of Scottish independence, be it within a Celtic union or beyond, sounds better than that of Scotland-under-London.
i say yes my sisters and brothers say yes my father says yes my friends say yes my sons and daughters say yes my wife.........................(disnae) want to decide until she's heard more
@calicheSCOT Sorry I don't call an Air-Force like Ireland's much, their main attack plane being a PC-9, what sort of defence aircraft is that? Scotland could not afford a decent Air-force, it would be suited with something like Ireland and have a pathetic fleet of PC-9's. The reality is small countries don't have much of an Air-Force, mostly old propeller planes from the 70's. Typhoon vs Ireland's PC-9 that is laughable.
@97kcoats Hey they're getting England's planes as well. If the Scots are partially responsible for the debt...they get their share of the munitions as well.
@hydra8888 Thats true m8 if they want us to take a share of the debt we are entiteld to a share of uk assets embassies ,colonies,air bases millitary hardwear ,and regiments amongst other things.
So its been whispered in corridors of power that LORD JOHN REID who ended his political career to chairman celtic for a number of years has now been chosen to go againt ALEX SALMOND in the referendum to fight for the union and to convince scots like himself to be juda to there own people and the constitution of scotland and chain scotland to a pathetic union and pish poor politics for another 400 years more just because of his own old unionist ways of thinking? Bring it on you turncoat bastard!
@97kcoats Uh huh what do you think the EU elections are for, fun? Do you even know how the EU works? The Irish had a choice to choose no again, but they agreed in a national plebiscite when the treaty had been restructured to make its aims more clear. No bullying there. I see your the also the defense secretary too, oh only the 'old Tornado bases' phew thats ok, I guess the decimation caused to Moray and Fife will be taken much easier knowing their livelyhoods were 'outdated'. Moron.
@calicheSCOT, This is nothing to do with EU elections moron, the EU itself never got the answer it wanted from the Irish the first time so in return they put pressure on the Irish government to spout out another referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, I suppose the first decision by the Irish was not democratic enough for the EU? The Irish themselves were bullied into the voting no, and scare tactics were used by pro-EU Irish parties. This tells us that the Irish were in-fact bullied.
@calicheSCOT The old tornado bases are being replaced (some, not all), we are also buying new P-8 Aircraft to replace the Nimrod it has been confirmed, so the base that did hold the Nimrods will likely not be closed. A defence review is not about where the bases are, whether it be Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland it is all about strategics of the base and its competency for the 21st century. I hope every place in Scotland that voted SNP for west minister gets its base stripped.
@97kcoats Your downright lying and you know it. I'm from Moray where RAF Kinloss (previously where Nimrod was based) has been confirmed to close despite the P-8's and Lossiemouth is on a knife edge, both are staples for the N.E economy, when they go it will decimate the lives of thousands. RAF Leuchers is also confirmed to close. How dare you hope for this to happen, have you no basic sense of compassion? You really are a grade A arsehole.
@calicheSCOT I'm not a liar, the base could reopen. I don't see why you moan about RAF bases closing when without the Union you would have none anyway. An Independent Scotland could not afford a Air Force, not to mention Scotland solely depends on Oil for a surplus. Bigger Stronger economies can sway through without making a surplus, we can invest on capital investments from a strong banking sector which the UK can bail, Scotland could not have done that.
@97kcoats I'm done with you coats, its clear you cannot produce a honest argument and feel the need to impersonate two people to get your point across, your either very immature or a kid, and either way you should keep out of the discussion, you failed. Now go and find a good honest argument for the union other than dick waving, chest thumping, union jack-waving nationalist pish about the UN and the nasty EU. Oh and how many RAF bases will be in Scotland if Lossie closes? (Clue: None)
@050948706 Yes, not only do I think Scotland should not be a member of the defence council, but neither should the UK, it does not have the economic, military or diplomatic power needed to be a continuing member and should give it up to a more deserving member who will actually be of consequence on the world stage in 10 years time.
@050948706 Your comment doesnt make any sense. How is Scotland relevant now in the world, as a mere region of the UK? How does Europe bully its states, its a democratic union of nations? Scotland doesnt have a millitary, so what makes you so certain it would be 'half decent' or 'weak'? Last I saw the UK armed forces were going through decimating cuts, especially north of the border. How does Scotland have a voice on the world stage as a UK region? A free scotland would have UN/EU seats!
@calicheSCOT Scotland is not a "region of the UK", Scotland is part of a United Kingdom. Scotland and England United as one are bigger on the world stage than apart. If Scotland left the Union then Scotland would struggle to get a voice anywhere, small countries struggle in their own continents never mind the world. EU and UN seats for small countries are nothing, tell me last time Croatia had an impact on the world? The UK has the power to vote on all Major matters in the UN, fact.
@97kcoats And another thing, Scotland is classified as an economic region of the UK in the EU and the UN and that is how EU investment is divvied out. Full member states get substantially more than economic regions. If you think the UK will retain its seat on the security council for long your in for a shock, there is already massive pressure to give it to a more deserving nation. Member states in the EU get to vote on ALL legislation, and all UN nations get a vote on resolutions...
@calicheSCOT ...with the exception of the Security council as membership is rotational for the non-permanent members. The UK (and France) wont have its seat for much longer. If you even knew what the Lisbon treaty was (I doubt) then you know there are serious steps being made for a common defense and security treaty which is aimed at gaining a EU security council seat in place of the UK and France. Pace will accelerate after this round of defense cuts.
@calicheSCOT, The UK has a PERMANENT seat on the United Nations security council, the United Kingdom won't give it up. Do you really think we are going to "give it up", and to whom? India or Brazil? Neither have the competence to be a decent member. The main UN security council members can veto and overhaul all matters of the world, the other nations can't veto on major treaties such as whether we enforce a No-Fly-zone or not etc.
@97kcoats The UK will have to give it up as it is a signatory of the Lisbon treaty, which grants the EU the right to develop comprehensive foreign relations and a common security policy, and this includes a EU seat on the Security Council. Yes, Brazil, and India are considered high contenders. To claim neither has the 'competence' to be a full member is a petty thing to say. The Security Council does not 'overhaul all matters of the world', it is concerned only with enforcing UN mandates.
