Andrew Neil: SNP have made a 'mess' of Scotland

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  • “Scotland is now in quite serious decline.”
    As the SNP’s power-sharing deal with the Greens falls apart and first minister Humza Yousaf’s future hangs in the balance, Andrew Neil says the “proud and previously successful”, Scotland is in a “mess” after 17 years of SNP rule.
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  • @DavidMeikle-ei7fr
    @DavidMeikle-ei7fr 12 днів тому +116

    We have far too many politicians who are just not up to the job. Arrogance, stupidity and obsession for power are common themes amongst these wastrels

    • @canonbangpowell
      @canonbangpowell 12 днів тому +1

      Why is that? Do you get involved in politics? Are you a member of a political party? No to both in my case, but then by not doing anything for politics, I really don't have the right to complain about people who do get involved.

    • @Millie.com232
      @Millie.com232 12 днів тому +11

      The mediocre and the deluded are attracted to politics

    • @blackislepeas
      @blackislepeas 11 днів тому +4

      @@canonbangpowell Really not sure what you are trying to say - if you can't recognise arrogance or stupidity then certainly YOU have no right to complain.

    • @raypurchase1239
      @raypurchase1239 11 днів тому +2

      @@canonbangpowellwell you do you have a right to an opinion.

    • @Mitjitsu
      @Mitjitsu 11 днів тому +4

      A lot of those MSP's got these roles for box ticking reasons, and now the people who gave them these roles are no longer there.

  • @sisuriffs
    @sisuriffs 12 днів тому +95

    DEI: Division, Exclusion, Intolerance

    • @Millie.com232
      @Millie.com232 12 днів тому

      Couldn’t have put it better myself. A cult of destruction and division and poverty. Where ability is set aside for mediocrity

    • @denniskrust2137
      @denniskrust2137 12 днів тому +4

      Any idea, even a good one, taken to extremes will turn bad.

    • @sisuriffs
      @sisuriffs 11 днів тому

      @@denniskrust2137 I suppose there are are some. DEI , however, was always a bad and extreme idea masquerading as a good one, from the outset. It’s an outcome-based ideology guaranteed to create the very injustices it pretends to oppose. Based in critical race theory, it’s a surprisingly effective Trojan horse.

    • @paddymeboy
      @paddymeboy 11 днів тому +2

      What about them?

    • @garyorourke4524
      @garyorourke4524 11 днів тому +4

      @@denniskrust2137 How is making certain racial or genders unable to get a particular job a good idea?

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +60

    Labour will be worse than tory, and that's saying something.

    • @jake751
      @jake751 12 днів тому +5

      Totally agree 👍

    • @johnhopkins4012
      @johnhopkins4012 12 днів тому

      A thousand times worse and pump millions of illegals into this country.

    • @davidpearson243
      @davidpearson243 11 днів тому +5

      I think I’ll take the chance

    • @user-xb4le4og8e
      @user-xb4le4og8e 11 днів тому +3

      Can’t be any worse ?

    • @davedurave2
      @davedurave2 11 днів тому +4

      Best vote to get rid of the SNP instead of splitting the vote and keeping the SNP in unfortunately

  • @laineyqueen
    @laineyqueen 7 днів тому +7

    The people of Scotland need to visit London to see what all current mainstream political parties in Scotland want to implement. They have no idea of how much damage has been done by politicians.

  • @JC89.
    @JC89. 12 днів тому +11

    Go woke go broke… 👋

  • @minidevil3313
    @minidevil3313 12 днів тому +10

    It’s not just in Scotland it’s in England this government have lost the will in the people it’s time for the people to stand up and show the government who is really in charge

  • @ianmccuaig9867
    @ianmccuaig9867 12 днів тому +24

    Don’t thin England are doing very well Birmingham bankrupt and many more councils the whole of Britain is down the drain

    • @RobQos
      @RobQos 11 днів тому +1

      You're right. The unsustainble debt in the western world is going to drag down the standard of living for us all. Government borrowing is out of control.

    • @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
      @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 11 днів тому +1

      @@RobQos Which is good. The dastardly WEF "global termite colony ambitions" are out of cash.

    • @RobQos
      @RobQos 10 днів тому

      @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 They're just going to print more and more. I'm just reading the US dollar's purchasing power has declined 25% in the past 4 years. It's all down to devaluation via money printing. The elite have stashed all their money away in tax havens.

