I visited Scotland few months ago (I am South East Asian), and suprisingly to me, the people are soooo friendly. It’s my first overseas trip, and I’m glad that it was Scotland. Hoping for the best for Scottish People
Isn't the BBC doing so? If so do they also have topics that might be challanging opinions as i would expect some of the brexiteers would think this propaganda?
I love the Scots! I am from South America, Brazil. When I was in UK for an internship the best people I met were the scots. They are very kind and respectful with people from different countries.
@@SonsofThunder1234 Generous? They wouldn't spend a penny to serve you a bev if you visited them in their home I was told.by a Scot who was born overseas....true or false
Yea I have a Scottish friend who I met in Asia. Literally one of the most smartest people I met .full of compassion for people and was just so well interested and involved in the lives of humanity. Didn't care anything about nationality, friend or foe. Few people can understand that people are people
something ive noticed in this documentary is most proponents of independence are either the normal folk who are struggling and the people defending the union are in a pretty comfortable position
That's because those people are targeted with lies and given the impression all their problems will be fixed overnight by this single issue. But it won't, and that's what the rest of us recognise. Holyrood has plenty of powers devolved to it, but it plays on the emotions of people, especially younger people or disadvantaged people, by stating that the problems exist because of Westminster. What people don't realise, is that the power is devolved so it is not for Westminster to address the issue, that competence is with Holyrood - but the SNP has been in power for well over a decade, and they've used that time exclusively and in whole to push the agenda of independence, even when it has come at the detriment of every other aspect of life. People are unhappy with all the other aspects of life being ignored, but instead of Holyrood just addressing the issues and fixing the problems, they use the situation to blame Westminster. It's a situation where Holyrood has manufactured problems and allowed them to escalate, just to use it for political reasons to cause division. And that, is precisely why the SNP is on track to lose most of their seats in our next election, because the people who had been hoodwinked by this party are starting to realise that the question of independence is separate to normal function of everyday life and governance, of which Holyrood is responsible, not Westminster.
@@Leo-gt1bx The only threat to Scottish Culture is if the Scottish Nationalists drag them back into the E U. And make Scotland just a region of their Pan European Ethno State .
@@dgesghong5168 Yes. Scotland was WAY more Empire-minded than England ever was. Supported more slave-plantations and built more slave ships than ever happened in England. Pound for pound it really should have been called the Scottish Empire.
I was a student in Newcastle between 2012 - 2015. I took the chance to visit Scotland just 2 days before the independence referendum. I stayed there for 3 days. The atmosphere was really bizarre. It is a lifetime question but the Scotts treat it like a party. They vote in droves and celebrate it like it is a big party or something. Now I am back in Singapore, whenever someone asked me the past of the UK, I always say Scotland. 😍😘 It is just beautiful. And my Scottish friends are some of the friendliest bunch of people I ever met. Whatever the opinion of the majority of the public Scots now, I just wish to visit it again someday.
@@Pennyburn1688 😅 I do know about the SNP and stuffs since I study just south of Hadrian Wall, but I have no comments or easily speaking, my opinion is worthless since I do not live in Scotland. But it is a proud nation and I would love to visit it again someday. ☺️
@@Pennyburn1688 I am speaking from Canada and would love to visit one day while I still can travel . Scotland is still a proud country viewed from the outside at least. Because of wide political swings a lot of countries are starting to feel divided including Canada . That feeling is even within my own province ( Ontario ) . I am with Nizam , I don't have an opinion regarding Scotland's future direction because I don't know enough about what will happen if you stay or leave the UK . I just hope for the best for Scotland . Cheers
@@Pennyburn1688 What is it about democracy that you dont like. Scottish people vote for them, and our elections use a form of PR unlike Westminster's First past the post where 37% of the vote results in an 80 seat landslide. Talking of nations and ruination, 62% of Scots voted to save the UK from the most recent bout of economic suicide and you complain about the SNP 🤭 Saor Alba!
@@Pennyburn1688 You must of forgotten that every part of the UK is divided on many issues due to social media , Westminster incompetence & biased London based journalists , all governments make mistakes , but the never-ending insidious corruption , self-serving , pompous & wasteful UK government have lost any credibility , it is so embarrassing to the rest of the world .
I am a Galician, I love the Scottish people. We are not so much alike, sorry. Scottish people have a real sense of community. They are not supremacists and value people around by their goodness, not by their wealth as Galicians do. Scottish people are honest and open-minded. Galicians have the highest expertise in hiding what they think and shit about everyone behind their back.
Galicia is great, a local butcher sells frozen galician octopus, when I cook it I think of wonderful times holidaying near Coruna, in the Ribiera Sacra, and visiting the cathedral of St James.
You are right, Galicia and Scotland are two similar lands in many aspects. It would be nice if Galicia took example of the need, good sense and convenience of independence that exists in Scotland.
That mother and her children breaks my heart a bit. She may be struggling so much with energy and food yet she still protects her children from those problems even though no one would blame her if she had to cut down on their games and fun. They say a crisis reveals the true nature of people…
@@crscot1322 Thats absolutely contextual. If there's no functional transit system, and you can't make it to work, medical appointments etc. you're kind of stuck. You can't make blanket statements.
I am Scottish I wonder if Bavaria, Corsica and Barcelona were granted independence referendums, would they take it? Corsica and Bavaria are about 50 - 70% likely, so why don't France and Spain have local parliaments that can become plebiscite independance systems?
I am Scottish and support independence and I often wonder how many supporters of movements like Scotland matters realize that the guy that runs it is well off. His message comes from a perspective of WM is better for Scotland, because he is not struggling. He does not have to make the difficult choices that most Scots are having to make right right now, so for him all is rosy and he convinces his supporters that they better off in the union, when loads of them in fact ARE having to make the tough choices, because of decision made by WM, out with Scotland's control. It is frustrating to see rich people getting people to support things against their own interests.
If many Scots are struggling now as you say - how would independence fix that problem? - eg - the cost of food & energy were highlighted as problems - how would independence fix those? - which decisions made in Westminster caused these problems & what would the alternaives of an independent government be to fix them?
@@fraserct533 I realize this response is going to be considered ignorant and that is fine, even I will concede it is. Having said that though, my response to your questions is quite simply this: I don't care anymore, it couldn't get much worse, but can get better. During the 2014 referendum Scotland was told a great many thing would happen IF Scotland voted for independence. Some of these were: We would have higher cost of clothing, we would see higher costs of food, we would see rises in prices of everything, we would see a major jumps in energy costs, we would definitely see austerity and the list goes on. Here we are now 2023 and 8-9 years later and EVERYTHING, that would happen to an independent Scotland has happened while part of the UK and there is literally nothing Scotland can do about it. The media and the UK Govt, like to blame "external influences" like the pandemic and the Ukrainian war as the reason why the UK is getting hammered and they only partially right. What they don't mention is Brexit. This is something that Scotland has no say in at all, yet it is probably the single reason why the UK has the lowest growing GDP in Europe. Even with global pressures all G7 countries have recovered to pre pandemic levels, yet the UK is lagging. Not just lagging but it's economy is shrinking. We have increased imports and reduced exports, having put up trade barriers with our closest trading partners in favour of far flung places like Australia and New Zealand, that actually offer no growth to the UK GDP, by the UK Govt own impact assessment reports. At least if independent, Scotland would have control of things like immigration, which would help greatly with the staff shortages across all sectors right now. We would be able to join the SM and CU - don't even need to be an EU member for that. Restore freedom of movement. Enter into our own trade agreements that will benefit Scotland, it's economy and it's people. I don't see any of this happening while in the UK, as something weird has taken hold of rational thought in WM. One of the reasons stated by the UK ministers recently for Scotland not leaving, is that it is an energy rich country and it is our "obligation" to share that with the rest of the UK. Yet despite that being the case Scotland pays higher energy costs than anywhere else in the UK, why is that? Right there is an export market for Scotland as even the UK admits it produces more than it uses. It seems to me that can only be good to grow an economy and also reduce the cost of energy for the Scottish people, reducing the trade barriers that are currently hampering trade with our closest markets, would start to see prices coming down, as it is extra tariffs, increased paperwork etc that is driving prices up. It is costing companies more to deal with the extra paperwork, and they cannot absorb those costs by themselves, so they pass some on, which ultimately ends up taking out the consumers pocket. Removing the extra paper work by joining the SM and CU, will bring prices down. I know it's an ignorant comment but there it is. My view is go for broke, sever ties and sink or swim - BUT it is a challenge that I think the people of Scotland are up to, even those opposed to independence, when they start to see the benefits. It would not be easy and there may well be hard times for a period of time, but at least we would be free to take appropriate steps to deal with what comes up - right now we cannot.
Independence usually create harsh years to a decade but after that stuff usually gets better, just look at countries that improve after independence like Estonia and the Czech Republic. An the political positions tend to be the usual : rich boomers(Pro stay) vs the poorer younger generations(pro independence). I hope Scotland can get it's independence I think it would be the best for most people and a step to fully dissolve the British empire once and for all. Gretting from México 🇲🇽
@@johncarney9049 It's not an ignorant response at all. With independence the Scottish people and government will have the power to shape Scotland, be it for better or worse. Rejoining the EU and/or previous trade agreements would be in your own hands. The independence movement that freed Ireland is a good historical comparison. The Brits said it wouldn't work because the Irish were just a bunch of poor, uneducated farmers. And it was tough going for the Republic of Ireland for many decades, but look at how it's transformed and is still transforming itself with help from the EU and without dictates from England.
@@Booze129 - Yes, you’re so right! King 👑 Charles III will lead them upon a mighty horse 🐴 with Queen Camilla beside him. What a true swords ⚔️ woman she is!?! Cutting down lives and families since the 80’s 🤣
@@Booze129 ~The Republic of Scotland should stay (remain) with England in Great Britain economically but get rid of and abolish “all” ties with the British Royal Monarchy connections.