@calicheSCOT, The UK will not give it up at all, the EU does not have mandate or the power to let itself dictate over UK foreign policy my friend. The EU does have the right to develop foreign relations and a security policy, that may be correct but by no means does a accumulative number of small countries have the power to dictate the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You beef up the EU as something miraculous and powerful, its nothing without the UK, GER or France,
@97kcoats It doesn't have the mandate yet, but the Lisbon treaty will be up for renewal in a decade or so and you can bet your biscuit there will be a clause that will call for a common EU security council seat, and it will be supported by the international community who would like to see a more representative UN that reflects real world power, not washed-up post-imperial has-been's like the UK and France. Just you wait and see.
@calicheSCOT If the EU wants a seat on the UN security Council then it can request one itself, though the existing members such as the United States, Russia and China will block it, the United Kingdom certainly won't diminish its foreign policy by giving the EU its Permanent seat of the United Nations, you fool. The UN of course does overhaul diplomatic and foreign legislation you should know that, to say it doesn't is insane, have you not seen some recent events in Libya and other parts?
@calicheSCOT "The Security Council does not 'overhaul all matters of the world", UN does overhaul matters of the world, the UN security council decided a no-fly-zone over Libya and only the Top Members of the UN security council put forward such as the resolution 1973 authorising "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya.
The EU bullied Ireland into the Lisbon treaty after the Irish public overwhelmly said "no" the first time. They then made the European taxpayer fit the bill for the collapse of the Irish economy, 13 billion which came from the British taxpayer. If Britain said "no" to the Lisbon treaty it would be a "NO" but just because Ireland is weak and irrelevant it had no choice but do what Brussels wanted and that was a "yes" vote. It is clear that small nations get bullied in Europe.
@050948706 I demand you provide evidence that the Irish populace was bullied into voting yes and then submit it to your local newspaper, it would be the greatest underminment of EU democratic principle ever seen, I bet they would pay you hundreds of thousands for the scoop. Or maybe your speaking out of your arse and you know it? A UK seat is not a Scottish seat, I said before, Scotland is a UK region and therefore has no voice internationally, basic point you continually miss.
The Irish had two votes on the same treaty, the first time the Irish said "no" and that was by an overwhelming percentage of the Irish vote. The second time Brussels forced Ireland to vote again, they pumped millions into the "yes" campaign until they got the answered they wanted. If Scotland voted "yes" to independence, would it be fair to call another vote straight after? I know what your answer will be, so on that note how can you say the EU is "democratic"?
Scotland has a head seat in the United Nations and in other strong influential organisations across the globe such as the G8, G20 and more. We are able to play our part in international security, this promoting world peace. Small countries such as Ireland for example think they can sit back and watch the world go by. You would like Scotland to be in its own little bubble and the biggest thing to hit the headlines would be a pathetic argument about fishing waters with Iceland.
You say the EU is a democratic union but we do not even get to vote on who heads this large political union. The so called president of Europe was not even elected by the people but by the French and German governments. You know nothing about the European union, to try and say that the EU is democratic is beyond a joke. You want to bring Scotland out of one union and then drop her in another, one where she would be bullied and have no influence in this world, why would I want that?
@050948706 So I know nothing about the EU despite having a Masters degree in European economics? Lets start destroying your weak, weak argument; The president of Europe is (I assume you mean President of the European Council?) elected by members of the European Council - Democratically elected heads of governments representing their member states - and thus it is entirely down to the member states to decide who presides the EC. The French and German bit I assume you pulled out your arse?
You have a degree in European economics? are you sure you are not the one talking out your arse! The president of the European Union as stated on the EU website that this is the most common name for a man that is a presidential figure of a political union. He has no right to be the face of the EU, he is not elected by the people of Europe, he has no right to be called a president, a presidential election has to be won by the public not by the elite in Brussels.
@050948706 What are you gibbering about, there is no EU president! there is a President of the European Council and a President of the European Commission, but no President of the European Union, are you a complete fucking moron? Jesus wept read a goddamn book instead of making stuff up, stops your arguments having as many holes as a cheese grater.
Scotland would have a regular seat in the United Nations, that is nothing special considering nearly every country on the planet has that. While Scotland is in the United Kingdom we have a head seat on the UN security council, we can veto any UN resolution, something that only five other countries have the power to do. Note: there is no small weak country in the UN security council, also Note: that the UK and France are the only European members.
@050948706 A seat on the UN is essential for basically everything a modern state needs to function diplomatically, without it nations hold no power what-so ever. The security council seat the UK currently enjoys will be removed soon, there is much diplomatic pressure, particuarly from the US, to allow more powerful nations have a permanent seat and amalginate France and UK into a EU seat. I've gone over all this before.
Actually if you read into the situation on the UN security council you will see that the United States oppose any change to council. It is in fact France and Britain that want Germany, China and India to have a seat. You clearly don't know a lot do you? A seat in the UN security council is the most influential seat on the planet, but for a strange reason you see it is fit for Scotland to lose that privilege.
The UK has the third largest defence spending in the world, the coalition are cutting it by a fraction and it still remains at the top of the list. None of the Scottish bases have been confirmed to close, yet you see this as a problem? in an independent Scotland you would not have these bases. Another reason is the shipbuilding industry in Scotland would be destroyed, Liam Fox has said that the shipbuilding would indefinite be moved down south to create jobs.
The SNP seem to think they can take what they like from the union and that includes the shipbuilding, they even made a statement on behalf of the UK government saying shipbuilding would remain in Scotland, which turned out to be false. I feel sorry for people like you that are being fed the lies of the Scottish National Party. Scotland would lose massively from separation, there is nothing Scotland cant do as an independent nation while being part of the UK.
Before you say that I am talking down Scotland, I am not. All I am doing is telling you what an independent Scotland would look like. I will sum it up in this comment. We would be a weak nation that sits back and looks on at the world going by. We would be bullied into treaties by the EU, similar situation to Ireland. The biggest thing to hit the headlines would be a fight about fishing waters, which in all truth is absolutely pathetic. Scotland out of the UK is irrelevant, fact!
You say you have a degree in European economics but you do not highlight the fact that Ireland, Greece and Portugal have all failed under the single European currency. The euro has failed its member states in particular the small states that I just mentioned. The EU would not accept Scotland into the Euro, in fear of collapse, this means Scotland would retain the pound resulting in the bank of England controlling our interest rates, where is the independence in that settlement?
@050948706 I didn't highlight the Euro because its totally irrelevant. If Scotland were to join the Euro it would have to be through a referendum. The likely result is Scotland would use north sea oil to support a independent Scottish currency, much like Norway does.