    • @derekhart3308
      @derekhart3308 8 днів тому +1

      Most of Scottish councils are bankrupt

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 7 днів тому +1

      @@derekhart3308
      None have declared bankruptcy.
      8 councils in Engand have where SNP are not in Government.

  • @cubbyhoo
    @cubbyhoo 12 днів тому +88

    As someone whos lived in England and Scotland in recent times. I think people need to realise that things are WAY worse in England

    • @alasdairfinlayson
      @alasdairfinlayson 12 днів тому +9

      Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

    • @janetlamb6812
      @janetlamb6812 12 днів тому +12

      Huh? I think you have lost the plot, how does a country of less than 5m have the highest drug deaths in the world

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +10

      @@janetlamb6812
      21% Decrease last year while 1% Increase in England & Wales.

    • @cubbyhoo
      @cubbyhoo 12 днів тому +5

      @@janetlamb6812 you know that's per capita right? Seems like you do have a lot of public health issues around drugs and alcohol but you have so many educational opportunities, you can buy a house on a normal wage, you councils actually do things. Dunno I just think you should try going to some of the deprived areas of the north of England and see how you feel honestly

    • @campbella2796
      @campbella2796 12 днів тому +6

      @@alasdairfinlayson So tell us why England is a better place to live.

  • @lyndacrosfill6340
    @lyndacrosfill6340 12 днів тому +11

    They've played into his hands this man wants total power.

  • @stuartwilson1190
    @stuartwilson1190 12 днів тому +58

    Andrew Neil the guy who lives in France
    So he knows what’s going on in Scotland because he lives here

    • @rsh793
      @rsh793 12 днів тому

      Not to mention being paid a fortune to spout nonsense on the Yoon media about what he knows nothing about! Scotland's never going to be in serious decline just because of one person - we survived all those Tory governments without all dying of the plague! 😉

    • @babycannis9667
      @babycannis9667 12 днів тому +9

      England and Wales are no better than Scoland

    • @paulgollum1
      @paulgollum1 12 днів тому +1

      What a comment. Aren't you embarrassed posting such banality. People don't have to live in Scotland to be fully aware of what a totally corrupt, utterly incompetent bunch of dictators the SNP are. After 17 years, their long catalogue of dismal failures is there for all to see. Well, to all but the dwindling number of blind zealots.

    • @stuartwilson1190
      @stuartwilson1190 12 днів тому +5

      @@babycannis9667 what are you on about.
      What service is failing in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & you cant access

    • @i-am-vonnegut
      @i-am-vonnegut 12 днів тому +8

      ​@@babycannis9667Scotland has had the most direct inward investment and it's contributions to the UK have never been higher. Scotland is on a different trajectory to your mentioned. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @TheMightyquinn67
    @TheMightyquinn67 12 днів тому +21

    As a die hard unionist, this is exactly what he would say. He is looking through his Union Jack sunglasses.

  • @garyorourke4524
    @garyorourke4524 12 днів тому +9

    I've had several comments removed from this thread, seems i don't follow the narrative 😮.

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +6

    Oh dear what a spectacle of a show inviting Neil, Baillie and Dross.

    • @user-xc8ir7ng9z
      @user-xc8ir7ng9z 12 днів тому

      Aye , "three" cheeks of the same ar*e. Now that's a first. Remember Scotland's still paying for Labours PFI contracts.

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +18

    I lived in London for twenty years, it's gone to the dogs , I'm glad I'm back in Scotland and doing very well thanks very much.

    • @campbella2796
      @campbella2796 12 днів тому +5

      Welcome home.

    • @ohno521
      @ohno521 11 днів тому +1

      I was in torquay nearly 4 years , was so home sick for Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 England is too warm 😂

    • @stunews2903
      @stunews2903 11 днів тому +3

      Welcome back to the highest taxed nation in the UK, unless you're banking offshore.

    • @kevinkevin-ug9po
      @kevinkevin-ug9po 11 днів тому +2

      ​@@stunews2903That is not true. We get better services than anywhere else in the UK and people are moving here despite the lies about tax. Its a progresive tax system, look on and dream

    • @campbella2796
      @campbella2796 11 днів тому

      @@stunews2903 Most Scots pay less income tax than elsewhere in the UK.

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +28

    Once bitten twice shy ie Labour is finished in Scotland, are you listening Gordon Brown ?

