George Galloway vs 2 pro-Scottish independence callers

Excerpt from the BBC:

The Scottish government is preparing to drop its opposition to the UK Electoral Commission supervising an independence referendum, BBC Scotland has learned.

The SNP administration had proposed setting up a new Scottish body to oversee the ballot.

But the coalition UK government said the commission could be made accountable to the Scottish Parliament during an independence referendum.

This seems to have reassured Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond.

A senior Scottish government source told the BBC the commission's involvement was no longer seen as an "impediment".

Mr Salmond has said his preferred date for the independence referendum is autumn 2014.

He will announce details of his government's consultation into the historic vote when he addresses the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday.

The UK government has offered to give legal authority on holding a referendum to the SNP government if it asks a simple yes or no question.

The Scottish government has said it does not need that authority to proceed.

It has rejected the offer of extra powers because of the "strings" attached.

Another of the sticking points had been disagreement over who would oversee the referendum.

The UK government thinks the Electoral Commission - which regulates elections, referendums and political donations across the UK - has expertise in such issues, and has a record of "fairness, impartiality and "transparency".


Two callers decided to pick a fight with George Galloway on the Scottish independence issue. Both of the callers have lost the fight.

Originally broadcasted on 13th January 2012.

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[Getinnnn]

My Nation is Scotland. I am sick, to the back teeth, of the uk being called a "Nation" when it is not. Give an inch ( the Union) and they take a mile (calling the UK one "Nation") -AND acting as if it were (Olympics)...although it was underhand bribing, behind the Scots, backs, that got the whole disreputable thing started anyway...

[Getinnnn]

The Union plus a rich fruitful existence or Independence plus a horrible death....Which would I choose? I''ll take the horrible death any day; and shame on any "Scot" who would not...

[m1trekker]

I think the same way as George Galloway, Scotland and England are both my countries, I don't distinguish between them.

[steven8hamilton]

cant understand what that Kilmarnock guy was saying

[MrRobertJameson]

@MrZambology Russia and Iran too. The Cold War isn't over.

[MrZambology]

@MrRobertJameson China's bombing your brain with irrational thoughts.

[MrRobertJameson]

@MrZambology China will be bombing soon.

[MyMonkeyExploded]

@tomd2103 Scotland was bankrupted.

[tomd2103]

I want Scotland to become independent just to shut Galloway up!! He's like all the other Scottish Unionists in the English parliament, media etc who know that Scottish indpendence will result in their jobs south of the border ending overnight.

[MrZambology]

@terratrema You have such a negative view of your Scotland it really saddens me. All these uneducated Scottish maniacs will destroy their own country. What makes these crazy people think they will take better care of themselves than David Cameron? The only nation on Earth that isn't smart enough to govern itself. Scotland has gone from strength to strength in the past few years and long may it continue. You'll not be about after 2014 anyway. Enjoy the next couple of years.