And Greece, Ireland and Portugal did not fail because of the Euro, but because they had accumulated so much debt it threatened to de-value it substantially.
Oh and Coats, its much harder replying when you use two accounts
You really think the future currency of a independent Scotland is irrelevant? The Euro played a massive part to why these small states in Europe collapsed harder than most nations. The Irish, Greek and Portuguese credit ratings were lowered to "junk status" while the United Kingdom's rating stayed at AAA*. You are saying that these countries did not fall because of the Euro? That is exactly why they fell you complete moron.
@050948706 Wrong, wrong and wrong again. They failed because they had mountains of debt when the world economy collapsed, and in some cases such as Greece, they deliberately cooked the books to hide the extent of debt. When it was revealed it sent the Euro zone into crisis as toxic debt fears spread through high-debt economies like Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Please, don't try and argue with someone who knows ten times more on the subject than you do.
these countries collapsed because of the unstable Euro currency, why do you think the Euro Zone had to hold emergency economic talks? Why do you think the European Taxpayer had to bailout these countries? because if these countries fell the Euro would go down with it. You don't know anything about the subject, you said that the currency of Scotland was irrelevant even though it was the main cause to the Irish and Greek economic turmoil.
Norway has the largest oil fund in Europe, comparing the Norwegian oil fields to what Scotland has is just plain idiotic. Britain's North Sea oil is at its lowest production rates since records began and oil prices are at an all time low, yet you say we can compile a currency on this unsteady income of declining North Sea oil. I am not 97kcoats, I am fellow unionist that is uncovering you nationalists fir what you really are and that is brainless pathetic idiots.
@050948706 Whoops there you go again speaking shit, Scotland has larger oil and gas reserves than Norway, but doesn't have access to a oil fund because it was never set up because the UK government thought it more prudent to spend the revenue to support Thatcherite economic policy rather than invest it. Yes oil production is down significantly, but because oil is at a record high on the global market place it actually produces a higher profit than a decade ago.
@calicheSCOT I rarely making spelling mistakes, not that I'm boosting. Do you really believe I don't get what you mean? of-course I do. I agree, though looking at the statistics then we can clearly see from Independence polls that Scots do not want to end the Union. I could even accumulate the number of Unionist parties votes and use that as a base to Scots supporting the Union, No I'm not saying everyone who votes Unionist parties are Unionists, as goes for SNP vis-versa.
when the abuse flows you know you are on the RIGHT TRACK love and light to SCOTLAND long may oor wee nation look to the future and a bright world for oor wee kids , no more poverty on oor city streets
Here is 97kcoats' comments on a Labour website titled...Let the Scots decide.
"we leave it to the Scottish people to decide, then we work with the outcome, Are you clinically insane?" and "I'm British and never consider myself Scottish" and "Yes Scotland is full of scummy Nationalists, and I hate that. In my world I'd love to scrap the Scottish Parliament, and Scrap everything about pathetic Nationalism of Scotland" and "The Unionists HAVE to Unite on this matter NOW"
@97kcoats "No one ever claimed we would never have a referendum" - Really? Is that how every propaganda churning unionist kept saying the "SNP wont allow a referendum because they know they'll lose it" line pre-election?
Oh yes, remind us all what you kept saying for the past couple of years pre-eletion..."SNP will never win", "They got a lucky one seat win last term" and "they've went down massively in popularity since last term", "SNP will never be a majority, never ever".
@segano1, No one claimed there would never be a referendum that's correct, that is totally different from the SNP enforcing it or not. The SNP did not allow us to have a referendum within the last Parliament as they promised us all, yet its taking them a decade to enforce a promise made in 2007, how pathetic.
@97kcoats, 4. Why do you think that is? Because Labour (not all Labourites are unionist btw, it's just Labour was the best choice there was for a parliament-less Scotland, at the time) were the ones in power at Westminster at the time when there was no Scottish parliament at Holyrood, it hadn't even been reconviened yet, Blair had to please the nationalists to save the union, look up the Panorama video "Will the Scots ever be happy" - Blair admits it.
97kcoats, 3. Scotland wasn't just given devolution (as you put it), it needed a mandate for it to even get passed for it to be put to the vote, the 1979 election was about devolution but despite getting the most votes it wasn't enough for a majority, thanks to it being fixed by unionists.
@segano1 3) That's right, anything that you don't get you spit your dummies and say it was "fixed", I suppose this referendum will have some sort of "fix", because when you lose it we are going to see a lot of Nationalist suicides, have the samaritans on the ready my friend. Devolution was nothing to do with Independence you moron, stop acting as if all these are Nationalist achievements, remember the Unionist party who created devolution, without Unionist you lot are nothing.
@97kcoats, 1. Devolution was a matter of time from the 70's onwards, (just like independence is now) regardless of who was pushing it forwards.
2.Exactly! The Scots parliament was designed in a way to never be able to achieve a single party majority, which makes the SNP's marvelous massive election majority win all the more greater.
@segano1 1),Hardly anyone was against devolution in Scotland during the 70's, people were wary of it but not against it totally, you made out that devolution belongs to a Nationalist win, when a majority of Unionist people voted for it.
2)The Scottish Parliament is very young, the voting system itself made it hard to get a majority, no one said it was impossible. It wasn't an SNP win, Alex Salmond won the Election, without him you are sadly where John Sweeney left you in 2003 :)
@97k(turn)coats, ROFL! You're quite fond of your endless excuses when proved wrong as per aren't you? You think most Scots are die hard unionists too lol, if that's true why block people on your channel when proved wrong? why disable comments and ratings on your unionist propaganda vids? that's right!, because most Scots would vote it right down and prove your propagandist lies wrong as usual, typical unionist, always trying to cover up the truth.
Favourited, tweeted and posted to facebook, it's time Scots were made aware just how destructive the union has been to our majestic nation. This is not just for us though, Northen Ireland and Wales would also like to divorce the union. Be part of better, vote yes on the independence referendum as I am going to do.
You know the biggest laugh of them all? You lot actually think the world is out to get you? "Poor old Scotland", you need to get to grips with reality. You lot actually think people voted for Independence? a poll was released a week after the referendum, it showed Independence at an all-time-low.. How much of a fact is it that people voted Alex Salmond and not the SNP itself.
