This is the reason Westminster holds on to Scotland so tight. This is Scotland's oil - irrespective to who digs it up or who gives said companies License's to work it. License's which can be withdrawn.
How do you work out it is Scotland's oil in a United Kingdom and why is it Sturgeon and her Green sleeves, harvie etc deny the Cambo Oil Field, when it would solve our energy crisis, create jobs and national wealth?
Seems a bit sad to hear how people in these days had their dreams of what might be the future for The UK using the oil revenue.......where did it all go I wonder??
Substitute U.K. for London,the city that was built by Scottish Oil. Is it any wonder that Westminster will do anything to keep us at heel,why do you think that they brought up their Imperial Masters to Glasgow in September 2014,simple really,to get the simpletons to be Better Together. Just look at the Hell it has put us through,Masons,Orangemen,staunch to the core,Rule Britannia indeed. A bloody I.Q. of zero is the sum total inside their head,they really are that stupid and it's no wonder that Westminster laughs their arses off at us,us who are living in one of the richest countries on earth yet 1 in 4 families are poor,surrounded by foodbanks.
This is absolutely quite accurate and if we look at how mainly Labour has betrayed Scotland from Harold Wilson in 1974 to Blair in 1999 who changed the English sea rights without it being made known to the Scots in general although the traitors in the Scottish Office signed off on it. See the following posts,
You're right there Robbie Donald Dewar and Tony Blair they could only do that as Scotland is a member of the UK after independence those sea boundaries have to revert back to there origional position by International Law, Maritime Law, UN and EU laws
Lol notorious for spreading lies... Through word of mouth but most unionists don't like what they read on the site so just brushbit off as lies... Did you even bother reading it Tom Johnson bet you didn't. So the usual pish comes out about where he lives... I love Scotland but I'd still move, you can still love a place and not live there! This is where you 'Brits' get all confused about Iraqis, afghans, Syrians, etc whonkive in the UK and get pissed off when we bomb their countries! The oil price fluctuates mate and when the article was written was applicable at the time and still holds true
This is incredible - The BBC! Full of UK MPs saying that there is a supply excess which will last for at least 4 decades, without new exploration. Yet they claim this is a liability for an Independent Scotland and that it is running out! Scotland - we need to see through the lies and see the benefit of this resource for our families, our kids, our grandkids
+James McL SNP will destroy Scotland. Vote Scottish Conservatives if you really want Scotland to propsper. The only 'benefit' of the SNP are their huge 'benefits' plans to buy votes. If you own a house or have a good job do NOT vote SNP. If you are a chav or a scrounger then go for it.
Lee Gilray Are you happy that Scotland now has a lower threshold for Higher Rate Tax? That Scotland is borrowing more than the rest of the UK? 'Your' business could be taken from you to assist wealth distribution.....if it is worth anything.... in days to come.
Cannot Believe G Brown is still in Parliament after de-regulating the Banks and selling a huge quantity of our Gold when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, He sold about 395 tons of gold over 17 auctions from July 1999 to March 2002, at an average price of about US$275 per ounce, raising approximately US$3.5 billion.[8] By 2011, that quantity of gold would be worth over $19 billion
He was USED & may have been set up in terms of supposed abuse or not I am not sure as they set him up three times ok so follow... dot to dot to dot on this you ready. BLAIR +BUSH +IRAQ+FALSE FLAG = OIL BLAIR EXIT INTRO - D Leg. on Secrecy Act Intro'd as CHILD abuse stories started to surface BLAIR elects SCOTMAN Brown to do a job he just aint trained for PUBLIC speeches etc and they send him around a housing ESTATE yes a HOUSING estate he was set up in a blinder as BBCjournalist in back of car filmed him and leaked it ... WHO RUN BBC? The Gov ... So then he is TOLD (by Monarch) to sell the GOLD he did not choose but was TOLD as already the Jewish (non Zionists) were coming after their rightful birth right that was in UK Gov vaults. He was advised to sell when he didn't touch the gold take it to a shop and hand it over he just signed a paper for the Monarch before the Jewish arrived and showed them up. They sold it to the ZIONISTS not the Jewish the ZIONISTS who reign terror on Gazza. Gazza is like or could be compared if French invaded Scotland and pushed US ALL down South and we were poor, our economy was robbed and OUR lands were robbed of its OIL for greed of THE SUPERPOWERS.
All being sent home as the price has slumped massively,but not for long it's all companys from Aberdeen to Netherlands Ect.....Scotland is well weathy why INDY-2 MUST HAPPEN : )
Nope, you were more of a shithole before you joined the Union, when you were almost bankrupt after your own failed attempt to build a union. Luckily not all Scots are as anti-English as you, many joined with England and went to our colonies before you were even in the Union. I don't want you in the union at all if everyone is like you. Ungrateful fuckers, only have Orkney and Shetland anyway but for the power of Great Britain, now you're fucking bending over for the EU like a bunch of pathetic parasites....joining whatever union you thing will give you more money. Well you bet on the wrong horse this time. The EU is screwed, you're joining a crumbling union then you'll be left on your own, probably less Orkney and Shetland. We don't need to fake anything, you can't even convince Scots outside that shithole Glasgow. The pound only went down because morons like the Governor of the Bank of England and Cameron said the UK would be fucked, but hey, we're not and are still growing faster than Germany, France or Italy. Like the US this week, the FTSE is almost an all time high, anyway, off you go, go campaign to join that union, I'd like to see Nicola swallow Junckers junk just to retain your 12% export market in the worlds slowest growing market, lets hope they grow enough to but a little more of your whiskey over there eh once you lose the 55% you export to the rest of the UK. Fucking ignorant morons :D Scottish Communist Party twats
Most of you that comments don't know what happened with the oil in the beginning the yanks invested in the oil they built and paid for the platforms along with shell and BP they paid for the exploration of the Northsea not the Government the deal was they get to keep the oil they also pay a license fee for extracting the oil worth billions we get the revenue for every barrel produced but those licenses can be revoked at anytime
I'm sure that there are a lots of people in the North of England, who would love to be free from the shackles of Westminster and join an independent Scotland! Where do we draw the boundaries?
You know what WE will not be mean with our dist. It has already been said about Berwick being open to joining Scotland so hey .... We will make sure your good for rev. distr.
SHUT UP with the infighting your a bunch of idiots bejeezus GET us a YES get those kiddie fiddling fraud thieving caunnnnnts tae and then find a common ground
Professor O'Dell obviously knows what he is talking about, but the others don't, tapped out by 1995,the peak wasn't until 1999! 2024 now and we are still producing over half a million barrels a day!
Scotlands oil, Scotlands money. It shows the abysmal attitude of some of the upper class of England. Very sad indeed. They still feel they they can do as they wish to Scotland......... WRONG
***** yes because the revenue has been wasted. Many assets are now in their twilight years. Brent Delta still stands, but is empty. Many of the platforms in that area are 28+ years. They had a shelf life of 20 years.