Love Scotland. When I visited I got fascinated by the people and the scenery. In Edinburgh, on almost every street and square there was a monument honoring some hero from an old battle against England. I wonder if the spirits of those brave ancestors are now commanding the new generations to look after themselves and be the ones to make history. Scotland doesn’t have an equal partnership with England, but has a lot of potential to grow inside the EU. A country with such a rich history and vibrant people doesn’t deserve to be ruled from London.
Absolute BS,just anglophobic obsession possess quite a few up there,Britain the sovereign country has equal status among nations worldwide,Ah pro EU but anti GB = ABE xenophobia eh.
@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922 A Briton like me wanting preservation of our country Britain, Yip Scoatish colonisers who drove out Britons certainly were xenophobic eh.😏
As an American, I'm always in favor of independence from the British!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 rooting for you, Scotland. Your sovereignty is long overdue. edit: I was hoping I wouldn't have to clarify this, but to be clear, I wanted to play into the stereotype of Americans unnecessarily making everything about themselves 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 But I do think Scotland's sovereignty is long overdue. I do think this conflict is best resolved by Scottish secession. However, the American revolution is definitely not my reason, it's not even a good reason, and I cannot overstate how little the average American cares about 1776 lol. No more splitting hairs please 😘
The Scots are British, so I assume you mean Independence from the English. However a Scottish King created the UK so its not really an English creation to begin with.
I love Scotland. Glasgow and my native Pittsburgh, PA are sister cities. If I didn't live here, I would live in Glasgow in a heartbeat, the people there are something else. I love this country and wish the best for them.
@@jamestyler12JT it's your fairytale but reality is something else as Britain deserves it due to his misdeeds in past and present too i have many Irish and Scottish friends they hate Britain
@@ashishgoswami4304 first off all. Scotland is a part of Britain, so we’re similarly to blame for our misdeeds. And second of all, there’s a scandal about the SNP (pro independence party)seemingly every day. They’re losing support rapidly, it’s at 33% support now. Scottish people hate England, not Britain otherwise they’d just be hating themselves. Irish hatred towards Britain is somewhat justified. Please understand Britain is the island comprised of Scotland, England and Wales. The UK is that plus Northern Ireland.
I'm half Scottish and half English and it breaks my heart to see these rural Scottish people completely ignoring the fact the Tories are wrecking all of the UK which isn't the South of England. I grew up in a very deprived mining town and the life is nae harder than up in Scotland. I hope I can get a passport if it does happen lol.
Yo Apoyo A La Independencia De Escocia Me Encanta Las Tradiciones Y Las Gaitas Mi Favorita Es Highland Sights Escocia Es Un País Muy Hermoso Y Viva La Independencia De Escocia 🏴 🇲🇽🤝🏴⚖️
Should be able to get by on a single income, 5 hours per day work, 2 bedroom house, and groceries. If people cannot afford housing, groceries, AND utilities on minimum wage, then the minimum wage isn't high enough.
lived in Glasgow for three years 2011-13..Scots are beautiful and hard-working people..all the best to the second greatest country on Earth, next to my own of course😇 you're great whatever happens..regards from the Philippines😎
Scotland people deserve to decide their own future, whether it is stay or leave! Sadly we know the pain of having a bully try to decide our future here too...love from sovereign nation of Taiwan!
@@mrcapybara3579 haha the CCP has been taking massive action in relation, a we told those criminals where to go. What nation do you come from that would bow to such a vile government
I love Scotland. One of my favorite countries in the world to visit. It is a beautiful country! I hope the people will get what they have been wishing for. Good luck!
Poverty has been a big driver of what has/will happen in the UK. Some voted to leave the EU under the pretence that their life would improve i.e. more local investment, particularly in the impoverished north of England. That investment didn't materialise... My concern is that history will repeat and independence won't be the silver bullet some hope and it will make things worse. I think the UK needs some deep political reform to start healing as the current conservative / nationalist combo isn't really helping the people, it's half the problem.
Agreed. Would be nice to be proud of my country again, hopefully we can rid ourself of the nationalism and isolationism, this shade looks bad on us honestly
Poverty is lower, in particular child poverty, in Scotland specifically because of who we vote for. History tells us we'd be better with pretty much anything other than what the English electorate backs. Theyre centre right and were centre left. Don't see why we can't just go our own way amicably rather than Westminster blocking the democratic process.
@John Buie the way we treat migrants, the way we talk about people who come here for help, instead of finding practical solutions to the problems we can just call them names :) same deal with workers basically, call em militant, kill their right to strike. It's shameful. I'm ashamed us English keep voting for this crap. They do awful things so either the people are voting for awful things to happen or they aren't using the muscle between their ears at all when they do so. I just imagine how it must look. Any other country we'd call it oppressive.
Im a EU born English citizen. But if Scotland becomes part of EU I would def leave England and more north:) being born in EU I will always want to be part of a EU country. Scotland could attract many of us and our business especially now that we can work remote.
I'm an american. Although despite that, I want to move to any EU country, because the European Project has proven itself to be a truly beautiful thing. And I would love to contribute to it. With my mind, my labour, and my life.
@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 Sorry to disappoint but none of us in Scotland supports Russian aggression against the free people of Ukraine. I can see why you'd want to break up the UK though - you will fail.
@@tomk8729 If that post is even what it seems- with bots you never can tell. The only thing certain is that it is a bot trying to play mind games of some sort, so best to ignore them entirely.
Regarding the ugly times we live in, I think that a lot of small weak countries all over will be a disaster to the "normal" part of the world. Bandits like Russia and China are rubbing their hands!
This is why propaganda is so effective! It gets the emotional response out of people. As commoners and the average voters lack context. Scots did get a chance for a referendum and voted No. With simple mathematics most scots voted no. So is the standard for feminized democracies to continue to vote until the pre-desired outcome is achieved by the puppet masters? Seems to be the trend for these types of government.
@@andrewmunro8830 Yup but you know how propaganda works, it gets the emotional response out of people. And since the west currently believes in everyone getting a say, its so easy to sway the average person.
I thought Gaelic was Irish! My favorite artist of all time is Enya and she's from Ireland and in all of her albums she will sing a song or two or more in Gaelic.....those tend to be my favorite songs on her albums.
Lived several years in UK and always parted for the Scots.........never understood a word of what they said.....😁...... but I just loved the way they are and hope to go back and visit Scotland....💪
I am Scottish first, British second, European third and I can be all three simultaneously, whilst living in an independent Scotland as an equal member of the UK and the European Union. That is what I strive for and so should anyone born in this great country, who believes and is confident in a strong Scotland, that is proud of its heritage, it’s abilities as a modern nation and its future. Should fear be the decisive factor for ignoring the opportunity to become an independent nation and if so, what a truly sad way to live your life, when grasping opportunities, working tirelessly and striving for a bright future, should be what every person does as an individual in their life and together as a people for our nation. Stop living your life in fear and grab the opportunity in front of you. Are you living in fear, or hiding in fear, of a life that could see your children and grandchildren, wake up to a future to be proud of.
I'm an "Earthling" first, a European second, and Dutch third. I care more about the earth then about just the continent or the country I live in. Which doesn't mean I'm not proud of the country the Netherlands has become, but if needed I can move to another country (I've lived in the UK for years). Or another continent. But not to another planet. I wish for an independent Scotland, because England, the rulers of the union, don't care about Scotland at all and treat it like a colony. Alba gu bràth!
@Barry I have no idea who you're replying to, but let me answer that question. - _"why are most English people happy for us to end the union"_ Which poll do you get this from? You're saying most English people want to see the UK break up, but I can't find any poll confirming that. - Barry, why is the UK government actively blocking anything related to Scottish independence? The UK gets a lot more money from Scotland than what they send back, so they don't want to lose the goose that lays the golden eggs. It's in the interest of the UK to keep Scotland a part of it, to keep the Scottish money in England. - How would the UK have reacted if after the EU referendum the EU replied with "that's not going to happen UK, you're not allowed to leave the EU"? They were already calling the EU a dictatorship and the EUSSR and other nonsense, but when the UK blocks even a referendum about Scotland's own future it is totally fine. It couldn't be any clearer that the UK is a dictatorship, with England as its dictator, and Scotland is a colony of England which isn't allowed to become independent. It's a disgrace.
@@andrewmunro8830 Okay, then what do you call a country that has to give most of the taxes it receives of its population to another country, can't make it own laws, and is not allowed to leave a union it doesn't want to be in? Tell me that, how do you call that?
England is old with an outdated royal authority. It's time for Scotland to initiate a full fledged movement for independence. As an Indian, my sincere wishes to Scottish brothers and sisters.🇮🇳🏴
@@mktf5582 bless the British military trolling unit the 77th brigade accounts are getting desperate to keep Scotland's vast resources shackled to england
@@mktf5582 lol keep begging fella you lot are well known knee benders to the English establishment look at the amount of triggered comments you have left embarrassing
As an Australian with Scottish ancestry I fully support their independence! Australia became independent over 100 years ago! So did Ireland! Now it's Scotland's time!
People like Alan Sutherland who are very comfortable middle class are kind of people who put their own well being before that of their fellow countrymen." I'm alright Jack" I wonder how he's enjoying BREXIT !
There was a independence vote less than 10yrs ago. DW is just doing a weird propaganda piece. We all saw where EU & Germany stood when Catalonia had a vote.