@calicheSCOT, I think if over 900 thousand SNP supporters wanted Independence it would be reflected massively in all Independence polls. I don't understand your claim that "I know nothing", coming from you? Have you ever actually looked into the hard evidence that most Scots still vote a majority of Unionist parties and that all Independence polls of this year say that Scots support the Union. You know nothing, what so ever, little moron.
@97kcoats A rather venemous comment, having a bad day 97kcoats?
Lets look at the 'hard evidence'. The population of Scotland is about 5bn, 900,000 is less than 25% of the electorate - being generous with the number of people in-elligable to vote - yet support for independence is now up to 37%, this if anything proves my point that not everyone who supports independence votes SNP, and you would be a 'little moron' to suppose as much.
I didn't want to publicly spank you but you asked for it.
@calicheSCOT, I'm so sorry but I can't take anything you say serious! You just claimed Scotland's population was 5 billion which would be 90% of the total earth population, why is it that you Nationalists seem to think the world revolves around Scotland? You claimed that the SNP and their voters want Independence, which is wrong, I could say for a fact that not all SNP voters want Independence. If people wanted Independence so much they would vote SNP at all Elections, they don't!
@97kcoats Whoops, typo, my mistake. Apologies that it caused you such confusion, we could turn this into a typing and grammar contest but judging by your comments you wouldn't win. Look you STILL dont get it, I AGREE not all people who vote SNP want independence, but also not everyone who votes for other parties want to remain in the Union, as is proved by the statistics. The world isn't black and white, and independence has cross-party support.
@calicheSCOT Independence support goes from right down to 20%Yes all the way up to 45%Yes, if you look at my video I made you will see just that, 37% proves my point, that 900 thousand SNP voters all don't want Independence, otherwise it would have been reflected in the polls. Scotland's population is around 5 Million, not Billion.
What I laugh at most about the SNP is the fact they were cowards through out world war 2, time and time again the party was known to be formed by men who were to scared to put their lives on the line, I went to the Local Museum and read the tabloids from the Era: "Scottish Nationalists are COWARDS". The Party itself supported Nazi occupation through out Europe, and to this day none of them deny it. A Independent Scotland would be known for a terrorist supporting dirty scum Nationalists.
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulating what they think by "dripping" you false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulating what they think by "dripping" your false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulates what they think by "dripping" your false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
97kcoats style is a dying breed, the same people who said Scotland would never get devolution, Scotland would never win devolution, Scotland would never have it's own parliament reconviened, Scotland will never have a national government, Scotland's nationalists would never get a majority, Scottish nationalists will never present an independence referendum..etc.
@segano1, 1) Labour Invented Devolution, not Separatists. 2)The Scottish Parliament was not built for separatism, don't try and act as if we gave it to you.3)Scotland never asked for devolution to "win" it, it was given it.4)Unionists supported a Government within Scotland, hence why a Unionist party set it up, again don't act as if it was your achievement.5)No one ever claimed we would never have an Independence referendum, sources please. Stop acting like everyone against poor old you! haha
@segano1 You know the funny thing is, the majority of people who wanted the Scottish Parliament where of course Unionists, who wish for a strong United Kingdom within a more federalised fair United Kingdom, this will all be proved when we win the referendum. Do you bunch of morons really think you can defeat every tabloid and Unionist party within the United Kingdom? We will have more money and resources than any Actor or bus group can throw at your pathetic terrorist supporting scum party.
@97kcoats isnt everything perceived propaganda.....do you only question this video and not your own imagined facts or beliefs? question both sides of the story then you can only be free
@gingergiblet scotland or england...the true nature of the word Britain was about people speaking languages like the welsh and cornish............dont you find that funny? gaelic and englsih cultures are more recent lol......btw not attacking individuals I am a genetic historian most english have brythonic celtic origin hehe...i love education :(
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thehappyhacker1 4 days ago in playlist Scottish Independence
No to centralised states wherever they may be!!!......keep clusters of research and science centres going but get rid of all the other dominating crap
3tangle3 1 month ago
We should be independant but the English want us to stay so they can boss us around well I'm not happy with that.But I can understand why the English want us to stay.If Scotland get independence that mean the Welsh would propably end up wanting it.And if the Welsh get it,Northern Ireland with either get it or will be apart of Rep of Ireland.And britian would be no more.I just guessed all this.It probaply won't happen but still.
LegoScotsMan 2 months ago 2
@LegoScotsMan if wales and n ireland left england would be sorted. English people on the whole drink and smoke less, eat more healthily and work harder than their provincial neighbours, we would be a far welthier and healthier if we cut out the dead wood.
01Robinsky 1 month ago
@01Robinsky Well yes but Scotland won't be that far behind and I'm not sure about wales.
LegoScotsMan 1 month ago
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LegoScotsMan 2 months ago
Your damn right it's your Scotland. It's about time you showed the English what you think of their turned up noses. (like they're better). Scotland can be a great independent nation. It's small, but you've had some of the best minds in history as inventors. After watching "A history of Scotland", I think the bankruptcy should be ruled a fraudulent act. It was nothing but a preplanned manipulation, no different than the American stock markets. Of course those are just my feelings on the matter.
robertslistening 5 months ago
@robertslistening My friend as a Scottish Nationalist my self i must say this isnt about Scotland v England, Its about Scottish Independence, I have no problem with England, I do how ever have a huge problem with the United Kingdom.
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TheComradeRoss 3 weeks ago
Those who want Scotland to run its own affairs, need to put aside differences, and work with common cause to achieve the YES vote. Make no mistake, Westminster will throw every dirty trick in the book, before the vote happens, so we really need a united front for independence in Scotland
Alastairbell 6 months ago
@Alastairbell You are right m8 they will try every dirty trick scare story down right lie with the help of their poodles in the scottish m s m,my only fear is the snp wont get proper coverage to get their points across to the scottish people properly about the benefits of independance,
1966thewallace 5 months ago
I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored to a free republic
Alastairbell 5 months ago
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I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored
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@1966thewallace I wish no harm to any human being,But I,as one man.am going to exercise my freedom of speech.No human being on the face of the earth,No government is going to take from me my right to speak,My right to protest against a act of the union that was before my existence! My existence is now!! And now i protest against that act! Of which i did not agree to! And with my whole being only except my inheritance of my birth right,My country of birth and for her liberty to be restored
Alastairbell 5 months ago
coats is a fraud. He blocked me for having a pro-independence viewpoint!
hydra8888 7 months ago
I assume you realise the full implication of Scotland becoming independent?
redlead2 7 months ago
Hello Celtic brethren, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - lets get free and establish a Celtic Union!