Why mention SNP? They are every bit as bad as every other party..... Ah wait a minute, you thought I supported SNP?!?!?! Sorry back to school for you!! SNP are just as bad but cunningly calculate their plans way better than Westminster! They don't get caught out as much! Who in their right mind would want independence to hand control back to the EU? Only a halfwit! They don't ban fracking, why? They aren't against either TTIP or CETA why? Because it will line their pockets! SNP moan about Tory trying to remove the human rights act then try to bring in a named persons scheme only to have it refused due to it contravening the human rights act the tory party tried scrapping. Only a halfwit would support SNP my friend!
***** she promised something she could still deliver but won't. She won't win as she has done nothing to address things like currency, defence and international affairs. None of that has been addressed. So she would do the same thing again and expect a different result. Can you imagine the irony. Vote yes for independence and I will take you back into the European Union to hand over the newly won independence ......... the woman is a numpty!
England has no black gold, its Scotland who provides its oil to 20 million drivers across the UK per year, last year Westminster made about 6 Billion plus and that's part of the reason why Scotland should be Independent.
If oil is so important to the economy of Scotland, then why did the people vote remain? This documentary is intentionally leaving something out. That something isn't the smell of crude oil. It's the smell of organized, unidentified source money, along with the greed and corruption that accompany it. Scotland - go independent.
If you want an example of who owns the revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas, look no further than Norway. Great Britain has debts, austerity! Norway has a Sovereign Wealth Fund, worth approx 400 billion Pounds, called The Norwegian State Pension Fund? Norway started to produce oil and gas at the same time as GB! What was it that Norway did right and GB did wrong? Answers on a postcard please.
I don't want to give you all the answers, but you should talk to some Norwegians. The average Norwegian does not see any of that money. It is a huge private hedge fund. The trick is this. The income from this fund is fantastic. BUT... The pension liabilities are tiny by comparison. So here is how the scam works. The government and taxpayer contribute to this huge fund. It is one of the biggest shareholders in the world and derives a massive income. The cost of paying out pensions to pensioners is a small fraction of the income. Where does the surplus income for this over funded pension go? That is the billion dollar question. The operator of this pension fund also has a great deal of power in corporations through the ownership of voting shares. They can dictate corporate policy and hire and fire executives. This is the real value of pension funds, the pensioners get no share of the profits or value of this fund. It is a mirage. It is like me using your car for 99% of the time and paying you off by giving you a lift to the airport when you go on holiday.
wjestick Pensioners are not suppose to get direct income from the fund it is not the goal of the fund to do this. The fund is a future security net that a government can use at any time if there is a crisis. Since Norway has a very well run economy this has not happened to date but that does not mean it cannot happen there is an other word recession coming around the corner. The new government is using some of the fund to invest in infrastructure so as to say it is not benefiting the country is simply not true.
Here's a truth, the Oil is Shetland and Orkney Oil. Clearly following a successful Scottish independence vote, the recent acquisitions of Scotland need to be given a chance to remain in the UK and receive special tax concessions.
This guy is hilarious. Scotland is a bampot economy - But England/Westminster should keep it/bail it out. Following successful Indy vote Shetland/Orkney should get a vote to go with Scotland or England? - so I guess Isle of Wight/Jersey get the same vote? Orkney is 10km from Scotland mainland - around 400km from England - But would be better managed by England than Scotland. Shetlands nearest landmass is Scotland - but should be managed by England. Your knowledge of the history of the Isles would fit on a postage stamp. Both Orkneys and Shetland Isles were clan lands - invaded are ruled by norse before Scotland or England existed. Sometime in the 15th Century - After the nation of Scotland was formed - The isles were handed to the Scottish crown by a Norse king in dowry for his daughter who married into the Scottish royalty. The islands are Scottish - If the islanders dispute that, they can campaign for their own independence after Scottish independence. But one thing is certain - after Scottish independence - what the Orkney/Shetland islanders want to do will have as much to do with England as the Isle of Wight will have to do with Scotland...
90% of the oil is Scotland's and when we get our Independence the 7 oil fields in the 6000 sq mls of Scottish seas that were stolen from us by Westminster in 1999 will be returned to us. It's an absolute disgrace that Scotland is only one of the two countries in the World, the other Iraq, to have found oil but have no oil fund. Worst still the revenue was used to keep the London Casino ticking over, build the Channel Tunnel, motorways in England and so on. Scotland got nought. Scotland is still swimming in oil. Recent news highlights that there have been massive finds in the last few weeks. Not reported in the news of course. Jim Rodgers also points out on TH-cam ... Brexit: when Scotland leaves and takes their oil England is in real trouble.
Meh, it is Shetland and Orkney Oil, Westminster needs to give these islands that Edinburgh stole from Norway the opportunity to remain a special status in the UK and reclaim their waters and the oil within. It is a disgrace that Scotland is planning to steal the Islands Oil to keep the IMF from its door whilst the price is high. Yep, referendum for Shetland and Orkney Islands to regain independence from Scotland within a UK
They wouldn't be going alone would they? They would probably chose to stay in the UK. As I am sure Nicola Sturgeon would agree, the people of Orkney and Shetland shouldn't be taken out of the UK against their will. We will give them a vote.
Where sufficient water supply is available to cool Electrical Generating Plants an Electrical Generating Plant can be constructed on the Site of the Coal Deposit. This is an excellent way to supply Energy to a local Region. This is not a great way to provide Energy to a location a thousand miles away. Where sufficient water is available Coal can be converted at great cost onto Synthetic Oil. Once the Coal is Converted into Synthetic Oil it can be transported at very low cost. When the ratio is less than one it may be Economical to Convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. When the ratio is greater than one it is not Economically feasible to convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. The same is true for a decision to convert Coal to Synthetic Gas. Raw Coal can be ground up into coarse flour and flushed through Coal Slurry Sluice Lines. Take a coffee can of coal and grind it up in a meat grinder and pour the coffee can of ground up coal into the toilet and flush it. Same Principle!
Billy Halliday yes a bbc reporter asked 3 people from Shetland, would you like to get away from those bad people , they all said yes after the bbc reporter got the drink in all night, they did laugh about it the next day free drink all night for telling an idiot what he wants to here........ money for old rope, they said heh heh heh
I see that some people on here are bleating on about the price of oil: The drop. The price of oil fluctuates and at the moment is around $50 a barrel. This was the case between the late 60's until 2006 (over 35 years) and Westminster faired very well indeed with that. Oil over $100 a barrel was a rare phenomenon. Additionally oil revenue catering for 5 million people rather than 60 million makes a massive difference. Check out David Cameron's 'slip up' on the Marr Show in June (Brexit .... 13 minutes in) and you'll see what I mean. And by the way his comment about Noway having a population of 4 million is wrong. Norway has 5 million residents exactly like Scotland. Scotland with 1% of the EU population is it's largest oil provider (60%) and second biggest gas provider. It contributes 25% wind energy and 10% wave energy. With 9% of the U.K. population exports over 50% of food and drink and there's lots more. Waken up folks, see the light, see the truth, see through their lies and vote for Independence.