@@numanunees2597 The vast majority of Catalans didn't vote because it was an illegal referendum, therefore almost the only people voting were the ones who wanted independence. If only one group votes, you can get whatever results you like
SNP have caused the financial crisis in Scotland. They have mismanaged contracts worth millions, money missing, money lent to people it shouldn't have been. The education which used to be the envy of the world, is now destroyed thanks to SNPs new curriculum. The policies SNP have taken have caused the poverty levels in Scotland, Labour has done the same in Wales and Conservatives in England. So its not "Brexit" as we still have all the costly and unnecessary business regulations and Laws. Those were supposed to have gone by now to free up our economy in order so we could become competitive on the global stage. That isn't allowed to happen because of the plans of outsourcing everything especially industries eastwards. Our energy costs are high because of high taxation which could be lowered to make it more affordable, also its because of the green agenda and restricting the supply of energy is part of that. Then food price increase is down to the high price of fertilisers as farmers are struggling to pay the costs. Fertiliser is expensive because businesses couldn't afford the energy costs to produce it. So rather than the Government reduce taxes to these essential businesses, they have allowed them to close. The main producer of fertiliser is Russia who supply the world. Then printing currency during lockdown has caused inflation. So nothing is as simple as it seems and there is a lot of decisions being made in all parts of UK which are deliberately ruining our economy and hurting the people. Which is the same in Europe, Australia, NZ, Canada and USA. We are all being economically destroyed and the only ones thriving are the likes of Bazos, Gates etc.
Got news for you, Conservatives done it to Wales, England and Scotland. If your blaming the Conservatives for what happens in England, which you are, then it's their fault for the other nations, Conservatives are in power, you even list what you see as wrong and all of it is under Conservatives control Snp don't have anywhere close to the power the concave. Literally every issue you listed is controlled by the Conservatives. Mind blowing you can say the whole uk has the same problems but the folk who have all the power, Conservatives, aren't to blame
'Snp cause the financial crisis' you then go on to say its all because of business regulations which the tories control. You moan about outsourcing, again that's Westminster policy.
Similar to brexit, but most of those votes came from a poorer rural people rather than scotlands poorer urban people. I guess that’s the case because poor people have to believe in something, whether it’s lottery tickets or a change of government something has to be the answer to make things better
Correct me if I'm wrong. As much as I think Scottish independence will yield benefits over time, the immediate drawbacks will overshadow whatever poverty problems and economic failures Scottish people are enduring at the moment.
I can't think of a lot of Corporations willing to put resources into a newly formed country due to uncertainty. There are just way too many unknowns and short of a huge top-down Central planning scheme as seen in postwar Germany, living costs and commodities will continue to skyrocket, and multinational corporations and investors will pull out, at least until the newly independent Scotland stabilizes itself in some capacity.
Corporations and investors withdrawing or closing shop exacerbates the existing problems, turning "in-work poverty" into "unemployed." As much as I hope for the Scottish economy to improve and for circumstances to get better for people in this part of the world, declaring independence should be done very carefully, planned long in advance, and coordinated closely with counterparts in DC, Westminster, Edinbrugh, and Brussels. And this is if independence is even the right move.
Same issues on the other side of the world. Not just the UK struggling with cost of living. Politicians will tell you what you want to hear to suit their agendas.
I think Scotland should do whatever the majority wants. After the brexit fiasco I wouldn't blame them at all for going their own way. If it makes economic sense then go for it!!! All the best from Canada. Love the brogue!!! 🇨🇦❤️🏴
It makes no economic sense at all. Look at all the whinging about the threat to 8% of Scottish exports from Brexit. England is 60% of Scottish exports. But in SNP lala land, somehow that's ok. But like any bunch of wokels, they have their own 'truth'.
The United Kingdom isn't oppressive to Scotland in anyway and it is not powerful over Scotland it is powerful FOR Scotland. Independence will cause it to be oppressed and controlled by more powerful nations.
England needs independence from Scotland, Free England! England was ruled by Scottish kings after 1707 (?) and costs England&Wales a lot of Barnett formula money which could be spent on poorer parts of England&Wales.
Thankyou. If you want to support the great nation of Scotland, don't do a trade deal with UK as it will ultimately benefit England. Just trade with EU. Then when Scotland gains it's independence and rejoins EU, Scotland will also benefit from a trade deal with India. Do not give your wealth to England.
@@SonsofThunder1234 I don't think India would let it's former coloniser exploit it again. By former coloniser I'll refer to the entire Great Britain here (not Northern Ireland).
Thank you DW Documentary for an unbiased coverage of affairs in our country. You dont know how powerful this film is. You have shown integrity and we dont see that from the British media. PLEASE AID US IN OUR FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY!
My mother and my mothers dad was born in Scotland. Im born in Canada at 1987. Am I still entitled for citizen ship ? I cant seem to find anything online talking about it. I heard that certain people are if there parents were born in UK ?
Oddly enough I noticed that those against independence are well-off Scotts; not the "little" people.🤔 That should be an indication on their motivation 😏 Stay strong Nationalist Scotland!
If Scotland leaves the UK it would the best decision they ever made. Being part of a failing country vs being part of the worlds most diverse network of culture and finance is a bit of a no brainer. The amount of inward investment would be huge, property would boom, the economy would boom and the influx of skills would be incredible.
The oil is in scotland sir, therefore it's our oil and we are taking it with us when we go, we'll need it to negotiate our new future!! 🏴🏴🏴
The population in Scotland has already gone through 12 years of austerity due to the tory government we have never voted for. We are a rich country and will be so much better off once we are INDEPENDENT
@@andrewmunro8830 You are very much mistaken if you think the SNP are to blame. Scotland is out performing the rest of the uk in education and our NHS is a lot better than england for waiting times etc. Of course you will never read or hear about that in the tory sponsored media. It is always Scotland bad, SNP bad. They want us to stay in their union and dirty tricks are all they have
@@gastonjoseph666 Scotland was lied too in 2014 .... 1. To remain in the e.u you have to vote to remain in the UK...lie 2. Treated as equals 🤦 lies 3. Devo max another lie from our fascist dictators
Britain said the same thing when voting for Brexit, and we all saw how that turned out. I love the selective amnesia of the Scottish people... the bogus economic arguments, as well as rhetoric about control and independence are the same whether you're talking about Brexit or Scottish independence, but the latter would be far worse for the people it affects.
We have freedom. We don't want these idiot seccessionists messing things up even more than they have already. They lost the vote, now they want another one.
@Norman Ocampo Braveheart osnt a documentary! If Wallace had an affair with Isabella she would have been about 10 years old when he died and was living in France!
A Scottish pro union man with a German wife. So he is anti EU I guess? Kind of reminds me of Nigel Barrage that anti Eu anti immigrant English money grubbing Spiv. Scottland was always the donor in this United Kingdom arrangement. Both in men for wars and money for the rich south. Westminster is no friend of Scotland but the EU was. Maybe Scotland will have to follow the way Ireland became independent. Scotland is not free yet most other parts of the empire are free. Scotland is rich and yet it is poor within the union. The money went south.
I as an Englishman with Scotish blood advise the Scots to vote for independence and join the EU Before the ship sinks We were all Sold a lie with Brexit ( Costs n Immigration ) its brought the opisite rising costs and more Immigration and the ship is sinking Faster Vote for independence 🏴
I was born in North of England my heart lies with the Scots. They are right! I want to move and be around those who aren't up their own asse! Who talk straight ✌
@@yashrajdixit4412 Because Scotland deserves freedom, they deserve the right to rejoin the EU, they deserve to be citizens of a republic and not merely the subjects of a monarch
Hahahaha. Good joke. The independence movement died as soon as the witch of the North was arrested. Everyone hates the new SNP. Khalistan is now more likely to leave India then Scotland the UK.
English shouldnt get a choice. If a woman wants to break up with her husband. The husband doesnt get a say in it. The guy can't say no your not allowed to divorce me. Either the union is voluntary or one side is subservient to the other.
Alan is a retired rich old man who isn’t going through what a lot of Scottish people are going through. He doesn’t have to worry about whether he’s gonna keep his house warm or feed his family.
As an American Scotch-Irish I support this, it is a few centuries over due! But I'm not too sure about entering into the EU, that sounds like a bad deal to me.
Scotland is a beautiful place and the people were friendly to me. I will say it never made sense to me that they aren’t separate in the first place…. Scotland and England are TOTALLY different.
This is a really divisive and sensitive matter. I hope Scottish people get what they really want. Let the majority decide the fate of the country in a democratic and fair manner.
I moved to Scotland 40 yrs ago. I reckon my life has been better than if I had stayed in Yorkshire, and better still than if I had moved South. In general , the farther North you live in Britain, the happier your life, but we still complain about being short changed by those in the South.
Go for it Scotland!!! The UK doesn't want to lose Scotland due to the oil and other natural resources they control. Why pro-Brexit voters thought leaving the EU was a good idea is beyond me. The cost of basic goods and cost of living is outrageous.
@@catmonarchist8920 I didn't vote for Trump and I don't blame Joe Biden. But, hey, if you want to make everything about the USA you go right ahead. For the record there is a whole rest of the world out there.
@@tishw4576 and large numbers of countries all over the world are having the same problems or worse (to the point of famine in a few African countries). Blaming the global economic situation on the domestic political situation is something remainers and Trump supporters have in common that makes it relavant.
the opposite of austerity is deficit spending. But for deficit spending you need someone who gives you credit to finance this deficit, a lot of credt, billions. Do you think an independent Scotland with a more leftist government would have a tripple AAA rating on the international finanial markets?
@@ekesandras1481 probably not, but that would be a product of the process of independence. Brexit has caused the UK to be now classed as an 'emerging market' i doubt we could do worse.
@@zernebock73 and yet Scotland is far more dependent on the rest of the UK than the UK ever was on Europe - I suppose it would gain 'emerging market' status rather quickly...
The English constitution party is in support of Scottish independence, referendum for England, asap. 💚 Scotland 👍 Welch and NI. Void the acts of union.