BostonEm 8 months ago
@BostonEm No offence but I don't want a 'Celtic Union' I just want Scotland to get out of the Union we are in and out of the EU as well, I am feed up with Unions.
MsJadeEem 6 months ago
@MsJadeEem, no problem with me, brother. To me as an Irish American, the idea of Scottish independence, be it within a Celtic union or beyond, sounds better than that of Scotland-under-London.
BostonEm 6 months ago
i say yes my sisters and brothers say yes my father says yes my friends say yes my sons and daughters say yes my wife.........................(disnae) want to decide until she's heard more
satelite1402 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT 059048706 is not me, you fool.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT Sorry I don't call an Air-Force like Ireland's much, their main attack plane being a PC-9, what sort of defence aircraft is that? Scotland could not afford a decent Air-force, it would be suited with something like Ireland and have a pathetic fleet of PC-9's. The reality is small countries don't have much of an Air-Force, mostly old propeller planes from the 70's. Typhoon vs Ireland's PC-9 that is laughable.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats Hey they're getting England's planes as well. If the Scots are partially responsible for the debt...they get their share of the munitions as well.
hydra8888 8 months ago
@hydra8888 Thats true m8 if they want us to take a share of the debt we are entiteld to a share of uk assets embassies ,colonies,air bases millitary hardwear ,and regiments amongst other things.
1966thewallace 4 months ago 2
great video! Saor alba! As long as there are a hundred alive NEVER will we be brought under ENGLISH! BRITISH! RULE! We are scots by the grace of god!
Alastairbell 8 months ago
So its been whispered in corridors of power that LORD JOHN REID who ended his political career to chairman celtic for a number of years has now been chosen to go againt ALEX SALMOND in the referendum to fight for the union and to convince scots like himself to be juda to there own people and the constitution of scotland and chain scotland to a pathetic union and pish poor politics for another 400 years more just because of his own old unionist ways of thinking? Bring it on you turncoat bastard!
Alastairbell 8 months ago
@97kcoats Uh huh what do you think the EU elections are for, fun? Do you even know how the EU works? The Irish had a choice to choose no again, but they agreed in a national plebiscite when the treaty had been restructured to make its aims more clear. No bullying there. I see your the also the defense secretary too, oh only the 'old Tornado bases' phew thats ok, I guess the decimation caused to Moray and Fife will be taken much easier knowing their livelyhoods were 'outdated'. Moron.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT, This is nothing to do with EU elections moron, the EU itself never got the answer it wanted from the Irish the first time so in return they put pressure on the Irish government to spout out another referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, I suppose the first decision by the Irish was not democratic enough for the EU? The Irish themselves were bullied into the voting no, and scare tactics were used by pro-EU Irish parties. This tells us that the Irish were in-fact bullied.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT The old tornado bases are being replaced (some, not all), we are also buying new P-8 Aircraft to replace the Nimrod it has been confirmed, so the base that did hold the Nimrods will likely not be closed. A defence review is not about where the bases are, whether it be Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland it is all about strategics of the base and its competency for the 21st century. I hope every place in Scotland that voted SNP for west minister gets its base stripped.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats Your downright lying and you know it. I'm from Moray where RAF Kinloss (previously where Nimrod was based) has been confirmed to close despite the P-8's and Lossiemouth is on a knife edge, both are staples for the N.E economy, when they go it will decimate the lives of thousands. RAF Leuchers is also confirmed to close. How dare you hope for this to happen, have you no basic sense of compassion? You really are a grade A arsehole.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT I'm not a liar, the base could reopen. I don't see why you moan about RAF bases closing when without the Union you would have none anyway. An Independent Scotland could not afford a Air Force, not to mention Scotland solely depends on Oil for a surplus. Bigger Stronger economies can sway through without making a surplus, we can invest on capital investments from a strong banking sector which the UK can bail, Scotland could not have done that.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats I'm done with you coats, its clear you cannot produce a honest argument and feel the need to impersonate two people to get your point across, your either very immature or a kid, and either way you should keep out of the discussion, you failed. Now go and find a good honest argument for the union other than dick waving, chest thumping, union jack-waving nationalist pish about the UN and the nasty EU. Oh and how many RAF bases will be in Scotland if Lossie closes? (Clue: None)
calicheSCOT 8 months ago 2
@050948706 Yes, not only do I think Scotland should not be a member of the defence council, but neither should the UK, it does not have the economic, military or diplomatic power needed to be a continuing member and should give it up to a more deserving member who will actually be of consequence on the world stage in 10 years time.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@050948706 Your comment doesnt make any sense. How is Scotland relevant now in the world, as a mere region of the UK? How does Europe bully its states, its a democratic union of nations? Scotland doesnt have a millitary, so what makes you so certain it would be 'half decent' or 'weak'? Last I saw the UK armed forces were going through decimating cuts, especially north of the border. How does Scotland have a voice on the world stage as a UK region? A free scotland would have UN/EU seats!
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT Scotland is not a "region of the UK", Scotland is part of a United Kingdom. Scotland and England United as one are bigger on the world stage than apart. If Scotland left the Union then Scotland would struggle to get a voice anywhere, small countries struggle in their own continents never mind the world. EU and UN seats for small countries are nothing, tell me last time Croatia had an impact on the world? The UK has the power to vote on all Major matters in the UN, fact.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats And another thing, Scotland is classified as an economic region of the UK in the EU and the UN and that is how EU investment is divvied out. Full member states get substantially more than economic regions. If you think the UK will retain its seat on the security council for long your in for a shock, there is already massive pressure to give it to a more deserving nation. Member states in the EU get to vote on ALL legislation, and all UN nations get a vote on resolutions...
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT ...with the exception of the Security council as membership is rotational for the non-permanent members. The UK (and France) wont have its seat for much longer. If you even knew what the Lisbon treaty was (I doubt) then you know there are serious steps being made for a common defense and security treaty which is aimed at gaining a EU security council seat in place of the UK and France. Pace will accelerate after this round of defense cuts.
Rule Brittania eh coats?