Where sufficient water supply is available to cool Electrical Generating Plants an Electrical Generating Plant can be constructed on the Site of the Coal Deposit. This is an excellent way to supply Energy to a local Region. This is not a great way to provide Energy to a location a thousand miles away. Where sufficient water is available Coal can be converted at great cost onto Synthetic Oil. Once the Coal is Converted into Synthetic Oil it can be transported at very low cost. When the ratio is less than one it may be Economical to Convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. When the ratio is greater than one it is not Economically feasible to convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. The same is true for a decision to convert Coal to Synthetic Gas.
Ratification of UNCLOS II the United Nations Law of the Sea would extend U.S. Territorial Waters to 600 miles from shore and include the continental shelf. The New U.S. Territorial Waters would be managed by the appropriate State Government. This would have profound effects on Offshore Gambling and Offshore Banking Interests. The U.S. Military supports Ratification of UNCLOS II for Security Reasons. Ratification of UNCLOS II would grant U.S. Companies the legal right to mineral leases in the New Territorial Waters. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports Ratification of UNCLOS II for Economic Reasons. Mineral Leases and Mineral Mining in the New Territorial Waters is considered a Stimulating Economic Environment. Ratification of UNCLOS II would Seat the United States of America on the Rule Making Body of UNCLOS with veto power over New Rules. Write your Senator urging Ratification of UNCLOS II. Write your Governor urging support for Ratification of UNCLOS II.
Oil prices crashing worldwide, over 7,000 oil jobs lost in the last 3 months in Norway alone & their economy which relies on 20% of it's revenue on oil is in crises. There are big changes afoot internationally where those countries who have relied too heavily on oil are going to get a wake up call all too soon.
That's why Westminster wont give up Scotland. England does not subsidise Scotland!! We subsidise Westminster and England ,England hates Scotland but wont give it up .
@Tom Johnson yes that's what they want you to believe as yes you believe it all media lies if we are in so much debt why do Westminster want us to stay .
@Paul Fletcher this post was 3 months ago I have better things to do than read your boring non intellect answers that's why I said f##k off bored listening to racist remarks of my country I'm not against England but dont want to be governed by Westminster that dosent give a toss about Scotland good night Mr boring !!
The mistake that Scottish Nationalists make, is believing Scotland OWNS the oil in the North Sea, it doesn't! Scotland 'owns' a proportion of the tax which is levied on the companies who extract the oil. In real terms, this is a fraction of the value of the oil, NOT 100% of it's income! It's the companies who EXTRACT the oil who 'own' the profits, as they are the ones who finance it's location, extraction, refining, & sale.
keep saying did anyone notice just look at the amount of rigs have closed or dont produce much oil and the ones still running are slowing down what they pull out its running out fast they have a pipe dream of millions of gallons still in researve utter dreams,the feilds were they say is oil in the shail and those feilds are very low as they were tapped years ago 10 years max of oil left at the amount they are pulling out but we need more so could be less than 10 years the new rigs they say are replaceing old rigs so its not more rigs its just replaced rigs,plus russia pulls barrels out at 9 dallors a barrel the usa pull barrels out at 40 to 65 dollars a barrel the saudis 9 dollars a barrel and scotland is 28 to 39 a barrel so russi as more barrels spare and could drop the prices lower and the saudis usa and scotland dont ant that
I think the American Fracking boom and the subsequent plummet in oil prices renders this entire argument obselete. All of a sudden the stratergy of betting a country's future economy on the price of a volitile commodity doesn't seem so shrewd. Not heard much from Salmond and Sturgeon since the collapse in Brent crude and the subsequent desolation of the russian economy. Strange
Better together should talk about the 1000s of job losses in the shipping industry because all the Royal Navy contracts will end even the unions said will happen. They should talk about RBS (Scotland's biggest bank) which said they might move headquarters to London and 82% owned by UK government. They should talk about money which the UK government said are not willing to share. They should talk about American asking Scotland to keep the nukes in Scotland if they want to be in NATO which lot of people said they will as they are American nukes you know in British subs. They should talk about Spain blocking Scotland to join the EU because they don't want their own country to break up so they will make it as hard as possible to join the EU after. They should talk about the extra benefits the UK gets because of Thatcher which EU countries hate will most like be taken away if Scotland is allowed to join the EU. How hard is it to defend UK as it is easy but labour is not doing it well.
It is the truth. I also read that for Scotland to survice they need 1m immigrants as their are too many older people compared to working age people. I don't have a problem with immigration but that is a lot when there is only 5m people now which is 20% increase. England does not have that problem as there has already been mass immigration there. A million extra people would cause a lot of public sector problems. You must agree Scotland needs a lot more younger people and immigration is the only way as people will not just have more babies.
Be more Critical of what You read. Their is dis-Information everywhere in the world. You have the right to believe what You want, but You cannot make Me believe Scotland is better off with Westminster. As for needing one Million Immigrants, over exaggerated nonsense, even if what You say is true Younger People in England, Wales and Ireland would come to Scotland.
People don't go to Scotland that much. I think it is the weather but even though England had mass immigration there was nothing like that is Scotland. Most English people normally move south not north and I think the English think the Scots don't like them so I don't see that happening.
What your also not counting is the many scots who have said they will leave Scotland if it votes for independance how many that is who knows but some I'm sure but the thing is you can't believe everything that is said by both sides on this Alex thinks it's going to be some sort of utopia and uk gov thinks it's going to be much like when the ussr broke up I think it's going to be something in the middle but long term it don't look good for Scotland
Really?? So how come Norway, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia to name but a few places where there are fewer natural resources and industry manage to be so wealthy? Something missing in your comment I think.. It's called thought.
this presenter has a good stylist: black slims down for sure! Also the energy industry will never show you the back of it's tongue, don't be ridiculous :-)
Name calling is not ethic cleansing honestly.And the people calling each other scum and Bastards probably have history in being provoked.I should know my dead Mother gets brought up many times bye the person who trolls after me.Sorry that you have a Tory who practices that kind of hateful nationalism in charge of your nation.In Scotland its a civic nationalism,that has social justice at its heart.With a close eye on Europe and the world,were as your Brit nationalism looks to take us out of E.U.
Its funny but people say the UK investment in oil but when it comes to revenue it's Scottish? It's only a relatively short time it's turned to a Scottish surplus.
5 millions people in Scotland - this country can feed itselfs. SCOTLAND HAVE YOUR PROPER COUNTRY -now is a joke.( you just filling the budget gaps in down south )
@Tom JohnsonWHY ENGLAND WANTS SCOTLAND TO STAY IN UK - 1.LOVE 2.BEST FRIENDSHIP 3 MONEY ? you are not understanding the biggest problem here - England is keeping controll on Scottish economy and ability to progress - England is sinking and we do not asked to be on that ship. EU is just better option for this land and prosperity that single UK (ps. USA and CHINA is not going to make UK rich but will take more than give - knowing that you have no choice). Scottish people are getting fed up following blindly English mistakes. UK is a wrong set up. Ps. 2000 per head I think you believe statistics more tha reality of life in Scotland - people becoming poorer that Asia here. If UK really wants Scotland to be close partner lets do it after Independence. UK is a English Union to keep controle of sources and land of N.Irland ,Scotland and Welse.