While I do think the Scots should be allowed either a greater deal of autonomy or the right to determine weather they want to go independent in a post Brexit climate. It does grind on me when Scots play the 'parasitical colonialism' card, and that Scotland is poorer than 'the south of the UK', but remains wealthier than the north of of the UK, Wales and northern island. Scotland also MASSIVELY benefited from taking part in a parasitic colonial system they opted to join, disproportionately so in terms of its size compared to any other country in the union. You can have a right to determine your own future without cherry picking fact about your own past and present.
Hi Slippery Winston.. can you try and get a copy of Believe in Scotland ( the maxi version is best) and understand a more enlightened modern view? I am no history expert but I do acknowledge what your make as some valid comment. Please look back 100 years… that’s all.
True. Scots joined in the brutal UK colonialism in Nigeria which created a messy crisis there till date. The Biafrans in Nigeria want a referendum but the UK keeps blocking it. It’s time for Scotland, Biafra, Ambazonia and any other group willing to exit a union, to do so. We can’t have freedom to divorce, sexual orientation etc yet get upset when a region wants to exit a country. Double standards.
Thankyou for your support but if you truly want to support Scotland, do not do a trade deal with UK as it will benefit England. Trade with EU and when Scotland becomes independent and rejoins EU, which it will, no doubt, we will benefit from trade deal with India. Thankyou.🏴
@@deusmachinima1189 even when Scotland becomes independent it will remain in Europe moreover it join EU far better than UK where they don't even consider them european but islanders.
I visited Scotland few months ago (I am South East Asian), and suprisingly to me, the people are soooo friendly. It’s my first overseas trip, and I’m glad that it was Scotland. Hoping for the best for Scottish People
Cheers mate we welcome all
@@NoMoreToriesAnymore and you should not like some other countries
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@@DeptalJexus what language is that ?
@@adithiarjun6764 Thai. I assumed a person who identify like that might be Thai.
I love Scotland. Wish they did more documentaries about it.
*Scots should vote for*
*Patriotic Alternative Scotland*
@@ruairi4901 For the record people, patriotic alternative are neo nazis.
Isn't the BBC doing so? If so do they also have topics that might be challanging opinions as i would expect some of the brexiteers would think this propaganda?
@@kinngrimm Yes, like babies born genderless you mean ?
@@tinaforbes1059 you have heared about that, crazy isn't it
I love the Scots! I am from South America, Brazil. When I was in UK for an internship the best people I met were the scots. They are very kind and respectful with people from different countries.
Indeed we are. Friendlier, more generous and more hospitable than the cold hearted, snobby English.
@@SonsofThunder1234 Generous? They wouldn't spend a penny to serve you a bev if you visited them in their home I was told.by a Scot who was born overseas....true or false
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Yea I have a Scottish friend who I met in Asia. Literally one of the most smartest people I met .full of compassion for people and was just so well interested and involved in the lives of humanity. Didn't care anything about nationality, friend or foe. Few people can understand that people are people
@@barry3012 go cry yourself to sleep Nigel…….
something ive noticed in this documentary is most proponents of independence are either the normal folk who are struggling and the people defending the union are in a pretty comfortable position
That's because those people are targeted with lies and given the impression all their problems will be fixed overnight by this single issue. But it won't, and that's what the rest of us recognise.
Holyrood has plenty of powers devolved to it, but it plays on the emotions of people, especially younger people or disadvantaged people, by stating that the problems exist because of Westminster. What people don't realise, is that the power is devolved so it is not for Westminster to address the issue, that competence is with Holyrood - but the SNP has been in power for well over a decade, and they've used that time exclusively and in whole to push the agenda of independence, even when it has come at the detriment of every other aspect of life.
People are unhappy with all the other aspects of life being ignored, but instead of Holyrood just addressing the issues and fixing the problems, they use the situation to blame Westminster. It's a situation where Holyrood has manufactured problems and allowed them to escalate, just to use it for political reasons to cause division.
And that, is precisely why the SNP is on track to lose most of their seats in our next election, because the people who had been hoodwinked by this party are starting to realise that the question of independence is separate to normal function of everyday life and governance, of which Holyrood is responsible, not Westminster.
Visit Scotland in 88'. You people treated me like a brother. Wishing the Scottish their personal resolve, in what best for them.
The garden festival was grand!
Thankyou for your comment. Support for Scotland is overwhelming.
I love Scotland so much. Something about their culture and history spurs me to do more research about Scotland overall.
When I was a kid, I learned about Scotland's history in Age of Empires 2, and I liked Scotland more than England.
@@Leo-gt1bx
The only threat to Scottish Culture is if the Scottish Nationalists drag them back into the E U.
And make Scotland just a region of their Pan European Ethno State .
@@dgesghong5168 Yes. Scotland was WAY more Empire-minded than England ever was. Supported more slave-plantations and built more slave ships than ever happened in England. Pound for pound it really should have been called the Scottish Empire.
@@Leo-gt1bx Scotland's culture is just fine. Only the Nationalists - with their doctrine of identity and division - can damage it.
Where are u from
Im from italy
Lets move to scotland then
I was a student in Newcastle between 2012 - 2015. I took the chance to visit Scotland just 2 days before the independence referendum. I stayed there for 3 days. The atmosphere was really bizarre. It is a lifetime question but the Scotts treat it like a party. They vote in droves and celebrate it like it is a big party or something. Now I am back in Singapore, whenever someone asked me the past of the UK, I always say Scotland. 😍😘 It is just beautiful. And my Scottish friends are some of the friendliest bunch of people I ever met. Whatever the opinion of the majority of the public Scots now, I just wish to visit it again someday.
Divided, once proud nation, ruined by the SNP!
@@Pennyburn1688 😅 I do know about the SNP and stuffs since I study just south of Hadrian Wall, but I have no comments or easily speaking, my opinion is worthless since I do not live in Scotland. But it is a proud nation and I would love to visit it again someday. ☺️
@@Pennyburn1688 I am speaking from Canada and would love to visit one day while I still can travel . Scotland is still a proud country viewed from the outside at least. Because of wide political swings a lot of countries are starting to feel divided including Canada . That feeling is even within my own province ( Ontario ) . I am with Nizam , I don't have an opinion regarding Scotland's future direction because I don't know enough about what will happen if you stay or leave the UK . I just hope for the best for Scotland . Cheers
@@Pennyburn1688 What is it about democracy that you dont like.
Scottish people vote for them, and our elections use a form of PR unlike Westminster's First past the post where 37% of the vote results in an 80 seat landslide.
Talking of nations and ruination, 62% of Scots voted to save the UK from the most recent bout of economic suicide and you complain about the SNP 🤭
Saor Alba!
@@Pennyburn1688 You must of forgotten that every part of the UK is divided on many issues due to social media , Westminster incompetence & biased London based journalists , all governments make mistakes , but the never-ending insidious corruption , self-serving , pompous & wasteful UK government have lost any credibility , it is so embarrassing to the rest of the world .
Love scottland! Canada is forever grateful to the people of scottland Who built our country
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My aunt was one of them, sadly never got to see her in Canada.
Was mainly built by the English and the French.
Your love for it might be more convincing if you knew how to spell it.
They also built America too
build YOUR country? Your country? I think you mean helped to STEAL the country.
As a Galician, I love the Scottish people. We are so much alike :)
I am a Galician, I love the Scottish people. We are not so much alike, sorry. Scottish people have a real sense of community. They are not supremacists and value people around by their goodness, not by their wealth as Galicians do. Scottish people are honest and open-minded. Galicians have the highest expertise in hiding what they think and shit about everyone behind their back.
Galicia is great, a local butcher sells frozen galician octopus, when I cook it I think of wonderful times holidaying near Coruna, in the Ribiera Sacra, and visiting the cathedral of St James.
Well we are the same people. We are all from Celtic tribes! Hence the bagpipe being so popular in Celtic lands, Breton, Cornwall, Galicia etc
You are right, Galicia and Scotland are two similar lands in many aspects. It would be nice if Galicia took example of the need, good sense and convenience of independence that exists in Scotland.
Now half of the population is economic migrants.
That mother and her children breaks my heart a bit. She may be struggling so much with energy and food yet she still protects her children from those problems even though no one would blame her if she had to cut down on their games and fun. They say a crisis reveals the true nature of people…
But she can apparently afford a nice car...
@@SUSSDUE did you forget how she has to ration gas? And that car is pretty standard
@@SUSSDUE it was an average car. Having a car is not a luxury
@@tbtb-nm2ef it is a luxury to own a car.
@@crscot1322 Thats absolutely contextual. If there's no functional transit system, and you can't make it to work, medical appointments etc. you're kind of stuck. You can't make blanket statements.
I’ve always been fascinated by Scotland culture and history
Scythian
Me too.Saor Alba,join the EU
Yeah the Braveheart movie was good!
*Scots should vote for*
*Patriotic Alternative Scotland*
I am Scottish I wonder if Bavaria, Corsica and Barcelona were granted independence referendums, would they take it? Corsica and Bavaria are about 50 - 70% likely, so why don't France and Spain have local parliaments that can become plebiscite independance systems?
I love Scotland!!!! And their beautiful Scottish accent!!!! Extremely proud people!!!! Greetings from Serbia!!!!!
I am Scottish and support independence and I often wonder how many supporters of movements like Scotland matters realize that the guy that runs it is well off. His message comes from a perspective of WM is better for Scotland, because he is not struggling. He does not have to make the difficult choices that most Scots are having to make right right now, so for him all is rosy and he convinces his supporters that they better off in the union, when loads of them in fact ARE having to make the tough choices, because of decision made by WM, out with Scotland's control. It is frustrating to see rich people getting people to support things against their own interests.
If many Scots are struggling now as you say - how would independence fix that problem?