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT, The UK has a PERMANENT seat on the United Nations security council, the United Kingdom won't give it up. Do you really think we are going to "give it up", and to whom? India or Brazil? Neither have the competence to be a decent member. The main UN security council members can veto and overhaul all matters of the world, the other nations can't veto on major treaties such as whether we enforce a No-Fly-zone or not etc.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats The UK will have to give it up as it is a signatory of the Lisbon treaty, which grants the EU the right to develop comprehensive foreign relations and a common security policy, and this includes a EU seat on the Security Council. Yes, Brazil, and India are considered high contenders. To claim neither has the 'competence' to be a full member is a petty thing to say. The Security Council does not 'overhaul all matters of the world', it is concerned only with enforcing UN mandates.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT, The UK will not give it up at all, the EU does not have mandate or the power to let itself dictate over UK foreign policy my friend. The EU does have the right to develop foreign relations and a security policy, that may be correct but by no means does a accumulative number of small countries have the power to dictate the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You beef up the EU as something miraculous and powerful, its nothing without the UK, GER or France,
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats It doesn't have the mandate yet, but the Lisbon treaty will be up for renewal in a decade or so and you can bet your biscuit there will be a clause that will call for a common EU security council seat, and it will be supported by the international community who would like to see a more representative UN that reflects real world power, not washed-up post-imperial has-been's like the UK and France. Just you wait and see.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT If the EU wants a seat on the UN security Council then it can request one itself, though the existing members such as the United States, Russia and China will block it, the United Kingdom certainly won't diminish its foreign policy by giving the EU its Permanent seat of the United Nations, you fool. The UN of course does overhaul diplomatic and foreign legislation you should know that, to say it doesn't is insane, have you not seen some recent events in Libya and other parts?
97kcoats 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT "The Security Council does not 'overhaul all matters of the world", UN does overhaul matters of the world, the UN security council decided a no-fly-zone over Libya and only the Top Members of the UN security council put forward such as the resolution 1973 authorising "all necessary measures" to protect civilians in Libya.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
The EU bullied Ireland into the Lisbon treaty after the Irish public overwhelmly said "no" the first time. They then made the European taxpayer fit the bill for the collapse of the Irish economy, 13 billion which came from the British taxpayer. If Britain said "no" to the Lisbon treaty it would be a "NO" but just because Ireland is weak and irrelevant it had no choice but do what Brussels wanted and that was a "yes" vote. It is clear that small nations get bullied in Europe.
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 I demand you provide evidence that the Irish populace was bullied into voting yes and then submit it to your local newspaper, it would be the greatest underminment of EU democratic principle ever seen, I bet they would pay you hundreds of thousands for the scoop. Or maybe your speaking out of your arse and you know it? A UK seat is not a Scottish seat, I said before, Scotland is a UK region and therefore has no voice internationally, basic point you continually miss.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
The Irish had two votes on the same treaty, the first time the Irish said "no" and that was by an overwhelming percentage of the Irish vote. The second time Brussels forced Ireland to vote again, they pumped millions into the "yes" campaign until they got the answered they wanted. If Scotland voted "yes" to independence, would it be fair to call another vote straight after? I know what your answer will be, so on that note how can you say the EU is "democratic"?
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
Scotland has a head seat in the United Nations and in other strong influential organisations across the globe such as the G8, G20 and more. We are able to play our part in international security, this promoting world peace. Small countries such as Ireland for example think they can sit back and watch the world go by. You would like Scotland to be in its own little bubble and the biggest thing to hit the headlines would be a pathetic argument about fishing waters with Iceland.
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
You say the EU is a democratic union but we do not even get to vote on who heads this large political union. The so called president of Europe was not even elected by the people but by the French and German governments. You know nothing about the European union, to try and say that the EU is democratic is beyond a joke. You want to bring Scotland out of one union and then drop her in another, one where she would be bullied and have no influence in this world, why would I want that?
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 So I know nothing about the EU despite having a Masters degree in European economics? Lets start destroying your weak, weak argument; The president of Europe is (I assume you mean President of the European Council?) elected by members of the European Council - Democratically elected heads of governments representing their member states - and thus it is entirely down to the member states to decide who presides the EC. The French and German bit I assume you pulled out your arse?
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
You have a degree in European economics? are you sure you are not the one talking out your arse! The president of the European Union as stated on the EU website that this is the most common name for a man that is a presidential figure of a political union. He has no right to be the face of the EU, he is not elected by the people of Europe, he has no right to be called a president, a presidential election has to be won by the public not by the elite in Brussels.
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 What are you gibbering about, there is no EU president! there is a President of the European Council and a President of the European Commission, but no President of the European Union, are you a complete fucking moron? Jesus wept read a goddamn book instead of making stuff up, stops your arguments having as many holes as a cheese grater.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
Scotland would have a regular seat in the United Nations, that is nothing special considering nearly every country on the planet has that. While Scotland is in the United Kingdom we have a head seat on the UN security council, we can veto any UN resolution, something that only five other countries have the power to do. Note: there is no small weak country in the UN security council, also Note: that the UK and France are the only European members.
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 A seat on the UN is essential for basically everything a modern state needs to function diplomatically, without it nations hold no power what-so ever. The security council seat the UK currently enjoys will be removed soon, there is much diplomatic pressure, particuarly from the US, to allow more powerful nations have a permanent seat and amalginate France and UK into a EU seat. I've gone over all this before.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
Actually if you read into the situation on the UN security council you will see that the United States oppose any change to council. It is in fact France and Britain that want Germany, China and India to have a seat. You clearly don't know a lot do you? A seat in the UN security council is the most influential seat on the planet, but for a strange reason you see it is fit for Scotland to lose that privilege.
050948706 8 months ago
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050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
The UK has the third largest defence spending in the world, the coalition are cutting it by a fraction and it still remains at the top of the list. None of the Scottish bases have been confirmed to close, yet you see this as a problem? in an independent Scotland you would not have these bases. Another reason is the shipbuilding industry in Scotland would be destroyed, Liam Fox has said that the shipbuilding would indefinite be moved down south to create jobs.
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
The SNP seem to think they can take what they like from the union and that includes the shipbuilding, they even made a statement on behalf of the UK government saying shipbuilding would remain in Scotland, which turned out to be false. I feel sorry for people like you that are being fed the lies of the Scottish National Party. Scotland would lose massively from separation, there is nothing Scotland cant do as an independent nation while being part of the UK.