    • @niburu1508
      @niburu1508 9 днів тому

      Brazen Duchess of aEdinburgh visits “ the most corrupt country in Europe”.

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      IF they try and decarbonise the grid by 2030 we'll ALL be finished in the UK!

  • @harryhill8543
    @harryhill8543 12 днів тому +54

    Salmond is still a joke. Does he really think we cant connect the dots? It was him who put forward Nicola who then put forward Humza. He is at the root of the problem. Of course what he is saying about Ash is exactly what he said about Nicola until they fell out. Lets not forget Ash who has only been in Scotland a few years, made the nutty claim of Scotland being able to simply claim indy. She hasnt even lost her English accent. Is this why she insists on dressing as a shortbread tin? As for the greens what are they angry about? Not getting to dump the agreement first or the fact they had to walk to parliament because their ministerial cars had been taken off them on the morning of the meeting. They could have thumbed a lift if they were that popular with the people?

    • @FranzBieberkopf
      @FranzBieberkopf 12 днів тому +11

      Salmond has many faults, but I don't think he had anything to do with Useless becoming the FM.

    • @harryhill8543
      @harryhill8543 12 днів тому +5

      @@FranzBieberkopf He appointed the one who appointed him, its obvious he has terrible judgement.

    • @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304
      @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 12 днів тому

      What usually happens is that those politicians once roundly condemned as useless and 'the worst ever' by the media, are, when a new lot get into power, brought back on to pass judgment on the present lot of politicians as if they were the sagest of elder statesmen that could do no wrong.

    • @captricharddee3634
      @captricharddee3634 12 днів тому +5

      If Salmond truly believes Ash Regan is the best he's got, then he's deluded. Ash Regan is as bad as Humza Yousaf.

    • @MichaelNelson-it9mf
      @MichaelNelson-it9mf 12 днів тому

      Well thats about as self unaware as its possible to get. Let compare Alex Salmond and eh Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak Theresa May Maggie Thatcher Tony Blair Gordon Brown John Major David Cameron. Scotland elects decent intellectuals while England spews up mindless corrupt criminals. Here have a clue.

  • @agibsonallan
    @agibsonallan 12 днів тому +46

    She has to be the labour leader her boss did the white speech just like useless and Scotland wont vote for this

    • @Bertrum123
      @Bertrum123 12 днів тому +2

      Labour gave you devolutin

    • @ElffQueen1
      @ElffQueen1 12 днів тому +3

      White Speech? Taken totally out of context 🙄

    • @JustAThought916
      @JustAThought916 12 днів тому

      @@ElffQueen1 racist speech

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому

      Mentions white speech but not Boris Johnsons anti scottish poem which calls for the extermination of Scots.

    • @Millie.com232
      @Millie.com232 12 днів тому

      Labour voted for this gender madness and the hated hate speech bill

  • @globaltraveller
    @globaltraveller 12 днів тому +8

    As others have pointed out, the situation in many areas - such as violent crime, housing, healthcare, education, justice etc is way worse in the rest of the UK compared to Scotland. Oh, and a wee word about education. These folks like to mention the PISA statistics on education where Scotland was seen to be behind the rest of the UK (marginally, in science and maths). The PISA statistics sampled 3,257 students in Scotland and 4,763 pupils in England. Anyone notice anything odd about those numbers?
    Also, the UK Government's Department of Education analysis of PISA for 2022 noted and I quote "England did not meet 2 of the 82 PISA Technical Standards.Analysis of the characteristics of the pupils who participated revealed that the final sample had somewhat higher academic attainment on average than the general population and a somewhat lower proportion of pupils who had been eligible for freeschool meals in the past 6 years. In other words, higher performing pupils may be over-represented in the final sample and some of the PISA results may therefore be somewhat higher than they might otherwise be." Source:- Ingram J, et al (2023) PISA 2022: National Report for England. Research report. University of Oxford for the Department for Education.