- eg - the cost of food & energy were highlighted as problems - how would independence fix those?
- which decisions made in Westminster caused these problems & what would the alternaives of an independent government be to fix them?
@@fraserct533 I realize this response is going to be considered ignorant and that is fine, even I will concede it is. Having said that though, my response to your questions is quite simply this: I don't care anymore, it couldn't get much worse, but can get better.
During the 2014 referendum Scotland was told a great many thing would happen IF Scotland voted for independence. Some of these were:
We would have higher cost of clothing, we would see higher costs of food, we would see rises in prices of everything, we would see a major jumps in energy costs, we would definitely see austerity and the list goes on.
Here we are now 2023 and 8-9 years later and EVERYTHING, that would happen to an independent Scotland has happened while part of the UK and there is literally nothing Scotland can do about it.
The media and the UK Govt, like to blame "external influences" like the pandemic and the Ukrainian war as the reason why the UK is getting hammered and they only partially right. What they don't mention is Brexit. This is something that Scotland has no say in at all, yet it is probably the single reason why the UK has the lowest growing GDP in Europe. Even with global pressures all G7 countries have recovered to pre pandemic levels, yet the UK is lagging. Not just lagging but it's economy is shrinking. We have increased imports and reduced exports, having put up trade barriers with our closest trading partners in favour of far flung places like Australia and New Zealand, that actually offer no growth to the UK GDP, by the UK Govt own impact assessment reports.
At least if independent, Scotland would have control of things like immigration, which would help greatly with the staff shortages across all sectors right now. We would be able to join the SM and CU - don't even need to be an EU member for that. Restore freedom of movement. Enter into our own trade agreements that will benefit Scotland, it's economy and it's people. I don't see any of this happening while in the UK, as something weird has taken hold of rational thought in WM.
One of the reasons stated by the UK ministers recently for Scotland not leaving, is that it is an energy rich country and it is our "obligation" to share that with the rest of the UK. Yet despite that being the case Scotland pays higher energy costs than anywhere else in the UK, why is that?
Right there is an export market for Scotland as even the UK admits it produces more than it uses. It seems to me that can only be good to grow an economy and also reduce the cost of energy for the Scottish people, reducing the trade barriers that are currently hampering trade with our closest markets, would start to see prices coming down, as it is extra tariffs, increased paperwork etc that is driving prices up. It is costing companies more to deal with the extra paperwork, and they cannot absorb those costs by themselves, so they pass some on, which ultimately ends up taking out the consumers pocket. Removing the extra paper work by joining the SM and CU, will bring prices down.
I know it's an ignorant comment but there it is. My view is go for broke, sever ties and sink or swim - BUT it is a challenge that I think the people of Scotland are up to, even those opposed to independence, when they start to see the benefits.
It would not be easy and there may well be hard times for a period of time, but at least we would be free to take appropriate steps to deal with what comes up - right now we cannot.
@@johncarney9049 a very long answer which I will take time to read & respond to - tx
Independence usually create harsh years to a decade but after that stuff usually gets better, just look at countries that improve after independence like Estonia and the Czech Republic.
An the political positions tend to be the usual : rich boomers(Pro stay) vs the poorer younger generations(pro independence).
I hope Scotland can get it's independence I think it would be the best for most people and a step to fully dissolve the British empire once and for all.
Gretting from México 🇲🇽
@@johncarney9049 It's not an ignorant response at all. With independence the Scottish people and government will have the power to shape Scotland, be it for better or worse. Rejoining the EU and/or previous trade agreements would be in your own hands. The independence movement that freed Ireland is a good historical comparison. The Brits said it wouldn't work because the Irish were just a bunch of poor, uneducated farmers. And it was tough going for the Republic of Ireland for many decades, but look at how it's transformed and is still transforming itself with help from the EU and without dictates from England.
I support Scotland 🏴 whatever they vote for!
But the king of England will send horsemen on the battle ground plus archers on the fields
@@Booze129 - Yes, you’re so right! King 👑 Charles III will lead them upon a mighty horse 🐴 with Queen Camilla beside him. What a true swords ⚔️ woman she is!?! Cutting down lives and families since the 80’s 🤣
What did they vote?
@@Booze129 ~The Republic of Scotland should stay (remain) with England in Great Britain economically but get rid of and abolish “all” ties with the British Royal Monarchy connections.
@@royjohnson465 how is that proposed to work? England would have an incentive to make things difficult for the Scots.
Love Scotland. When I visited I got fascinated by the people and the scenery. In Edinburgh, on almost every street and square there was a monument honoring some hero from an old battle against England. I wonder if the spirits of those brave ancestors are now commanding the new generations to look after themselves and be the ones to make history. Scotland doesn’t have an equal partnership with England, but has a lot of potential to grow inside the EU. A country with such a rich history and vibrant people doesn’t deserve to be ruled from London.
Absolute BS,just anglophobic obsession possess quite a few up there,Britain the sovereign country has equal status among nations worldwide,Ah pro EU but anti GB = ABE xenophobia eh.
@@mktf5582 ohhh bless an Englishman begs Scotland to stay and calls us xenophobic but the only xenophobes are the fascist democracy denying colonizers
@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922 A Briton like me wanting preservation of our country Britain, Yip Scoatish colonisers who drove out Britons certainly were xenophobic eh.😏
@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922 Majority of democracies worldwide ban secession, so Britain our country has no problem doing same eh.👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😏
@@mktf5582 lol get off your knees and we scots need to start sabotaging this union from within
As an American, I'm always in favor of independence from the British!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 rooting for you, Scotland. Your sovereignty is long overdue.
edit: I was hoping I wouldn't have to clarify this, but to be clear, I wanted to play into the stereotype of Americans unnecessarily making everything about themselves 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
But I do think Scotland's sovereignty is long overdue. I do think this conflict is best resolved by Scottish secession. However, the American revolution is definitely not my reason, it's not even a good reason, and I cannot overstate how little the average American cares about 1776 lol. No more splitting hairs please 😘
@@andrewmunro8830 in a unanimous decision that wasn't contentious at all 😉
Well said 👏
@@andrewmunro8830 Anglo you don't have any mates.
The Scots are British, so I assume you mean Independence from the English. However a Scottish King created the UK so its not really an English creation to begin with.
@@shjall times have changed now. and they could pursue that. convince your Westgangster to have a change of heart.
I love Scotland. Glasgow and my native Pittsburgh, PA are sister cities. If I didn't live here, I would live in Glasgow in a heartbeat, the people there are something else. I love this country and wish the best for them.
Now half of the population is economic migrants.
@@Stallion_1044 A majority of Americans are descendants of economic migrants.
I love Scotland it’s my home but I cannot stand Glasgow it’s an Edinburgh thing we hate each other
Slaves of monarchy 😂😂😂
@@kiezorfc8559and I’m from an area between the 2 cities, I like both of them 🙂
Full support for their independence 🏴
Why?
support Scotland hattsoff to Scottish population that they stand against autocracy of Britain soon we see new country scotland
@@ashishgoswami4304 never gonna happen now though
@@jamestyler12JT it's your fairytale but reality is something else as Britain deserves it due to his misdeeds in past and present too i have many Irish and Scottish friends they hate Britain
@@ashishgoswami4304 first off all. Scotland is a part of Britain, so we’re similarly to blame for our misdeeds. And second of all, there’s a scandal about the SNP (pro independence party)seemingly every day. They’re losing support rapidly, it’s at 33% support now. Scottish people hate England, not Britain otherwise they’d just be hating themselves. Irish hatred towards Britain is somewhat justified. Please understand Britain is the island comprised of Scotland, England and Wales. The UK is that plus Northern Ireland.
Long live free Scotland 🏴. Love from Quebec 😉
Long live Scottish unionism.
@MsMissysss are replying it to @TheNmecod?
All hail Canadian federalism, Tous saluent le fédéralisme canadien.
All hail Canadian federalism, Tous saluent le fédéralisme canadien.
you tube
= andrew neil clashes with andrew wilson snp..
thats the reality
then post back!
I am 🏴 and I too hope for an independent 🏴. Hope you all get it one day!
Save us English tax payers some money
I'm half Scottish and half English and it breaks my heart to see these rural Scottish people completely ignoring the fact the Tories are wrecking all of the UK which isn't the South of England. I grew up in a very deprived mining town and the life is nae harder than up in Scotland. I hope I can get a passport if it does happen lol.
Yo Apoyo A La Independencia De Escocia Me Encanta Las Tradiciones Y Las Gaitas Mi Favorita Es Highland Sights Escocia Es Un País Muy Hermoso Y Viva La Independencia De Escocia 🏴
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@@marcelinohernandez1959¿Eres español o catalán? Saludos desde Irlanda.
Divide and rule policy the Western backfired😂😂
Yes we know. Join us and let’s fight for democracy together.
"There shouldn't be such a thing [as "in work" poverty]". We in the US have known it for as long as I can remember, and I agree with her.
its the same all over the UK, Scotland is not alone in that.
uk has a duke on the throne
AMEN 🇺🇸 ✌🏻
Should be able to get by on a single income, 5 hours per day work, 2 bedroom house, and groceries. If people cannot afford housing, groceries, AND utilities on minimum wage, then the minimum wage isn't high enough.
@@angelachanelhuang1651 A Scottish one.
Scotland is an amazing country🏴🏴
X2 🇲🇽🤝🏴
lived in Glasgow for three years 2011-13..Scots are beautiful and hard-working people..all the best to the second greatest country on Earth, next to my own of course😇 you're great whatever happens..regards from the Philippines😎
LOL loads in Glesga have never worked a day in their lives "hard working".😂😂😂
Philippines is the worst. Run by corrupt officials 😂
@@mktf5582 🤣🤣🤣 .