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
Before you say that I am talking down Scotland, I am not. All I am doing is telling you what an independent Scotland would look like. I will sum it up in this comment. We would be a weak nation that sits back and looks on at the world going by. We would be bullied into treaties by the EU, similar situation to Ireland. The biggest thing to hit the headlines would be a fight about fishing waters, which in all truth is absolutely pathetic. Scotland out of the UK is irrelevant, fact!
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
You say you have a degree in European economics but you do not highlight the fact that Ireland, Greece and Portugal have all failed under the single European currency. The euro has failed its member states in particular the small states that I just mentioned. The EU would not accept Scotland into the Euro, in fear of collapse, this means Scotland would retain the pound resulting in the bank of England controlling our interest rates, where is the independence in that settlement?
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 I didn't highlight the Euro because its totally irrelevant. If Scotland were to join the Euro it would have to be through a referendum. The likely result is Scotland would use north sea oil to support a independent Scottish currency, much like Norway does.
And Greece, Ireland and Portugal did not fail because of the Euro, but because they had accumulated so much debt it threatened to de-value it substantially.
Oh and Coats, its much harder replying when you use two accounts
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
You really think the future currency of a independent Scotland is irrelevant? The Euro played a massive part to why these small states in Europe collapsed harder than most nations. The Irish, Greek and Portuguese credit ratings were lowered to "junk status" while the United Kingdom's rating stayed at AAA*. You are saying that these countries did not fall because of the Euro? That is exactly why they fell you complete moron.
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 Wrong, wrong and wrong again. They failed because they had mountains of debt when the world economy collapsed, and in some cases such as Greece, they deliberately cooked the books to hide the extent of debt. When it was revealed it sent the Euro zone into crisis as toxic debt fears spread through high-debt economies like Ireland, Portugal and Spain. Please, don't try and argue with someone who knows ten times more on the subject than you do.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
these countries collapsed because of the unstable Euro currency, why do you think the Euro Zone had to hold emergency economic talks? Why do you think the European Taxpayer had to bailout these countries? because if these countries fell the Euro would go down with it. You don't know anything about the subject, you said that the currency of Scotland was irrelevant even though it was the main cause to the Irish and Greek economic turmoil.
050948706 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT
Norway has the largest oil fund in Europe, comparing the Norwegian oil fields to what Scotland has is just plain idiotic. Britain's North Sea oil is at its lowest production rates since records began and oil prices are at an all time low, yet you say we can compile a currency on this unsteady income of declining North Sea oil. I am not 97kcoats, I am fellow unionist that is uncovering you nationalists fir what you really are and that is brainless pathetic idiots.
050948706 8 months ago
@050948706 Whoops there you go again speaking shit, Scotland has larger oil and gas reserves than Norway, but doesn't have access to a oil fund because it was never set up because the UK government thought it more prudent to spend the revenue to support Thatcherite economic policy rather than invest it. Yes oil production is down significantly, but because oil is at a record high on the global market place it actually produces a higher profit than a decade ago.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT I rarely making spelling mistakes, not that I'm boosting. Do you really believe I don't get what you mean? of-course I do. I agree, though looking at the statistics then we can clearly see from Independence polls that Scots do not want to end the Union. I could even accumulate the number of Unionist parties votes and use that as a base to Scots supporting the Union, No I'm not saying everyone who votes Unionist parties are Unionists, as goes for SNP vis-versa.
97kcoats 8 months ago
when the abuse flows you know you are on the RIGHT TRACK love and light to SCOTLAND long may oor wee nation look to the future and a bright world for oor wee kids , no more poverty on oor city streets
dafthermit 8 months ago
Here is 97kcoats' comments on a Labour website titled...Let the Scots decide.
"we leave it to the Scottish people to decide, then we work with the outcome, Are you clinically insane?" and "I'm British and never consider myself Scottish" and "Yes Scotland is full of scummy Nationalists, and I hate that. In my world I'd love to scrap the Scottish Parliament, and Scrap everything about pathetic Nationalism of Scotland" and "The Unionists HAVE to Unite on this matter NOW"
That's how he thinks.
Scottishwatcher 8 months ago
@97kcoats "No one ever claimed we would never have a referendum" - Really? Is that how every propaganda churning unionist kept saying the "SNP wont allow a referendum because they know they'll lose it" line pre-election?
Oh yes, remind us all what you kept saying for the past couple of years pre-eletion..."SNP will never win", "They got a lucky one seat win last term" and "they've went down massively in popularity since last term", "SNP will never be a majority, never ever".
segano1 8 months ago
@segano1, No one claimed there would never be a referendum that's correct, that is totally different from the SNP enforcing it or not. The SNP did not allow us to have a referendum within the last Parliament as they promised us all, yet its taking them a decade to enforce a promise made in 2007, how pathetic.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats, 4. Why do you think that is? Because Labour (not all Labourites are unionist btw, it's just Labour was the best choice there was for a parliament-less Scotland, at the time) were the ones in power at Westminster at the time when there was no Scottish parliament at Holyrood, it hadn't even been reconviened yet, Blair had to please the nationalists to save the union, look up the Panorama video "Will the Scots ever be happy" - Blair admits it.
segano1 8 months ago
97kcoats, 3. Scotland wasn't just given devolution (as you put it), it needed a mandate for it to even get passed for it to be put to the vote, the 1979 election was about devolution but despite getting the most votes it wasn't enough for a majority, thanks to it being fixed by unionists.
segano1 8 months ago
@segano1 3) That's right, anything that you don't get you spit your dummies and say it was "fixed", I suppose this referendum will have some sort of "fix", because when you lose it we are going to see a lot of Nationalist suicides, have the samaritans on the ready my friend. Devolution was nothing to do with Independence you moron, stop acting as if all these are Nationalist achievements, remember the Unionist party who created devolution, without Unionist you lot are nothing.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats, 1. Devolution was a matter of time from the 70's onwards, (just like independence is now) regardless of who was pushing it forwards.
2.Exactly! The Scots parliament was designed in a way to never be able to achieve a single party majority, which makes the SNP's marvelous massive election majority win all the more greater.
segano1 8 months ago
@segano1 1),Hardly anyone was against devolution in Scotland during the 70's, people were wary of it but not against it totally, you made out that devolution belongs to a Nationalist win, when a majority of Unionist people voted for it.