    • @thepenguinmafia
      @thepenguinmafia 10 днів тому

      To say healthcare is better in Scotland necessitates explaining why *health outcomes* are worse.
      GP waiting times might be better, but the average lifespan is lot lower, and infant mortality far worse

    • @tedmaxeffs
      @tedmaxeffs 9 днів тому

      you are wrong and mislead , Scotland has one of the worse drug and alcohol and crime ratings per capita in all of Europe , and Scotland has the biggest funding from the UK and which has been proven now to be squandered by the SNP ,

    • @globaltraveller
      @globaltraveller 8 днів тому

      @@tedmaxeffs it absolutely does not have a worse crime rate than the rest of the UK, England & Wales is the most violent country in Western Europe.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 7 днів тому

      @@tedmaxeffs
      Last year there was a 21% Decrease in drug deaths in Scotland and a 1% Increase in England & Wales.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 7 днів тому

      @@tedmaxeffs
      Scotland generates more tax per capita than the RUK.
      6,29 percent more per capita last year.
      Therefore receives more funding per capita due to having generating more per capita than the UK.

  • @garry843
    @garry843 12 днів тому +11

    Not much better in Wales. Where more people voted against Drakefords 20 MPH than actually elected for Devolution. The Senedd as they call themselves is like an old fashioned Chapel. With Presbyterian policies.

  • @555frontier
    @555frontier 12 днів тому +7

    I saw a Tesla and it was WHYTE! 🤬

    • @user-xc8ir7ng9z
      @user-xc8ir7ng9z 12 днів тому

      What colour is WHYTE.

    • @555frontier
      @555frontier 12 днів тому

      @@user-xc8ir7ng9z White.

    • @sectarianvegan7279
      @sectarianvegan7279 11 днів тому

      The new Queensfery Crossing is WHITE absolutely shocking it should be beige

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      @@user-xc8ir7ng9z ALL colours ;-) Try spinning a wheel made up of the 7 colours of the rainbow and you'll get white (no matter how it is spelt) if you go fast enough

  • @FedericoMarsili
    @FedericoMarsili 11 днів тому +2

    Wow, that's prime gammon shade from Neil.

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      LOL - another Scottish intellectual giant comments. How the Scots of old would lament for the descent out of enlightenment into ignorance of many of their countrymen.

  • @only1symo
    @only1symo 11 днів тому +2

    Andrew Neil has made a mess of a journalistic career.

  • @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh
    @MarjorieStoker-oj8fh 12 днів тому +46

    Hope the unelected HY remembers this isn't down to Scotland or its people but the fact he thinks Scotland is not only to white but would gladly open Scotland borders for Hamas and Palestinian sympathisers

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому

      All MSP are elected. Name a MSP that is not elected?

    • @user-xc8ir7ng9z
      @user-xc8ir7ng9z 12 днів тому

      And are you happy having IDF war criminals running about the streets of Scotland ?

    • @haraldtheyounger5504
      @haraldtheyounger5504 10 днів тому

      Westminster control immigration; legal or otherwise. They send them up here. We could control the influx, if Independent. No country can just keep accepting others in, not without causing unnecessary and undue problems for itself.

    • @niburu1508
      @niburu1508 9 днів тому

      Why has the Duchess of Edinburgh visited “: the most corrupt country in Europe”.?

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      Don't you have ferries going to Belfast? I head Dublin is very popular at present, and that NI/Irish border has to be open according to the Irish Govt and the EU OR it will break the GFA and the Brexit agreements.
      I assume, knowing that, the rumours that the Irish Govt have sent Police to close it is simply a rumour spread by those nasty Brexiteers ;-)

  • @DarylSolis
    @DarylSolis 12 днів тому +3

    As if the rest of the UK is in a great state anyway.

  • @davidbrims5825
    @davidbrims5825 12 днів тому +20

    Can’t take him seriously with a shredded wheat on his head. 🤡

    • @FranzBieberkopf
      @FranzBieberkopf 12 днів тому +4

      I ,like Private Eye, thought it was a Brillo pad😊

    • @Saffy-yr8vo
      @Saffy-yr8vo 12 днів тому +2

      You should have seen the previous versions.

    • @jake751
      @jake751 12 днів тому

      😂😂😂😂❤

  • @ianrussell9472
    @ianrussell9472 8 днів тому +1

    That’s just your take. Maybe they tax more than you would like but for ordinary folk the SNP was and is still is better than any previous non-
    SNP Scottish Government.

  • @brianbrian6202
    @brianbrian6202 12 днів тому +6

    Now do the Tories and the whole of the UK?!

    • @Chris-xv2gm
      @Chris-xv2gm 12 днів тому

      What's that supposed to mean?

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      Notice the one sided stance the entire British nationalist media are taking.