@@tinaforbes1059 🤷♂️👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😊😂
@@mktf5582 Eat enough chips, get a free car!
I'm 76 years old and peripatetic by nature. I've lived in Scotland for nine years. It's a hard place to leave... 🏴
I was a student in Aberdeen between 2009 and 2013, Scotland is my second hometown.
Guess what! The Scottish leader is of Pakistani origin while the British PM is of Indian origin. Is the history gonna repeat?
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Scotland people deserve to decide their own future, whether it is stay or leave!
Sadly we know the pain of having a bully try to decide our future here too...love from sovereign nation of Taiwan!
All the best to Taiwan from Canada!!! I have great admiration for your country and would love to visit one day. 🇨🇦❤️🇹🇼
Support from Russia, the independence of Scotland will be the final nail on the coffin, on the dominance of UK in world politics and it's GDP
We are with you Taiwan, we in Lithuania don't fear the CCP.
@@tnickknight Lithuania is an insignificant nation.
@@mrcapybara3579 haha the CCP has been taking massive action in relation, a we told those criminals where to go. What nation do you come from that would bow to such a vile government
I love Scotland. One of my favorite countries in the world to visit. It is a beautiful country! I hope the people will get what they have been wishing for. Good luck!
We are not an oppressed people.
Thankyou for your support. One day we will be free of the shackles of England and it's dreadful people.
They wish or we wished to stay we had a referendum and we voted to stay loudnand clear
@@CardiffUlster times change
@@CardiffUlsterHave Wales not realized things have changed since 2014?
power to the good people of scotland!
They need Mel Gibson to set them free
Thankyou for your support. One day, Scotland will be an independent country.
@@MT-rr1og another raging englitard
I love Scotland . Beautiful country and people
All the best
Thank you.
Poverty has been a big driver of what has/will happen in the UK. Some voted to leave the EU under the pretence that their life would improve i.e. more local investment, particularly in the impoverished north of England. That investment didn't materialise... My concern is that history will repeat and independence won't be the silver bullet some hope and it will make things worse. I think the UK needs some deep political reform to start healing as the current conservative / nationalist combo isn't really helping the people, it's half the problem.
Agreed. Would be nice to be proud of my country again, hopefully we can rid ourself of the nationalism and isolationism, this shade looks bad on us honestly
Poverty is lower, in particular child poverty, in Scotland specifically because of who we vote for. History tells us we'd be better with pretty much anything other than what the English electorate backs.
Theyre centre right and were centre left. Don't see why we can't just go our own way amicably rather than Westminster blocking the democratic process.
@@Steven-ly9ei what's not to be proud of?
@John Buie the way we treat migrants, the way we talk about people who come here for help, instead of finding practical solutions to the problems we can just call them names :)
same deal with workers basically, call em militant, kill their right to strike.
It's shameful. I'm ashamed us English keep voting for this crap. They do awful things so either the people are voting for awful things to happen or they aren't using the muscle between their ears at all when they do so.
I just imagine how it must look. Any other country we'd call it oppressive.
They would be independent but it's not only for isolationism. They're going to join the EU.
Scottish people was humiliated by England for a long time enough, independent from UK now just a right time.
@@andrewmunro8830 your nonsense is someone’s sense, but your senseless.
@@andrewmunro8830 100%…..
Im a EU born English citizen. But if Scotland becomes part of EU I would def leave England and more north:) being born in EU I will always want to be part of a EU country. Scotland could attract many of us and our business especially now that we can work remote.
I'm an american. Although despite that, I want to move to any EU country, because the European Project has proven itself to be a truly beautiful thing. And I would love to contribute to it. With my mind, my labour, and my life.
Support from Russia, the independence of Scotland will be the final nail on the coffin, on the dominance of UK in world politics and it's GDP
@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 Sorry to disappoint but none of us in Scotland supports Russian aggression against the free people of Ukraine. I can see why you'd want to break up the UK though - you will fail.
@@tomk8729 If that post is even what it seems- with bots you never can tell. The only thing certain is that it is a bot trying to play mind games of some sort, so best to ignore them entirely.
@@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740 Spot the bot
Scotland is one of the greatest countries I've ever been to. I hope the Scots can get the independence they deserve!
Not all Scots want independence
Regarding the ugly times we live in, I think that a lot of small weak countries all over will be a disaster to the "normal" part of the world. Bandits like Russia and China are rubbing their hands!
This is why propaganda is so effective! It gets the emotional response out of people. As commoners and the average voters lack context. Scots did get a chance for a referendum and voted No. With simple mathematics most scots voted no. So is the standard for feminized democracies to continue to vote until the pre-desired outcome is achieved by the puppet masters? Seems to be the trend for these types of government.
@@andrewmunro8830 Yup but you know how propaganda works, it gets the emotional response out of people. And since the west currently believes in everyone getting a say, its so easy to sway the average person.
@@dblezi Why should Englanders like ye get a say? Europe didn't get a say on Brexit.
I always Love their cultural heritage, their country, countryside, even their language 'Gaelic', Everything is just fascinating
I thought Gaelic was Irish! My favorite artist of all time is Enya and she's from Ireland and in all of her albums she will sing a song or two or more in Gaelic.....those tend to be my favorite songs on her albums.
@@ronrendon As per my knowledge Welsh, Irish and Scottish are of Celtic ethnicity so both have common origin and language as well at one point
Less than 1% speak it, yet our failed government insist on wasting millions on bilingual signage.
@@pohordebbarma4505 Welsh speak Brythonic and Irish ( and thus Scots) speak Gaelic. Different branches of the Celtic language tree.
Lived several years in UK and always parted for the Scots.........never understood a word of what they said.....😁...... but I just loved the way they are and hope to go back and visit Scotland....💪
"....never understood.....said" you must have been in Glasgow, then 🤣🤣(I'm Glaswegian BTW). Glad you enjoyed Scotland so much 😊
I am Scottish first, British second, European third and I can be all three simultaneously, whilst living in an independent Scotland as an equal member of the UK and the European Union.
That is what I strive for and so should anyone born in this great country, who believes and is confident in a strong Scotland, that is proud of its heritage, it’s abilities as a modern nation and its future.
Should fear be the decisive factor for ignoring the opportunity to become an independent nation and if so, what a truly sad way to live your life, when grasping opportunities, working tirelessly and striving for a bright future, should be what every person does as an individual in their life and together as a people for our nation.
Stop living your life in fear and grab the opportunity in front of you.
Are you living in fear, or hiding in fear, of a life that could see your children and grandchildren, wake up to a future to be proud of.
I'm an "Earthling" first, a European second, and Dutch third. I care more about the earth then about just the continent or the country I live in. Which doesn't mean I'm not proud of the country the Netherlands has become, but if needed I can move to another country (I've lived in the UK for years). Or another continent. But not to another planet.
I wish for an independent Scotland, because England, the rulers of the union, don't care about Scotland at all and treat it like a colony.
Alba gu bràth!
@Barry I have no idea who you're replying to, but let me answer that question.
- _"why are most English people happy for us to end the union"_ Which poll do you get this from? You're saying most English people want to see the UK break up, but I can't find any poll confirming that.
- Barry, why is the UK government actively blocking anything related to Scottish independence? The UK gets a lot more money from Scotland than what they send back, so they don't want to lose the goose that lays the golden eggs. It's in the interest of the UK to keep Scotland a part of it, to keep the Scottish money in England.
- How would the UK have reacted if after the EU referendum the EU replied with "that's not going to happen UK, you're not allowed to leave the EU"? They were already calling the EU a dictatorship and the EUSSR and other nonsense, but when the UK blocks even a referendum about Scotland's own future it is totally fine. It couldn't be any clearer that the UK is a dictatorship, with England as its dictator, and Scotland is a colony of England which isn't allowed to become independent. It's a disgrace.
@@andrewmunro8830 Okay, then what do you call a country that has to give most of the taxes it receives of its population to another country, can't make it own laws, and is not allowed to leave a union it doesn't want to be in? Tell me that, how do you call that?
@@andrewmunro8830 well that's factually incorrect, you're lucky if we get back 60% of what we put in.
@@andrewmunro8830 so we don't pay for anything Westminster does in England? The house of lords or a proportion of HS2?
We do.
England is old with an outdated royal authority. It's time for Scotland to initiate a full fledged movement for independence.
As an Indian, my sincere wishes to Scottish brothers and sisters.🇮🇳🏴
This would be a break from Westminister and not the monarchy....
@@lilywood6206 we Indians support you.
@@lilywood6206 then we stand with 🏴
Much support from France.......You deserve..
Auld alliance ✊
@@michellemcmanus2729 Ah your Braveheart tendencies and Anglophobia are seeping out fellow Brit.😂😂😂👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Corsica and Brittany need to secede from France eh.
@@mktf5582 bless the British military trolling unit the 77th brigade accounts are getting desperate to keep Scotland's vast resources shackled to england
@@mktf5582 lol keep begging fella you lot are well known knee benders to the English establishment look at the amount of triggered comments you have left embarrassing
As an Australian with Scottish ancestry I fully support their independence! Australia became independent over 100 years ago! So did Ireland! Now it's Scotland's time!
People like Alan Sutherland who are very comfortable middle class are kind of people who put their own well being before that of their fellow countrymen." I'm alright Jack" I wonder how he's enjoying BREXIT !
I love Scotland. One of my favorite countries in the world to visit.
Am from The Gambia but i have always love Scotland. I hope i can visit there someday
Great informative documentary regarding the beautiful country of Scotland
Viva La Independencia De Escocia Y Un Futuro País 🏴
Me Encanta La Musica De Gaitas Mi Favorita Es Highland Sights 🇲🇽🤝🏴
Thanks DW for making this documentary we can't expect BBC to do this stuff😅
There was a independence vote less than 10yrs ago. DW is just doing a weird propaganda piece. We all saw where EU & Germany stood when Catalonia had a vote.