2)The Scottish Parliament is very young, the voting system itself made it hard to get a majority, no one said it was impossible. It wasn't an SNP win, Alex Salmond won the Election, without him you are sadly where John Sweeney left you in 2003 :)
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97k(turn)coats, ROFL! You're quite fond of your endless excuses when proved wrong as per aren't you? You think most Scots are die hard unionists too lol, if that's true why block people on your channel when proved wrong? why disable comments and ratings on your unionist propaganda vids? that's right!, because most Scots would vote it right down and prove your propagandist lies wrong as usual, typical unionist, always trying to cover up the truth.
segano1 8 months ago
agree with you all the way pal
DublinaThe 8 months ago
Favourited, tweeted and posted to facebook, it's time Scots were made aware just how destructive the union has been to our majestic nation. This is not just for us though, Northen Ireland and Wales would also like to divorce the union. Be part of better, vote yes on the independence referendum as I am going to do.
angiec0307 8 months ago
You know the biggest laugh of them all? You lot actually think the world is out to get you? "Poor old Scotland", you need to get to grips with reality. You lot actually think people voted for Independence? a poll was released a week after the referendum, it showed Independence at an all-time-low.. How much of a fact is it that people voted Alex Salmond and not the SNP itself.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats I mean Election*
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats Its not just the SNP and their supporters that want to see independence. You clearly do not understand Scottish politics so stay out of it.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
He really doesn't have a clue about Scottish politics.
1scot4scotland 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT, I think if over 900 thousand SNP supporters wanted Independence it would be reflected massively in all Independence polls. I don't understand your claim that "I know nothing", coming from you? Have you ever actually looked into the hard evidence that most Scots still vote a majority of Unionist parties and that all Independence polls of this year say that Scots support the Union. You know nothing, what so ever, little moron.
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats A rather venemous comment, having a bad day 97kcoats?
Lets look at the 'hard evidence'. The population of Scotland is about 5bn, 900,000 is less than 25% of the electorate - being generous with the number of people in-elligable to vote - yet support for independence is now up to 37%, this if anything proves my point that not everyone who supports independence votes SNP, and you would be a 'little moron' to suppose as much.
I didn't want to publicly spank you but you asked for it.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT, I'm so sorry but I can't take anything you say serious! You just claimed Scotland's population was 5 billion which would be 90% of the total earth population, why is it that you Nationalists seem to think the world revolves around Scotland? You claimed that the SNP and their voters want Independence, which is wrong, I could say for a fact that not all SNP voters want Independence. If people wanted Independence so much they would vote SNP at all Elections, they don't!
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats Whoops, typo, my mistake. Apologies that it caused you such confusion, we could turn this into a typing and grammar contest but judging by your comments you wouldn't win. Look you STILL dont get it, I AGREE not all people who vote SNP want independence, but also not everyone who votes for other parties want to remain in the Union, as is proved by the statistics. The world isn't black and white, and independence has cross-party support.
calicheSCOT 8 months ago
@calicheSCOT Independence support goes from right down to 20%Yes all the way up to 45%Yes, if you look at my video I made you will see just that, 37% proves my point, that 900 thousand SNP voters all don't want Independence, otherwise it would have been reflected in the polls. Scotland's population is around 5 Million, not Billion.
97kcoats 8 months ago
What I laugh at most about the SNP is the fact they were cowards through out world war 2, time and time again the party was known to be formed by men who were to scared to put their lives on the line, I went to the Local Museum and read the tabloids from the Era: "Scottish Nationalists are COWARDS". The Party itself supported Nazi occupation through out Europe, and to this day none of them deny it. A Independent Scotland would be known for a terrorist supporting dirty scum Nationalists.
97kcoats 8 months ago
FREE SCOTLAND, Don't let the English rob you blind.
aerowayne1 8 months ago
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulating what they think by "dripping" you false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
Michael21089 8 months ago
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulating what they think by "dripping" your false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
Michael21089 8 months ago
When it comes to the media many are victims of what is known as the "Drip Drip" theory which is the idea that the news they read is slowly manipulates what they think by "dripping" your false information. Luckily many see past these lies and it is people like that who will see to our freedom soon enough.
Michael21089 8 months ago
GOD BLESS SCOTLAND!!
BubbaLee2 8 months ago 2
Same music as that Danny MacAskill video:) Awesome.
VOTE YES!!!!!!
mesmiths 8 months ago
I'm voting YES for Scottish Independence :)
glasgow1234 8 months ago 19
Favourited and posted on facebook & twitter. GOOD VIDEO
MrSPECTRUM7 8 months ago 16
97kcoats style is a dying breed, the same people who said Scotland would never get devolution, Scotland would never win devolution, Scotland would never have it's own parliament reconviened, Scotland will never have a national government, Scotland's nationalists would never get a majority, Scottish nationalists will never present an independence referendum..etc.
Proved wrong time after time after time again.
segano1 8 months ago 3
@segano1, 1) Labour Invented Devolution, not Separatists. 2)The Scottish Parliament was not built for separatism, don't try and act as if we gave it to you.3)Scotland never asked for devolution to "win" it, it was given it.4)Unionists supported a Government within Scotland, hence why a Unionist party set it up, again don't act as if it was your achievement.5)No one ever claimed we would never have an Independence referendum, sources please. Stop acting like everyone against poor old you! haha
97kcoats 8 months ago
@segano1 You know the funny thing is, the majority of people who wanted the Scottish Parliament where of course Unionists, who wish for a strong United Kingdom within a more federalised fair United Kingdom, this will all be proved when we win the referendum. Do you bunch of morons really think you can defeat every tabloid and Unionist party within the United Kingdom? We will have more money and resources than any Actor or bus group can throw at your pathetic terrorist supporting scum party.
97kcoats 8 months ago
I'll tell you what is propaganda...THIS!
LMAO
97kcoats 8 months ago
@97kcoats isnt everything perceived propaganda.....do you only question this video and not your own imagined facts or beliefs? question both sides of the story then you can only be free
3tangle3 8 months ago
Props for this video from England! Let's take our nations back.
gingergiblet 8 months ago
@gingergiblet scotland or england...the true nature of the word Britain was about people speaking languages like the welsh and cornish............dont you find that funny? gaelic and englsih cultures are more recent lol......btw not attacking individuals I am a genetic historian most english have brythonic celtic origin hehe...i love education :(
3tangle3 8 months ago