@Tom Johnson ok so if now Scotland wants to make tax free land for foreign investors - can we do it through Edinburgh ? ANSWER IS No . Becasue we have to ask London for permission 🤔 how is this not controlling ?
@Tom Johnson Is it fair to leave EU when they did not wanted ? So make it easy to understand - Independent Scotland joining EU (as many post comunistic countries with bigger deficits and population - noting now 3% economical growth -Estonia , Danamark, Hungary ,Poland ,Czech,Malta etc) is going to be better with single market of UK or 27 countries trading supporting each other and becoming richer) 5 millione people is nothing for EU to rescue and make it better. UK =4 countries = 25% voting power each (why you did not do that befor?) UK set up is a fake democracy - Socrates democracy).ps. there is no Scottish investments when money goes to pot of so many people to share (5 milliones Scotland +59 in England ,Welse 3 milliones,N Ireland 1.5 ) so who get the most ?
Polls now the highest for Scottish Independence 63% 12/4/20 Opinium found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes 25/5/20 YouGov found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes 4/6/20 Opinium found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes 21/6/20 Panelbase found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes 12/8/20 YouGov found that 53 per cent of people would vote Yes 19/8/20 Savanta ComRes found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes 19/8/20 Panelbase found that 55 per cent of people would vote Yes 02/9/20 Panelbase found that 63 per cent of people would vote Yes The union has long been broken Scotland wants out, N Ireland wants reunification with Ireland Wales wants out if you believe Plaid Cymru so the English nationalists will get what they want.
And as the queen is queen of Scotland she owns Scotland's sea bed and she gives the uk gov permission to dish out mining rights as to who's the oil is that we will see in about 200 years when Scotland does vote for independance because it's not going to happen anytime soon
You have got to be fucking kidding me. The queen doesn't have power over Scottish people and she doesn't have a say about where oil from Scotland goes. And no, she doesn't own Scotland's sea bed. Don't be fucking rediculous.
TIM in Scotland the people are sovereign not the Queen and your talking about crown estates when Scotland becomes independent they will no longer be Crown estates the sovereign peoples of Scotland will own them instead of the UK government acting under the name of Crown Estates
William if Scotland votes to leave the union Scotland isn't becoming a republic the queen will still be head of state she is queen of Scotland and England mining consetions will still be granted by crown estates which in reality is just for show as the uk gov or the Scottish gov would have final say but as it's only 7-8 billion a year it's not really going to harm the uk gov too much if it loses the oil that and all the gas is in England's waters
No one is arguing about that the SNP have stated they will keep the Queen as head of State but she is not sovereign in Scotland the Scottish people are She will be Elisabeth the 1st Queen of Scots but not Queen of Scotland
I can't really get in to deep with that one as I'm not 100% on that subject but my understanding would be it would remain the same with the queen still being head of state
If it was up to the Jocks the oil would still where it is , they didn't pay or had the gumption to get the stuff up . Keep to making Haggis Lulu - Bay city rollers LOLOLOLOL Rab C rules
of coure its scottish, its in scottish waters therefor its scottish! the companies pay to drill there thats it, the lease from us, thatcher raped scotland of its oil and gave london a make over whilst the rest of the country was in poverty, thats the realism!! she fucked us over on more than 1 occasion and now we are gonna do the same back to those tory twats, bring on independence,
Funny how short the scots memory is oil has been around for a short amount of time yet Scotland and England have been a union since the 1700s yes Scotland is solvent now but remember when we joined each other Scotland was bankrupt and England paid off it's debt do you hear the English complaining about that no economy's go up and down to base a whole union on 30 years is just nonsense
The Oil is Scottish the Oil companies pay a license fee for every drilling platform and rig they get the oil we get the revenue for every barrel produced those licenses can be revoked at any time like just lately there was enough Scottish northsea gas found enough to keep the UK going for forty years the government pulled the Licenses on that field as they want to pursue fracking Osbornes father in law is involved with the fracking firms
It matters nothing if Osborne father is envolved in fracking pretty much every major gas and oil company is it's the future of gas and England is covered in it gas prices are going to go down not just because of that but also because Australia and whole host of other country's are also finding they can frack what I find so funny is I've heard scots claim all the revenue from North Sea oil is there's and not just the tax they think right there is 1 trillion pounds of oil so Scotland will get 1 trillion pound if Scotland votes to leave the union that's up to them but I don't think it will be a good idea
Tim Morgan go ahead it's your country that will be destroyed by it have a look at America land rendered useless cattle poisoned the water table poisoned go a head
i am shocked at some of the comments on here i thought scotland was united to stand for the better way of life for all and more important the future off our children but theres idiots talking about shetllands oil they sound like the tories full off greed wake up its all about scots making a better place for there childrens future it will take time to sort all out but we dont need people making things worse by say shit like its shetlands oil your not scottish if you think like that your a greedy tory
'you only have to read the comments by Scotish Natinalists to understand how events like Bosnia came about.' Shame on you. You call others hateful, petty and pathetic?
This is the reason Westminster holds on to Scotland so tight.
This is Scotland's oil - irrespective to who digs it up or who gives said companies License's to work it.
License's which can be withdrawn.
How do you work out it is Scotland's oil in a United Kingdom and why is it Sturgeon and her Green sleeves, harvie etc deny the Cambo Oil Field, when it would
solve our energy crisis, create jobs and national wealth?
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You must be English and on substances contrary to Section 31 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 !
Seems a bit sad to hear how people in these days had their dreams of what might be the future for The UK using the oil revenue.......where did it all go I wonder??
Substitute U.K. for London,the city that was built by Scottish Oil.
Is it any wonder that Westminster will do anything to keep us at heel,why do you think that they brought up their Imperial Masters to Glasgow in September 2014,simple really,to get the simpletons to be Better Together.
Just look at the Hell it has put us through,Masons,Orangemen,staunch to the core,Rule Britannia indeed.
A bloody I.Q. of zero is the sum total inside their head,they really are that stupid and it's no wonder that Westminster laughs their arses off at us,us who are living in one of the richest countries on earth yet 1 in 4 families are poor,surrounded by foodbanks.
No mention of Sir Ian '10 years of oil left' Wood,funny that.
This is absolutely quite accurate and if we look at how mainly Labour has betrayed Scotland from Harold Wilson in 1974 to Blair in 1999 who changed the English sea rights without it being made known to the Scots in general although the traitors in the Scottish Office signed off on it. See the following posts,
You're right there Robbie Donald Dewar and Tony Blair they could only do that as Scotland is a member of the UK after independence those sea boundaries have to revert back to there origional position by International Law, Maritime Law, UN and EU laws
Al Gilmore the truth dawns, Britain needs Scotland more than Scotland needs Britain.
Let your bile pour forth
+gotsda LOL yet the UK gov spend over 12.5 billion of that budget...