So true. BBC Scotland - "fitba and murders". Scotland deserves better.
@@numanunees2597 The vast majority of Catalans didn't vote because it was an illegal referendum, therefore almost the only people voting were the ones who wanted independence. If only one group votes, you can get whatever results you like
SNP have caused the financial crisis in Scotland. They have mismanaged contracts worth millions, money missing, money lent to people it shouldn't have been. The education which used to be the envy of the world, is now destroyed thanks to SNPs new curriculum. The policies SNP have taken have caused the poverty levels in Scotland, Labour has done the same in Wales and Conservatives in England. So its not "Brexit" as we still have all the costly and unnecessary business regulations and Laws. Those were supposed to have gone by now to free up our economy in order so we could become competitive on the global stage. That isn't allowed to happen because of the plans of outsourcing everything especially industries eastwards. Our energy costs are high because of high taxation which could be lowered to make it more affordable, also its because of the green agenda and restricting the supply of energy is part of that. Then food price increase is down to the high price of fertilisers as farmers are struggling to pay the costs. Fertiliser is expensive because businesses couldn't afford the energy costs to produce it. So rather than the Government reduce taxes to these essential businesses, they have allowed them to close. The main producer of fertiliser is Russia who supply the world. Then printing currency during lockdown has caused inflation. So nothing is as simple as it seems and there is a lot of decisions being made in all parts of UK which are deliberately ruining our economy and hurting the people. Which is the same in Europe, Australia, NZ, Canada and USA. We are all being economically destroyed and the only ones thriving are the likes of Bazos, Gates etc.
Got news for you, Conservatives done it to Wales, England and Scotland.
If your blaming the Conservatives for what happens in England, which you are, then it's their fault for the other nations, Conservatives are in power, you even list what you see as wrong and all of it is under Conservatives control
Snp don't have anywhere close to the power the concave.
Literally every issue you listed is controlled by the Conservatives.
Mind blowing you can say the whole uk has the same problems but the folk who have all the power, Conservatives, aren't to blame
'Snp cause the financial crisis' you then go on to say its all because of business regulations which the tories control.
You moan about outsourcing, again that's Westminster policy.
You then blame printing money which is controlled by Westminster
I am Scott and Jamaican. My heart goes out to Scotland!!!
Too good to be true brother
From this documentary, it seems in general:
Poor people/middle class- vote for independence
Rich people-oppose independence.
You might want to add: young, progressive Scots seek independence (edit: with the hope to join the EU again), older conservative ones less so
Similar to brexit, but most of those votes came from a poorer rural people rather than scotlands poorer urban people.
I guess that’s the case because poor people have to believe in something, whether it’s lottery tickets or a change of government something has to be the answer to make things better
YES for Scotland, dream for century.
Correct me if I'm wrong. As much as I think Scottish independence will yield benefits over time, the immediate drawbacks will overshadow whatever poverty problems and economic failures Scottish people are enduring at the moment.
I can't think of a lot of Corporations willing to put resources into a newly formed country due to uncertainty. There are just way too many unknowns and short of a huge top-down Central planning scheme as seen in postwar Germany, living costs and commodities will continue to skyrocket, and multinational corporations and investors will pull out, at least until the newly independent Scotland stabilizes itself in some capacity.
Corporations and investors withdrawing or closing shop exacerbates the existing problems, turning "in-work poverty" into "unemployed." As much as I hope for the Scottish economy to improve and for circumstances to get better for people in this part of the world, declaring independence should be done very carefully, planned long in advance, and coordinated closely with counterparts in DC, Westminster, Edinbrugh, and Brussels. And this is if independence is even the right move.
Hope the best in future for Scottish people
Same issues on the other side of the world. Not just the UK struggling with cost of living. Politicians will tell you what you want to hear to suit their agendas.
Freedom for Scotland 🇨🇭❤🏴
@@andrewmunro8830 You're not even Scottish.
@@andrewmunro8830 try hard Boris Jihadists BOT
@@MmmM-uo6ti Charming. Not sure you know what a bot is, mate. You've also failed to address the actual substance of the issue here.
Carry on.
@@andrewmunro8830Says the intimidated folk.
it is.. and a net receipiant of english tax money to prop up scottish economy
As a Chinese, I support the independence of Scotland people.
Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of an angry man.
Love from France to Scotland and his people.
I think Scotland should do whatever the majority wants. After the brexit fiasco I wouldn't blame them at all for going their own way. If it makes economic sense then go for it!!! All the best from Canada. Love the brogue!!! 🇨🇦❤️🏴
Thank you from Scotland. I just wish you Canadians could get rid of Trudeau. I have a Son and 2 Gran-daughters over there in Maple ridge BC.
It makes no economic sense at all. Look at all the whinging about the threat to 8% of Scottish exports from Brexit. England is 60% of Scottish exports. But in SNP lala land, somehow that's ok. But like any bunch of wokels, they have their own 'truth'.
@@audreymcgready4329 They can't do that . That wee boy is Klaus Martin Schwab's beloved son .
@@andrewmunro8830 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 👍.
@@tomk8729 Don't talk to me about la la land after Brexit. Did you get your unicorn yet?
Every state and person should be able to decide over themselves and be independent from other people or other oppressive and more powerful states.
Each individual person can establish a country?
@@the_indelible_onion yeah, make your own Soviet Onion
@@dingdingdingding2871 sounds delicious 🤤
The United Kingdom isn't oppressive to Scotland in anyway and it is not powerful over Scotland it is powerful FOR Scotland. Independence will cause it to be oppressed and controlled by more powerful nations.
@@lukemurray4950 exactly. This is why Scotland was given the referendum. We are a democratic nation.
Scotland needs independence from Britain, Free Scotland
England needs independence from Scotland, Free England! England was ruled by Scottish kings after 1707 (?) and costs England&Wales a lot of Barnett formula money which could be spent on poorer parts of England&Wales.
Praying for Scotland's safety, love from India
Thankyou. If you want to support the great nation of Scotland, don't do a trade deal with UK as it will ultimately benefit England. Just trade with EU. Then when Scotland gains it's independence and rejoins EU, Scotland will also benefit from a trade deal with India. Do not give your wealth to England.
@@SonsofThunder1234 I don't think India would let it's former coloniser exploit it again. By former coloniser I'll refer to the entire Great Britain here (not Northern Ireland).
@@andrewmunro8830 Well, they are a part of UK, so I mean... They should be
@@PasscodeAdvance India is considering a trade deal with UK though. It MUST NOT happen. India should only trade with EU.
@@SonsofThunder1234 but you have to fight for it, we can't ask our PM that or a foreign minister, you should make world realise situation of Scotland
Thank you DW Documentary for an unbiased coverage of affairs in our country. You dont know how powerful this film is. You have shown integrity and we dont see that from the British media. PLEASE AID US IN OUR FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY!
Thanks for commenting. We are happy to hear you like the docu!
My mother and my mothers dad was born in Scotland. Im born in Canada at 1987. Am I still entitled for citizen ship ? I cant seem to find anything online talking about it. I heard that certain people are if there parents were born in UK ?
@@savagex466-qt1io If your mother was born in Scotland you definitely have UK citizenship 👍
Oddly enough I noticed that those against independence are well-off Scotts; not the "little" people.🤔 That should be an indication on their motivation 😏 Stay strong Nationalist Scotland!
Tories = capitalism
I think well educated would be the correct term
If Scotland leaves the UK it would the best decision they ever made. Being part of a failing country vs being part of the worlds most diverse network of culture and finance is a bit of a no brainer. The amount of inward investment would be huge, property would boom, the economy would boom and the influx of skills would be incredible.
The average Scot would be priced out of their own country and go south.
Greetings of solidarity from Indonesia. Freedom and justice for all !
@Jim Rolfe even the papuans don't like the separatists
Thankyou for your support.🏴
@Jim Rolfe That Rebelions separatist was Funded by Netherlands Kingdom back in years 1925.
As an Englishman I'd be happy for Scotland to be independent; I'm tired of subsidising Scotland with my taxes.
Giving a shout-out from India... "Scotland, come on mate. What's taking you so long to kick out the Brits?" :)
Scotland are Brits.
as an Indian, I fully support Scotland Independence.
@@greatbritainandnorthernireland saddo
The oil is in scotland sir, therefore it's our oil and we are taking it with us when we go, we'll need it to negotiate our new future!! 🏴🏴🏴
The population in Scotland has already gone through 12 years of austerity due to the tory government we have never voted for. We are a rich country and will be so much better off once we are INDEPENDENT
LOL
What about the damage being done to our NHS, education system and local services by the SNP government we never voted for?
@@andrewmunro8830 You are very much mistaken if you think the SNP are to blame. Scotland is out performing the rest of the uk in education and our NHS is a lot better than england for waiting times etc. Of course you will never read or hear about that in the tory sponsored media. It is always Scotland bad, SNP bad. They want us to stay in their union and dirty tricks are all they have
@@andrewmunro8830 Does ‘we’ in this case mean ‘you’ or ‘the majority’?
@@clarecrawford9677 "we" means the majority of Scots. Us.
Fully support Scottish with what ever they decide ❤️
The Scots decided to remain part of the Union not that long ago if my memory serves me correctly
@@gastonjoseph666 Scotland was lied too in 2014 ....
1. To remain in the e.u you have to vote to remain in the UK...lie
2. Treated as equals 🤦 lies
3. Devo max another lie from our fascist dictators
@@gastonjoseph666 your memory is biased though ya knee bending serf to the English establishment
@@gastonjoseph66662% of votes in Scotland were opposed to Brexit.
@@britnatzaredemocracydenier5922 like scottish nationalists want to bend ze knee to the eu!!!!