  • @SteveJones-gz4vd
    @SteveJones-gz4vd 12 днів тому +28

    Problem is the whole of the UK is in serious decline due to net zero ballax, mass igration keeping wages low, a benefits state culture, an NHS which costs us dear and Councils that spend post of your council taxes on pensions, hence the state on schools, police and roads. We are doomed thaks to Tony B;lair and successive governments after that time

    • @MichaelNelson-it9mf
      @MichaelNelson-it9mf 12 днів тому +1

      Exactly English colonialism is toxic always has been always will be. Its failed across the whole world.

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 12 днів тому

      Good to see someone that sees it like it is. When C. ameron took over from B;lair, he actually stated that he was moving to the centre, in order to copy the previous government. That was the downfall of the Tory party and the Country.

    • @therealrobertbirchall
      @therealrobertbirchall 12 днів тому +3

      Jog on gammon

    • @hankchinaski4075
      @hankchinaski4075 12 днів тому

      aye compounded by Tuss and Quasi Quaver cratering the economy and the pound, spiraling inflation - plus the insane borrowing during covid. We're fckd.
      But yer totally right it's a ponzi scheme to keep the ludicrous masonic type civil service pension deals going which are unavailable now in private sector - that will ultimately bankrupt us.
      If we've got an aging population we need to figure out how to care for old people cheap. Not import the 3rd world to increase growth.

    • @linmac1686
      @linmac1686 12 днів тому

      You have forgotten Brexit which is being pushed under the carpet unless you are a Brexiteers and even then, six years with nothing happening. Lies by Boris and others and lies by Corbyn to stay in power so Boris had a higher majority. Blair and the rest.

  • @DarrenBigDazRobertson1873
    @DarrenBigDazRobertson1873 11 днів тому

    Britain as a whole are about to wake up....

  • @ElffQueen1
    @ElffQueen1 12 днів тому +15

    Its not in decline no matter how much you want it to be! 😂

    • @awpqq
      @awpqq 10 днів тому +1

      Scotland better than rUK in every respect!

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      Hmm, I though you Scots were all for travel and free movement as part of the EU?

  • @robertbroatch8013
    @robertbroatch8013 11 днів тому +11

    SNP have ruined Scotland

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому +2

      In what way?

    • @jamesburns9408
      @jamesburns9408 8 днів тому

      ​@@ScottishRoss27 poor education, poor healthcare, highest drug deaths in Europe. Ferries late, snp corruption.... Murrell already charged. Farmers not being paid the money they were promised by snp, millions wasted on Scottish foreign offices, 1000s wasted on jolly trips for snp mps. Only one agenda...independence when the majority of us DO NOT want it. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

    • @mikedudley4062
      @mikedudley4062 7 днів тому

      Socialism always makes you poorer

  • @20quid
    @20quid 12 днів тому +1

    Was he giving this interview from his home in the south of France? How many years has it been since he actually owned a home in Scotland?

  • @andymac345
    @andymac345 10 днів тому

    I hitched up to the north when I was 18, forty two years ago. They were working on the A9 then. How hard can it be to build a road. 🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @davidbrewster7701
    @davidbrewster7701 12 днів тому +4

    What and your just realising it !! Good god !!

  • @VitoCorleone-tm2qc
    @VitoCorleone-tm2qc 12 днів тому +5

    Why is Alex Salmond so bitter?

    • @eggymayo3271
      @eggymayo3271 12 днів тому

      Cos he looks like an actual toad?

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +3

      Ego

    • @Saffy-yr8vo
      @Saffy-yr8vo 12 днів тому

      Because he is a delusional narcissist.

    • @eggymayo3271
      @eggymayo3271 12 днів тому +2

      Human embodiment of a toad

    • @captainfantastic9238
      @captainfantastic9238 12 днів тому +2

      Salmond is less popular than Douglas Ross, according to Yougov. He's yesterday's man and can be safely ignored.

  • @fullmetalhaggis
    @fullmetalhaggis 12 днів тому +9

    Given that Andrew Neil is a british nationalist unionist who has consistently talked Scotland down, it comes as no surprise that he is using his platform to talk Scotland, and the Scottish Government he opposes, down.