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Lol notorious for spreading lies... Through word of mouth but most unionists don't like what they read on the site so just brushbit off as lies... Did you even bother reading it Tom Johnson bet you didn't.
So the usual pish comes out about where he lives... I love Scotland but I'd still move, you can still love a place and not live there! This is where you 'Brits' get all confused about Iraqis, afghans, Syrians, etc whonkive in the UK and get pissed off when we bomb their countries!
The oil price fluctuates mate and when the article was written was applicable at the time and still holds true
This is incredible - The BBC! Full of UK MPs saying that there is a supply excess which will last for at least 4 decades, without new exploration. Yet they claim this is a liability for an Independent Scotland and that it is running out! Scotland - we need to see through the lies and see the benefit of this resource for our families, our kids, our grandkids
$30 a barrel... SNP lie
+James McL SNP will destroy Scotland. Vote Scottish Conservatives if you really want Scotland to propsper. The only 'benefit' of the SNP are their huge 'benefits' plans to buy votes. If you own a house or have a good job do NOT vote SNP. If you are a chav or a scrounger then go for it.
+W Yorks Lad LOL oil price fluctuates... maybe learn something
+Al Gilmore ha ha ha what a load of crap! I own my own business and home and I will NEVER vote for the tories!
Lee Gilray
Are you happy that Scotland now has a lower threshold for Higher Rate Tax? That Scotland is borrowing more than the rest of the UK? 'Your' business could be taken from you to assist wealth distribution.....if it is worth anything.... in days to come.
the fabric of Britain has been vastly improved yes sir, can I have some food please sir
Before this it was coal. Now it's oil. Both aren't the solution for the UK economy's future. Time to face realities.
AWESOME.EXCELLENT CHANNEL. SCOTLAND FIRST.
Cannot Believe G Brown is still in Parliament after de-regulating the Banks and selling a huge quantity of our Gold when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, He sold about 395 tons of gold over 17 auctions from July 1999 to March 2002, at an average price of about US$275 per ounce, raising approximately US$3.5 billion.[8] By 2011, that quantity of gold would be worth over $19 billion
He was a scap goat !
It still does not excuse the Fact He is Brainless
He was USED & may have been set up in terms of supposed abuse or not I am not sure as they set him up three times ok so follow... dot to dot to dot on this you ready. BLAIR +BUSH +IRAQ+FALSE FLAG = OIL BLAIR EXIT INTRO - D Leg. on Secrecy Act Intro'd as CHILD abuse stories started to surface BLAIR elects SCOTMAN Brown to do a job he just aint trained for PUBLIC speeches etc and they send him around a housing ESTATE yes a HOUSING estate he was set up in a blinder as BBCjournalist in back of car filmed him and leaked it ... WHO RUN BBC? The Gov ... So then he is TOLD (by Monarch) to sell the GOLD he did not choose but was TOLD as already the Jewish (non Zionists) were coming after their rightful birth right that was in UK Gov vaults. He was advised to sell when he didn't touch the gold take it to a shop and hand it over he just signed a paper for the Monarch before the Jewish arrived and showed them up. They sold it to the ZIONISTS not the Jewish the ZIONISTS who reign terror on Gazza. Gazza is like or could be compared if French invaded Scotland and pushed US ALL down South and we were poor, our economy was robbed and OUR lands were robbed of its OIL for greed of THE SUPERPOWERS.
He sold the gold to bail out jp morgan.
Please send me information on how to go to work on one of those rigs. Thank you
+JAGE MIDU If you swim there you get points for initiative.
All being sent home as the price has slumped massively,but not for long it's all companys from Aberdeen to Netherlands Ect.....Scotland is well weathy why INDY-2 MUST HAPPEN : )
...and even if it did, Shetland and Orkney independence will happen :D
Nope, you were more of a shithole before you joined the Union, when you were almost bankrupt after your own failed attempt to build a union. Luckily not all Scots are as anti-English as you, many joined with England and went to our colonies before you were even in the Union. I don't want you in the union at all if everyone is like you. Ungrateful fuckers, only have Orkney and Shetland anyway but for the power of Great Britain, now you're fucking bending over for the EU like a bunch of pathetic parasites....joining whatever union you thing will give you more money. Well you bet on the wrong horse this time. The EU is screwed, you're joining a crumbling union then you'll be left on your own, probably less Orkney and Shetland. We don't need to fake anything, you can't even convince Scots outside that shithole Glasgow. The pound only went down because morons like the Governor of the Bank of England and Cameron said the UK would be fucked, but hey, we're not and are still growing faster than Germany, France or Italy. Like the US this week, the FTSE is almost an all time high, anyway, off you go, go campaign to join that union, I'd like to see Nicola swallow Junckers junk just to retain your 12% export market in the worlds slowest growing market, lets hope they grow enough to but a little more of your whiskey over there eh once you lose the 55% you export to the rest of the UK. Fucking ignorant morons :D Scottish Communist Party twats
+angloengland eh... you call Scotland a shithole yet get the victim card out over anti englishness... typical English attitude
no mention of Piper Alpha
I'm really struck, reading comments, how the English seem to be far more united in wanting Scottish independence than the Scots themselves.
Most of you that comments don't know what happened with the oil in the beginning the yanks invested in the oil they built and paid for the platforms along with shell and BP they paid for the exploration of the Northsea not the Government the deal was they get to keep the oil they also pay a license fee for extracting the oil worth billions we get the revenue for every barrel produced but those licenses can be revoked at anytime
No surprise really, considering the amount of time and energy spent to perpetuate the "subsidy junkies" myth.
The incompetence of successive UK governments. Look how Norway managed their North Sea oil business and compare it to the UK. Enough said.
INDEPENDENCE for SCOTLAND time for England to stand on it's own two feet Bye Bye Westminster,,,
Great video, very informative
I'm sure that there are a lots of people in the North of England, who would love to be free from the shackles of Westminster and join an independent Scotland! Where do we draw the boundaries?
***** If you want People to vote Yes why are you abusing me?
If you were not so dim you would see we agree
You know what WE will not be mean with our dist. It has already been said about Berwick being open to joining Scotland so hey .... We will make sure your good for rev. distr.
SHUT UP with the infighting your a bunch of idiots bejeezus GET us a YES get those kiddie fiddling fraud thieving caunnnnnts tae and then find a common ground
LadyLynne Your a little disturbed, have a wee lie down
Professor O'Dell obviously knows what he is talking about, but the others don't, tapped out by 1995,the peak wasn't until 1999! 2024 now and we are still producing over half a million barrels a day!
Scotlands oil, Scotlands money. It shows the abysmal attitude of some of the upper class of England. Very sad indeed. They still feel they they can do as they wish to Scotland......... WRONG
Barrel is worth more than it was 7 years ago
***** yes because the revenue has been wasted. Many assets are now in their twilight years. Brent Delta still stands, but is empty. Many of the platforms in that area are 28+ years. They had a shelf life of 20 years.