I am Syrian and I love Scotland very much 🏴❤
X2 🇲🇽🤝🏴
Even though the Scottish soldiers invaded Syria?
@@SallySturman when did this happen؟
@@user-ih1oq7dw5s 1940-41 and 2015. Balfour was also Scottish.
THIS OUR NATION WE SHOULD CHOOSE OUR OWN FUTURE
We did. Thankfully the seccessionist eejits lost.
We had a vote and we did.
Britain said the same thing when voting for Brexit, and we all saw how that turned out. I love the selective amnesia of the Scottish people... the bogus economic arguments, as well as rhetoric about control and independence are the same whether you're talking about Brexit or Scottish independence, but the latter would be far worse for the people it affects.
BRAVEHEART, freedom for Scotland! Supporter from Australia.
We have freedom. We don't want these idiot seccessionists messing things up even more than they have already. They lost the vote, now they want another one.
@Norman Ocampo Braveheart osnt a documentary! If Wallace had an affair with Isabella she would have been about 10 years old when he died and was living in France!
Thankyou for your support🏴 Didn't realize Scotland and the Scottish were so admired and respected by the rest of the world.
A Scottish pro union man with a German wife. So he is anti EU I guess? Kind of reminds me of Nigel Barrage that anti Eu anti immigrant English money grubbing Spiv. Scottland was always the donor in this United Kingdom arrangement. Both in men for wars and money for the rich south. Westminster is no friend of Scotland but the EU was. Maybe Scotland will have to follow the way Ireland became independent. Scotland is not free yet most other parts of the empire are free. Scotland is rich and yet it is poor within the union. The money went south.
I as an Englishman with Scotish blood advise the Scots to vote for independence and join the EU Before the ship sinks We were all Sold a lie with Brexit ( Costs n Immigration ) its brought the opisite rising costs and more Immigration and the ship is sinking Faster Vote for independence 🏴
I was born in North of England my heart lies with the Scots. They are right! I want to move and be around those who aren't up their own asse! Who talk straight ✌
Do not bruise your arse on the door as you leave
@@OneTrueScotsman Didn't dive it a 2nd thought,
Seems that Scotland can do better by joining the EU. Offloading the fiasco of England (terrible leaders) will be a plus.
I would vote for Scotland to get their independence, but I live in England so won’t get much say in it. Hopefully it will happen quickly.
Why?
@@yashrajdixit4412
Because Scotland deserves freedom, they deserve the right to rejoin the EU, they deserve to be citizens of a republic and not merely the subjects of a monarch
Hopefully they don't
@@wabalaladabdab 😂
I am from Ireland and independence has been the best thing to ever happen our country so I wish Scotland luck in their fight for freedom 🇪🇺🇮🇪🏴
i want independent scotland 🏴 i support Scottish 🏴independence from India 🇮🇳
Hahahaha. Good joke. The independence movement died as soon as the witch of the North was arrested. Everyone hates the new SNP. Khalistan is now more likely to leave India then Scotland the UK.
You should support independent khalistan as well
@@AntiDegenerate1971 what is khalistan i never heard of it and i think Scotland🏴 will become a independent country ✊
@@AntiDegenerate1971first free scotland
Give the English a vote on it too and Scottish nationalists might just get what they have long wished for.
English shouldnt get a choice. If a woman wants to break up with her husband. The husband doesnt get a say in it. The guy can't say no your not allowed to divorce me. Either the union is voluntary or one side is subservient to the other.
@@LeftWingNationalist Dont cofuse the English people with the UK government. The English couldnt care less.
We should respect the decision of the people of Scotland 🏴
We should indeed - they voted to remain part of the UK.
Alan is a retired rich old man who isn’t going through what a lot of Scottish people are going through. He doesn’t have to worry about whether he’s gonna keep his house warm or feed his family.
The rich want’s to stay since a lot of the issues going aren’t effecting them. The middle classes and the poor wants independence 🏴
@@abdifatahahmed8814 That would make 55% of Scots 'rich'? A bold claim.
I've been to Montrose in Scotland. Beautiful town. When the Kingdom of Scotland becomes independent once again, i will visit the country.
As an American Scotch-Irish I support this, it is a few centuries over due! But I'm not too sure about entering into the EU, that sounds like a bad deal to me.
Why
I like how they blame the War in Ukraine for everything.
Scotland 🏴 must vote 🗳 for independent..
We did vote. The seccessionists lost. Currently the polls say 54% would make the same decision.
@@tomk8729 pre brexit. This vote would be post brexit.
It will. Trust me 🏴
Scotland is a beautiful place and the people were friendly to me. I will say it never made sense to me that they aren’t separate in the first place…. Scotland and England are TOTALLY different.
This is a really divisive and sensitive matter. I hope Scottish people get what they really want. Let the majority decide the fate of the country in a democratic and fair manner.
I moved to Scotland 40 yrs ago. I reckon my life has been better than if I had stayed in Yorkshire, and better still than if I had moved South.
In general , the farther North you live in Britain, the happier your life, but we still complain about being short changed by those in the South.
We are though
Republic of Scotland!
I'm down for what Frankie Boyle said. We just throw a spanner in the works and declare an islamic caliphate 🤣
It would probably go back to being a Kingdom first. One thing at a time.
@@TheWaveGoodbye-Music Rejoin the EU and it won't be long 👍
@@daev3000 Who would be King? Klaus Schwab?
@@user-jt3zv2jc7u I'd suggest you reevaluate what media you're consuming if you think those comments mean something.
Independence to Scotland......Let them be Free
Go for it Scotland!!! The UK doesn't want to lose Scotland due to the oil and other natural resources they control.
Why pro-Brexit voters thought leaving the EU was a good idea is beyond me. The cost of basic goods and cost of living is outrageous.
you think eu avoided inflation? half the eu has worse inflation ha ha , how about catalonia , you support their independence?
Even though plenty of EU countries have worse inflation and cost of living problems... Just like the Trump supporters blaming Joe Biden.
@@catmonarchist8920 I didn't vote for Trump and I don't blame Joe Biden. But, hey, if you want to make everything about the USA you go right ahead. For the record there is a whole rest of the world out there.
@@tishw4576 and large numbers of countries all over the world are having the same problems or worse (to the point of famine in a few African countries).
Blaming the global economic situation on the domestic political situation is something remainers and Trump supporters have in common that makes it relavant.
@@catmonarchist8920 Point taken.
We will stand Scotland people
As part of the UK, Scotland has been going through austerity for over 12 years 🤣
the opposite of austerity is deficit spending. But for deficit spending you need someone who gives you credit to finance this deficit, a lot of credt, billions. Do you think an independent Scotland with a more leftist government would have a tripple AAA rating on the international finanial markets?
@@ekesandras1481 probably not, but that would be a product of the process of independence.
Brexit has caused the UK to be now classed as an 'emerging market' i doubt we could do worse.
@@ekesandras1481 triple A credit rating still affords a huge swath of people in poverty and homelessness
@@zernebock73 and yet Scotland is far more dependent on the rest of the UK than the UK ever was on Europe - I suppose it would gain 'emerging market' status rather quickly...
@@AGP335 dependent? Ask Ireland how that works.
The English constitution party is in support of Scottish independence, referendum for England, asap. 💚 Scotland 👍 Welch and NI. Void the acts of union.
Never ever support secession. 👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😏
@@mktf5582
You didn't vote for Britex then
@@Albanach-je1nkCorrect I didn't vote brexit.
@MKTF the UK as a political entity is over, the Union is dead, brexit killed it, just accept and move on.
@@nelsonsibiya9204 HaHAHA, Britain/UK is a country not a union,and no it will never end.👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧😏😊
DW Documentary, vielen Dank wie immer 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I went there last summer and it was unbelievable, edinborough one of the coolest cities in the world 🌍
While I do think the Scots should be allowed either a greater deal of autonomy or the right to determine weather they want to go independent in a post Brexit climate. It does grind on me when Scots play the 'parasitical colonialism' card, and that Scotland is poorer than 'the south of the UK', but remains wealthier than the north of of the UK, Wales and northern island. Scotland also MASSIVELY benefited from taking part in a parasitic colonial system they opted to join, disproportionately so in terms of its size compared to any other country in the union. You can have a right to determine your own future without cherry picking fact about your own past and present.
Hi Slippery Winston.. can you try and get a copy of Believe in Scotland ( the maxi version is best) and understand a more enlightened modern view? I am no history expert but I do acknowledge what your make as some valid comment. Please look back 100 years… that’s all.
Exactly
True. Scots joined in the brutal UK colonialism in Nigeria which created a messy crisis there till date. The Biafrans in Nigeria want a referendum but the UK keeps blocking it. It’s time for Scotland, Biafra, Ambazonia and any other group willing to exit a union, to do so.
We can’t have freedom to divorce, sexual orientation etc yet get upset when a region wants to exit a country. Double standards.
I would love to visit Scotland.... the country❤🔥
🏴🏴🏴
it is a country
You can. Anytime you want.
You will be most welcome.
I am visiting Scotland this summer. If it does becomes a country, I guess I can check mark it as another country in my bucket list lol.
Im Indian and I support Scott land Independence.
That's right, hell yeah. Scottish independence, we vouch for a weaker Europe.
Thankyou for your support but if you truly want to support Scotland, do not do a trade deal with UK as it will benefit England. Trade with EU and when Scotland becomes independent and rejoins EU, which it will, no doubt, we will benefit from trade deal with India. Thankyou.🏴
@@SonsofThunder1234 We hate UK 🇬🇧. So no FTA with UK.
we relate with Scotland england just wants to exploit people.
@@deusmachinima1189 even when Scotland becomes independent it will remain in Europe moreover it join EU far better than UK where they don't even consider them european but islanders.