    • @bigdaveo397
      @bigdaveo397 10 днів тому

      The SNP are a shambles. They only have themselves to blame

    • @tedmaxeffs
      @tedmaxeffs 9 днів тому

      not at all , if you listened to him instead of all this SNP hatred Scotland would be in a better position , as a unionist he was demising the SNP not the Scottish government , and Scotland ,

  • @kaikito7662
    @kaikito7662 11 днів тому +2

    In the past - in the past - one of the things that helped Scotland punching well-above its weight was funded education. And, now, inside the last few years , they have stripped the funding as well as the possibility of our younger generation from achieving further education. This even covers the dirt-poor. For the first time in nearly three hundred years we aren't investing in those who represent the hope of Scotland's future. And if we are not investing in our own people why do we take it for granted that foreign businesses ever will? Now back to that SA maggot who, thanks to the CorruptJobsForTheBoysScotland may lead, and abuse, once again.

  • @neilmacdonald3017
    @neilmacdonald3017 9 днів тому

    The Greens in the Scottish government didn't want to work with the SNP in the first place when they joined the rolling Scottish government they wanted thing done their way or the highway. It has never been an agreement. They never really wanted independence for Scotland. Lorna Slater herself said that she'd be quite happy to join the Labour Party to form a government.

  • @michaelkavanagh5947
    @michaelkavanagh5947 9 днів тому +1

    Andrew Neil that great patriot. ^^

  • @Bombadier09
    @Bombadier09 12 днів тому +8

    Salmond will be dining out on the attention he and Ash Reagan are getting but there is a danger to propping up a a lame duck FM and SNP government. In the interest of Scotland we should have an election and let the people of Scotland decide.

    • @janettedewar6617
      @janettedewar6617 12 днів тому +1

      100%

    • @niburu1508
      @niburu1508 9 днів тому

      Who decided that the Duchess of Edinburgh should visit “the most corrupt country in Europe.? “

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      @@niburu1508 Aha, but they are only the most corrupt country in Europe because the EU isn't a country. ;-)

  • @tomholmes1999
    @tomholmes1999 12 днів тому +22

    The whole of uk is in great decline thank you mr Tory

    • @Thomas-fr1ww
      @Thomas-fr1ww 12 днів тому

      Decline ? Wait till the Labour Party get in kid
      They will show you what decline is 😉

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 11 днів тому

      That is because of the two main parties, not just the Tories.

    • @tedmaxeffs
      @tedmaxeffs 9 днів тому

      if you think that leave and go elsewhere , you will soon come back ,

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 9 днів тому

      @@tedmaxeffs Pointless comment. Just because you leave and may or may not come back, doesn't alter the fact that we are in decline and the reason isn't just the Tories, it is a global agenda the governments are following that is affecting most of the western world.

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 9 днів тому

      @@tedmaxeffs If you do or don't come back, doesn't alter the fact that we are in decline and it isn't just the Tories who are to blame.

  • @BradleyUK58
    @BradleyUK58 6 днів тому

    When has Scotland not been in decline SNP and Labour have seen to that.

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +2

    Who gave Dross the black eye ?

  • @dee8501
    @dee8501 12 днів тому +23

    Useless has humiliated the Scottish for long enough....he needs to go!

  • @gunsumwong3948
    @gunsumwong3948 12 днів тому +14

    Whatever SNP has done to Scotland it is nothing comparing with what Tory did to UK.

    • @j92775
      @j92775 12 днів тому

      I guess that's ok then? 😁

    • @jake751
      @jake751 12 днів тому

      Red and blue tory 😊

    • @gunsumwong3948
      @gunsumwong3948 11 днів тому

      @@j92775 If one doesn't know one's own fault one will never improve because there is nothing needed to be fixed!

    • @ohno521
      @ohno521 11 днів тому

      Are still doing both s.np and tories

    • @mikedudley4062
      @mikedudley4062 7 днів тому +1

      25 years of liberal left socialist policies got us here, more socialism isn't the answer to socialism. Another 10 yrs of decline is coming

  • @bigdaveo397
    @bigdaveo397 10 днів тому

    It feels like another push for Independece is soon coming from The SNP!
    Get the base support back onside....

  • @elainemargaretmacpherson716
    @elainemargaretmacpherson716 11 днів тому

    They are so correct

  • @loxism72
    @loxism72 12 днів тому +21

    How does Andrew know. He's not lived here for decades, he's got three homes. New York, London and Paris. Not paid tax here in decades.