Why mention SNP? They are every bit as bad as every other party..... Ah wait a minute, you thought I supported SNP?!?!?! Sorry back to school for you!! SNP are just as bad but cunningly calculate their plans way better than Westminster! They don't get caught out as much!
Who in their right mind would want independence to hand control back to the EU? Only a halfwit! They don't ban fracking, why? They aren't against either TTIP or CETA why? Because it will line their pockets!
SNP moan about Tory trying to remove the human rights act then try to bring in a named persons scheme only to have it refused due to it contravening the human rights act the tory party tried scrapping.
Only a halfwit would support SNP my friend!
***** she promised something she could still deliver but won't. She won't win as she has done nothing to address things like currency, defence and international affairs. None of that has been addressed.
So she would do the same thing again and expect a different result.
Can you imagine the irony. Vote yes for independence and I will take you back into the European Union to hand over the newly won independence ......... the woman is a numpty!
yes , support and merry christmas and happy new year amen...jm indeed.
Syrett Channel It was irrelevant before, as well. Britain IS Scotland... and all the other included regions it's colonized.
England has no black gold, its Scotland who provides its oil to 20 million drivers across the UK per year, last year Westminster made about 6 Billion plus and that's part of the reason why Scotland should be Independent.
If oil is so important to the economy of Scotland, then why did the people vote remain? This documentary is intentionally leaving something out. That something isn't the smell of crude oil. It's the smell of organized, unidentified source money, along with the greed and corruption that accompany it. Scotland - go independent.
...and the Queen ain't going to do Jack shit about it either!
If you want an example of who owns the revenues from North Sea Oil and Gas, look no further than Norway. Great Britain has debts, austerity! Norway has a Sovereign Wealth Fund, worth approx 400 billion Pounds, called The Norwegian State Pension Fund? Norway started to produce oil and gas at the same time as GB! What was it that Norway did right and GB did wrong? Answers on a postcard please.
Do you think it was a coincidence Norway and Scotland FOUND oil at the exact same time?
LadyLynne
The technology more or less came about that allowed it to happen.
Who really cares? Make your own wealth!
I don't want to give you all the answers, but you should talk to some Norwegians.
The average Norwegian does not see any of that money. It is a huge private hedge fund.
The trick is this. The income from this fund is fantastic. BUT... The pension liabilities are tiny by comparison. So here is how the scam works.
The government and taxpayer contribute to this huge fund. It is one of the biggest shareholders in the world and derives a massive income. The cost of paying out pensions to pensioners is a small fraction of the income.
Where does the surplus income for this over funded pension go? That is the billion dollar question. The operator of this pension fund also has a great deal of power in corporations through the ownership of voting shares. They can dictate corporate policy and hire and fire executives.
This is the real value of pension funds, the pensioners get no share of the profits or value of this fund. It is a mirage.
It is like me using your car for 99% of the time and paying you off by giving you a lift to the airport when you go on holiday.
wjestick
Pensioners are not suppose to get direct income from the fund it is not the goal of the fund to do this. The fund is a future security net that a government can use at any time if there is a crisis.
Since Norway has a very well run economy this has not happened to date but that does not mean it cannot happen there is an other word recession coming around the corner.
The new government is using some of the fund to invest in infrastructure so as to say it is not benefiting the country is simply not true.
Here's a truth, the Oil is Shetland and Orkney Oil. Clearly following a successful Scottish independence vote, the recent acquisitions of Scotland need to be given a chance to remain in the UK and receive special tax concessions.
Lol and Shetland and Orkney are where???
This guy is hilarious.
Scotland is a bampot economy - But England/Westminster should keep it/bail it out.
Following successful Indy vote Shetland/Orkney should get a vote to go with Scotland or England? - so I guess Isle of Wight/Jersey get the same vote?
Orkney is 10km from Scotland mainland - around 400km from England - But would be better managed by England than Scotland.
Shetlands nearest landmass is Scotland - but should be managed by England.
Your knowledge of the history of the Isles would fit on a postage stamp.
Both Orkneys and Shetland Isles were clan lands - invaded are ruled by norse before Scotland or England existed.
Sometime in the 15th Century - After the nation of Scotland was formed - The isles were handed to the Scottish crown by a Norse king in dowry for his daughter who married into the Scottish royalty.
The islands are Scottish - If the islanders dispute that, they can campaign for their own independence after Scottish independence.
But one thing is certain - after Scottish independence - what the Orkney/Shetland islanders want to do will have as much to do with England as the Isle of Wight will have to do with Scotland...
90% of the oil is Scotland's and when we get our Independence the 7 oil fields in the 6000 sq mls of Scottish seas that were stolen from us by Westminster in 1999 will be returned to us. It's an absolute disgrace that Scotland is only one of the two countries in the World, the other Iraq, to have found oil but have no oil fund. Worst still the revenue was used to keep the London Casino ticking over, build the Channel Tunnel, motorways in England and so on. Scotland got nought.
Scotland is still swimming in oil. Recent news highlights that there have been massive finds in the last few weeks. Not reported in the news of course. Jim Rodgers also points out on TH-cam ... Brexit: when Scotland leaves and takes their oil England is in real trouble.
Meh, it is Shetland and Orkney Oil, Westminster needs to give these islands that Edinburgh stole from Norway the opportunity to remain a special status in the UK and reclaim their waters and the oil within. It is a disgrace that Scotland is planning to steal the Islands Oil to keep the IMF from its door whilst the price is high. Yep, referendum for Shetland and Orkney Islands to regain independence from Scotland within a UK
They wouldn't be going alone would they? They would probably chose to stay in the UK. As I am sure Nicola Sturgeon would agree, the people of Orkney and Shetland shouldn't be taken out of the UK against their will. We will give them a vote.
+angloengland eh!!! Norway actually gifted those islands to Scotland but whe. you look at the fields they ARE Scottish!!!
How much does oil cost today, not so much as it costs more to get it out the ground especially in the north sea
What planet are you from?
😂😂😂😂well that comment aged well.
Where sufficient water supply is available to cool Electrical Generating Plants an Electrical Generating Plant can be constructed on the Site of the Coal Deposit. This is an excellent way to supply Energy to a local Region. This is not a great way to provide Energy to a location a thousand miles away. Where sufficient water is available Coal can be converted at great cost onto Synthetic Oil. Once the Coal is Converted into Synthetic Oil it can be transported at very low cost. When the ratio is less than one it may be Economical to Convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. When the ratio is greater than one it is not Economically feasible to convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. The same is true for a decision to convert Coal to Synthetic Gas. Raw Coal can be ground up into coarse flour and flushed through Coal Slurry Sluice Lines. Take a coffee can of coal and grind it up in a meat grinder and pour the coffee can of ground up coal into the toilet and flush it. Same Principle!
poor Scotland having oil, think of poor japan that would love some of scotlands poor oil
***** you talk pish! That's all.
Billy Halliday yes a bbc reporter asked 3 people from Shetland, would you like to get away from those bad people , they all said yes after the bbc reporter got the drink in all night, they did laugh about it the next day
free drink all night for telling an idiot what he wants to here........ money for old rope, they said heh heh heh
I see that some people on here are bleating on about the price of oil: The drop. The price of oil fluctuates and at the moment is around $50 a barrel. This was the case between the late 60's until 2006 (over 35 years) and Westminster faired very well indeed with that. Oil over $100 a barrel was a rare phenomenon. Additionally oil revenue catering for 5 million people rather than 60 million makes a massive difference. Check out David Cameron's 'slip up' on the Marr Show in June (Brexit .... 13 minutes in) and you'll see what I mean. And by the way his comment about Noway having a population of 4 million is wrong. Norway has 5 million residents exactly like Scotland. Scotland with 1% of the EU population is it's largest oil provider (60%) and second biggest gas provider. It contributes 25% wind energy and 10% wave energy. With 9% of the U.K. population exports over 50% of food and drink and there's lots more. Waken up folks, see the light, see the truth, see through their lies and vote for Independence.
+Tom Johnson it actually doesn't
Tom Johnson utter nonsense
Where sufficient water supply is available to cool Electrical Generating Plants an Electrical Generating Plant can be constructed on the Site of the Coal Deposit. This is an excellent way to supply Energy to a local Region. This is not a great way to provide Energy to a location a thousand miles away. Where sufficient water is available Coal can be converted at great cost onto Synthetic Oil. Once the Coal is Converted into Synthetic Oil it can be transported at very low cost. When the ratio is less than one it may be Economical to Convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. When the ratio is greater than one it is not Economically feasible to convert Coal to Synthetic Oil. The same is true for a decision to convert Coal to Synthetic Gas.
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Why should Shetland's oil subsidise Glasgow?
Oil prices crashing worldwide, over 7,000 oil jobs lost in the last 3 months in Norway alone & their economy which relies on 20% of it's revenue on oil is in crises. There are big changes afoot internationally where those countries who have relied too heavily on oil are going to get a wake up call all too soon.
it's happening now $30 a barrel
Crashed to over $ 100.00/ barrel 😂😂🤦♂️
Why didn't she say about Aberdeen university?
That's why Westminster wont give up Scotland. England does not subsidise Scotland!! We subsidise Westminster and England ,England hates Scotland but wont give it up .
@Tom Johnson yes that's what they want you to believe as yes you believe it all media lies if we are in so much debt why do Westminster want us to stay .
I dont care either f##k off !!!
@Paul Fletcher this post was 3 months ago I have better things to do than read your boring non intellect answers that's why I said f##k off bored listening to racist remarks of my country I'm not against England but dont want to be governed by Westminster that dosent give a toss about Scotland good night Mr boring !!
@Paul Fletcher are you still chattering nonsense give it a break keyboard warrior (BORING)
@Tom Johnson yes 3 months ago go fry an egg or go f##k yourself
just think what we could do as country , IT OUR OIL . Scotland .
The mistake that Scottish Nationalists make, is believing Scotland OWNS the oil in the North Sea, it doesn't!
Scotland 'owns' a proportion of the tax which is levied on the companies who extract the oil.
In real terms, this is a fraction of the value of the oil, NOT 100% of it's income!
It's the companies who EXTRACT the oil who 'own' the profits, as they are the ones who finance it's location, extraction, refining, & sale.
keep saying did anyone notice just look at the amount of rigs have closed or dont produce much oil and the ones still running are slowing down what they pull out its running out fast they have a pipe dream of millions of gallons still in researve utter dreams,the feilds were they say is oil in the shail and those feilds are very low as they were tapped years ago 10 years max of oil left at the amount they are pulling out but we need more so could be less than 10 years the new rigs they say are replaceing old rigs so its not more rigs its just replaced rigs,plus russia pulls barrels out at 9 dallors a barrel the usa pull barrels out at 40 to 65 dollars a barrel the saudis 9 dollars a barrel and scotland is 28 to 39 a barrel so russi as more barrels spare and could drop the prices lower and the saudis usa and scotland dont ant that
jumpy and off topic narrative with meaningless film clips. 1 barrel = 55 Queen Anne gallons or 45 Imperial gallons. couldnt get that right.
I think the American Fracking boom and the subsequent plummet in oil prices renders this entire argument obselete. All of a sudden the stratergy of betting a country's future economy on the price of a volitile commodity doesn't seem so shrewd. Not heard much from Salmond and Sturgeon since the collapse in Brent crude and the subsequent desolation of the russian economy. Strange
so so true...to be honest tho I've heard enough from those two buffoons.
Better together should talk about the 1000s of job losses in the shipping industry because all the Royal Navy contracts will end even the unions said will happen. They should talk about RBS (Scotland's biggest bank) which said they might move headquarters to London and 82% owned by UK government. They should talk about money which the UK government said are not willing to share. They should talk about American asking Scotland to keep the nukes in Scotland if they want to be in NATO which lot of people said they will as they are American nukes you know in British subs. They should talk about Spain blocking Scotland to join the EU because they don't want their own country to break up so they will make it as hard as possible to join the EU after. They should talk about the extra benefits the UK gets because of Thatcher which EU countries hate will most like be taken away if Scotland is allowed to join the EU. How hard is it to defend UK as it is easy but labour is not doing it well.
Your a lost cause if You Believe that
It is the truth. I also read that for Scotland to survice they need 1m immigrants as their are too many older people compared to working age people. I don't have a problem with immigration but that is a lot when there is only 5m people now which is 20% increase. England does not have that problem as there has already been mass immigration there. A million extra people would cause a lot of public sector problems. You must agree Scotland needs a lot more younger people and immigration is the only way as people will not just have more babies.
Be more Critical of what You read. Their is dis-Information everywhere in the world.
You have the right to believe what You want, but You cannot make Me believe Scotland is better off with Westminster.
As for needing one Million Immigrants, over exaggerated nonsense, even if what You say is true Younger People in England, Wales and Ireland would come to Scotland.
People don't go to Scotland that much. I think it is the weather but even though England had mass immigration there was nothing like that is Scotland. Most English people normally move south not north and I think the English think the Scots don't like them so I don't see that happening.
What your also not counting is the many scots who have said they will leave Scotland if it votes for independance how many that is who knows but some I'm sure but the thing is you can't believe everything that is said by both sides on this Alex thinks it's going to be some sort of utopia and uk gov thinks it's going to be much like when the ussr broke up I think it's going to be something in the middle but long term it don't look good for Scotland
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Really?? So how come Norway, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia to name but a few places where there are fewer natural resources and industry manage to be so wealthy?
Something missing in your comment I think.. It's called thought.
This has dated very badly!!!
And two years further on, brent crude is back up to nearly $80 and even the Daily Record last year had a front page splash "Oil Boom No 2"!
more BBC LIES we are forced to buy brent crude which is 10$ a barrel more than world crude
this presenter has a good stylist: black slims down for sure! Also the energy industry will never show you the back of it's tongue, don't be ridiculous :-)
What are you trying to say? That somehow oil has been a cost rather than a huge benefit to the UK exchequer?