    • @TheSlinq
      @TheSlinq 11 днів тому +10

      You can see a car crash without being in it.

    • @loxism72
      @loxism72 11 днів тому +2

      @@TheSlinq I live in Scotland. The Snp made a lot of mistakes, but it's hee haw like Andrew Neil makes. I think we know a lot better than that uncle Tam

    • @loxism72
      @loxism72 11 днів тому

      @@TheSlinq what from a foreign country 🤡.

    • @Strength-in-Union
      @Strength-in-Union 11 днів тому +3

      So, by not living here, he has no knowledge of 'stuff'.
      Your argument is that because he doesn't pay mega Scottish tax, he has no right to an opinion.

    • @loxism72
      @loxism72 11 днів тому

      @@Strength-in-Union when he's not lived here for three decades that wipes out his opinion you complete clown.

  • @johncollins3391
    @johncollins3391 12 днів тому +3

    The only way the SNP could be succesfull is to be how the tories used to be

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +4

      Scotland is not a torie voting nation.

    • @johncollins3391
      @johncollins3391 12 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 it was.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +4

      @@johncollins3391
      Tories last won an election in Scotland in 1955, 69 years ago.

    • @alanbrown9178
      @alanbrown9178 11 днів тому

      @@johncollins3391 Indeed it was.... many years before even Thatcher came to power.

    • @awpqq
      @awpqq 10 днів тому

      @@johncollins3391 not since the 50s thank goodness.

  • @inkyinky3115
    @inkyinky3115 9 днів тому

    not oneof the snp or greens has done a hard days work .. not unless there a misstake in there pay packet or there expense they have bleeded this country of every thing ,, now they can all walk away .. they need investigated

  • @Waterhouse1666
    @Waterhouse1666 11 днів тому +1

    Man who lives in France says Scotland is terrible. You cannot take anything Andrew Neil says about the SNP or Scotland Seriously. He Is blinded by hatred for both the SNP and Scotland. Scotland is the best place to live in the UK

  • @BillWmeteors
    @BillWmeteors 12 днів тому +33

    I repeat what I said before..."A proud and previously successful country now in quite serious decline..." is a shocking indictment of an out of control woke culture infantilising the population.
    It is however mostly our own fault because we say "yes" for an easy life when we should have said "NO" a lot more often. We're dealing with the consequences of that now. The political class are afraid of their own shadow because they are only interested in their personal success at the next election. Any benefit to the electorate from their actions is a fortunate co-incidence.

    • @MichaelNelson-it9mf
      @MichaelNelson-it9mf 12 днів тому +1

      Its English colonial culture that has bled Scotland for 317 years that has caused the decline. Christ look what its done to England itself. A miserable self hating pathetic little state with no saving graces at all.

    • @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252
      @socialmeaslesinpartnership1252 11 днів тому

      Fortunately, the wheels are now falling off.

  • @tonywoodham3760
    @tonywoodham3760 12 днів тому +9

    What a crying shame that Scotland is being mismanaged in such a tragic way. I can only hope that the Scottish people can eventually bring this to a halt as soon as humanely possible, this is terrible.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +7

      Yes by getting rid of Westminster

    • @I-giveup-with-youtubesensors
      @I-giveup-with-youtubesensors 12 днів тому

      🤡​@@ScottishRoss27

    • @garyorourke4524
      @garyorourke4524 11 днів тому

      @ScottishRoss27 And immediately putting on the EU collar? That's not independence. Thats swapping 1 leash for another.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@garyorourke4524
      EU Referendum Result Map
      Scotsman Adam Smith is considered the father of modern capitalism.
      Economic Advantage is a position that allows a nation to outperform others.
      Standard of Living is the level of national income and public services provided.
      Scotland + EU Market 454 million consumers = 7x larger market
      England & Wales Market 59,6 million consumers .
      Value of Goods Exports into the European Union
      2016 2023
      Scotland 11,6 Billion 19,1 Billion = Up 39 Percent
      Wales 8,2 Billion 11,5 Billion = Up 28 Percent
      England 106,8 Billion 127,9 Billion = Up 16,5 Percent