Name calling is not ethic cleansing honestly.And the people calling each other scum and Bastards probably have history in being provoked.I should know my dead Mother gets brought up many times bye the person who trolls after me.Sorry that you have a Tory who practices that kind of hateful nationalism in charge of your nation.In Scotland its a civic nationalism,that has social justice at its heart.With a close eye on Europe and the world,were as your Brit nationalism looks to take us out of E.U.
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Its funny but people say the UK investment in oil but when it comes to revenue it's Scottish? It's only a relatively short time it's turned to a Scottish surplus.
5 millions people in Scotland - this country can feed itselfs. SCOTLAND HAVE YOUR PROPER COUNTRY -now is a joke.( you just filling the budget gaps in down south )
@Tom JohnsonWHY ENGLAND WANTS SCOTLAND TO STAY IN UK - 1.LOVE 2.BEST FRIENDSHIP 3 MONEY ? you are not understanding the biggest problem here - England is keeping controll on Scottish economy and ability to progress - England is sinking and we do not asked to be on that ship. EU is just better option for this land and prosperity that single UK (ps. USA and CHINA is not going to make UK rich but will take more than give - knowing that you have no choice). Scottish people are getting fed up following blindly English mistakes. UK is a wrong set up. Ps. 2000 per head I think you believe statistics more tha reality of life in Scotland - people becoming poorer that Asia here. If UK really wants Scotland to be close partner lets do it after Independence. UK is a English Union to keep controle of sources and land of N.Irland ,Scotland and Welse.
@Tom Johnson ok so if now Scotland wants to make tax free land for foreign investors - can we do it through Edinburgh ? ANSWER IS No . Becasue we have to ask London for permission 🤔 how is this not controlling ?
@Tom Johnson Scotland wants to open tax free ports for ships from Asia - can we do it ?
@Tom Johnson Is it fair to leave EU when they did not wanted ? So make it easy to understand - Independent Scotland joining EU (as many post comunistic countries with bigger deficits and population - noting now 3% economical growth -Estonia , Danamark, Hungary ,Poland ,Czech,Malta etc) is going to be better with single market of UK or 27 countries trading supporting each other and becoming richer) 5 millione people is nothing for EU to rescue and make it better. UK =4 countries = 25% voting power each (why you did not do that befor?) UK set up is a fake democracy - Socrates democracy).ps. there is no Scottish investments when money goes to pot of so many people to share (5 milliones Scotland +59 in England ,Welse 3 milliones,N Ireland 1.5 ) so who get the most ?
@Tom Johnson have ypu been in Scotland ? Ever ? Do you think people are as rich as English ? Per head.?
Polls now the highest for Scottish Independence 63%
12/4/20 Opinium found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes
25/5/20 YouGov found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes
4/6/20 Opinium found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes
21/6/20 Panelbase found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes
12/8/20 YouGov found that 53 per cent of people would vote Yes
19/8/20 Savanta ComRes found that 54 per cent of people would vote Yes
19/8/20 Panelbase found that 55 per cent of people would vote Yes
02/9/20 Panelbase found that 63 per cent of people would vote Yes
The union has long been broken Scotland wants out, N Ireland wants reunification with Ireland Wales wants out if you believe Plaid Cymru so the English nationalists will get what they want.
I can't view this video, is anyone else having problems?
But its in the middle of the ocean no one occupies the oceon
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And as the queen is queen of Scotland she owns Scotland's sea bed and she gives the uk gov permission to dish out mining rights as to who's the oil is that we will see in about 200 years when Scotland does vote for independance because it's not going to happen anytime soon
You have got to be fucking kidding me.
The queen doesn't have power over Scottish people and she doesn't have a say about where oil from Scotland goes. And no, she doesn't own Scotland's sea bed. Don't be fucking rediculous.
TIM in Scotland the people are sovereign not the Queen and your talking about crown estates when Scotland becomes independent they will no longer be Crown estates the sovereign peoples of Scotland will own them instead of the UK government acting under the name of Crown Estates
William if Scotland votes to leave the union Scotland isn't becoming a republic the queen will still be head of state she is queen of Scotland and England mining consetions will still be granted by crown estates which in reality is just for show as the uk gov or the Scottish gov would have final say but as it's only 7-8 billion a year it's not really going to harm the uk gov too much if it loses the oil that and all the gas is in England's waters
No one is arguing about that the SNP have stated they will keep the Queen as head of State but she is not sovereign in Scotland the Scottish people are She will be Elisabeth the 1st Queen of Scots but not Queen of Scotland
I can't really get in to deep with that one as I'm not 100% on that subject but my understanding would be it would remain the same with the queen still being head of state
If it was up to the Jocks the oil would still where it is , they didn't pay or had the gumption to get the stuff up .
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Well you won't mind when we take our oil and leave the corupt failed state the UK will you.
vote YES for independence in 2014
But the oil isn't Scottish it belongs to the private company's pulling it out the sea bed Scotland only gets the tax from it lol
of coure its scottish, its in scottish waters therefor its scottish! the companies pay to drill there thats it, the lease from us, thatcher raped scotland of its oil and gave london a make over whilst the rest of the country was in poverty, thats the realism!! she fucked us over on more than 1 occasion and now we are gonna do the same back to those tory twats, bring on independence,
Funny how short the scots memory is oil has been around for a short amount of time yet Scotland and England have been a union since the 1700s yes Scotland is solvent now but remember when we joined each other Scotland was bankrupt and England paid off it's debt do you hear the English complaining about that no economy's go up and down to base a whole union on 30 years is just nonsense
The Oil is Scottish the Oil companies pay a license fee for every drilling platform and rig they get the oil we get the revenue for every barrel produced those licenses can be revoked at any time like just lately there was enough Scottish northsea gas found enough to keep the UK going for forty years the government pulled the Licenses on that field as they want to pursue fracking Osbornes father in law is involved with the fracking firms
It matters nothing if Osborne father is envolved in fracking pretty much every major gas and oil company is it's the future of gas and England is covered in it gas prices are going to go down not just because of that but also because Australia and whole host of other country's are also finding they can frack what I find so funny is I've heard scots claim all the revenue from North Sea oil is there's and not just the tax they think right there is 1 trillion pounds of oil so Scotland will get 1 trillion pound if Scotland votes to leave the union that's up to them but I don't think it will be a good idea
Tim Morgan go ahead it's your country that will be destroyed by it have a look at America land rendered useless cattle poisoned the water table poisoned go a head
Oil will run out one day, Scotland doesn't own the oil, the banks, bp, OPEC own the oil. Your so wrong
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i am shocked at some of the comments on here i thought scotland was united to stand for the better way of life for all and more important the future off our children but theres idiots talking about shetllands oil they sound like the tories full off greed wake up its all about scots making a better place for there childrens future it will take time to sort all out but we dont need people making things worse by say shit like its shetlands oil your not scottish if you think like that your a greedy tory
'you only have to read the comments by Scotish Natinalists to understand how events like Bosnia came about.'
Shame on you. You call others hateful, petty and pathetic?