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@garyorourke4524
      EU Referendum Result Map
      Scotsman Adam Smith is considered the father of modern capitalism.
      Economic Advantage is a position that allows a nation to outperform others.
      Standard of Living is the level of national income and public services provided.
      Scotland + EU Market 454 million consumers = 7x larger market
      England & Wales Market 59,6 million consumers .
      Value of Goods Exports into the European Union
      2016 2023
      Scotland 11,6bn 19,1bn = Up 39 Percent
      Wales 8,2bn 11,5bn = Up 28 Percent
      England 106,8bn 127,9bn = Up 16,5 Percent

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +2

    Labour are red tories

  • @plebius
    @plebius 11 днів тому

    Andrew Neil has much political insight to give. He is on par with Peter Adre with his observations on current political flows, and his ability to see consequences of decisions are up their with Po from the teletubbies. Also good to see him still getting work after advocating for Brexit and then off-shoring himself and his family to France. Top class act.

  • @JonniePolyester
    @JonniePolyester 12 днів тому +8

    Clumsy Yousaf!

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +17

    Nobody in Scotland are interested in Sir kid Starver !!!

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 11 днів тому +3

      Most people in England aren't either but they don't want to vote Tory.

    • @mikedudley4062
      @mikedudley4062 7 днів тому

      Yet it's socialism that's wrecked Scotland

  • @24017460
    @24017460 8 днів тому

    As soon as they get in they all forget they are employed by the people for the peaple

  • @Evergreen0021
    @Evergreen0021 8 днів тому

    I'm in a union, get me out of here

  • @RobRoyBoaz
    @RobRoyBoaz 9 днів тому +4

    How on earth could anyone who is not Scottish and has no Scottish heritage fully understand the emotion attached to Scottish independence? Good riddance.

    • @shadowofmyfutureself
      @shadowofmyfutureself 8 днів тому

      What? Who's not Scottish and has no Scottish heritage. Be explicit

    • @RobRoyBoaz
      @RobRoyBoaz 8 днів тому

      @shadowofmyfutureself OK. Let me spell it out for you. Simply because one is born in a stable does not make one a horse. That should be explicit enough for you.

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      Easy, had you asked us English to vote, you'd now be an independent bankrupt nation. 🙂

  • @JonniePolyester
    @JonniePolyester 12 днів тому +9

    Honestly I could listen to ‘Brillo Pad’ ( Private Eye😂) all day long totally gets it right about the Scottish National (Socialist) Party … the quality of schadenfreude felt over the current travails of this sh!tfest of a political party is a joy. Fortunately the good sense and pragmatism of the Scottish people will see through them.

  • @RobMorrison-vf2is
    @RobMorrison-vf2is 6 днів тому

    Unfortunately, no political party has done Scotland any favours. If everyone worked together for the benefit of all the people of Scotland and the Island in general, then everyone would be better for it. The problem is that to many are stuck with age old dogma and beliefs that just don't work. Topped off with people now coming into politics who just are not up to the job.

  • @mloclam6917
    @mloclam6917 10 днів тому

    He left the awful hate laws in his Wake

  • @sqwalnoc
    @sqwalnoc 12 днів тому +6

    This was all obvious 5 years ago

  • @blackislepeas
    @blackislepeas 12 днів тому +4

    A couple of Green & SNP MSPs are now reverse ferreting, so he may yet survive 😟

    • @janettedewar6617
      @janettedewar6617 12 днів тому +1

      That is why none of them can be trusted. Scottish politics is a dripping tap

  • @RonMcKenzie-bw7iq
    @RonMcKenzie-bw7iq 12 днів тому +1

    I now live in London having graduated from my home city of Aberdeen. That was in 1988. One of my contemporaries was a great guy Called Bob Salmond the younger brother of Alec. Sad to say I could see where all this was going. We studied history and we were paired a few times in the Scottish History Tutorials under the marvellous guidance and tutelage of Dr Terry Brotherstone. To the point. The younger Salmond was in step with the former Head Man and his writings reflected the one train of thought - total Independence with no quarter given. The Salmonds and then Sturgeon a facsist were a cross between William Wallace and Robert the Bruce and plunged ahead with gay abandon and just could never listen to any reasoned argument. They were full on. And now we have a mess. A mess of gigantic consequences. Reflecting on my experience I found Terry an amazing individual and I was blessed being in the presence of a wonderful human being. If you read this Terry, all my best regards to you. I was there between 1984 and 1988.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +1

      You are in London as you said and from 500 miles away calling Scotland a mess.

    • @24017460
      @24017460 8 днів тому

      Scotland is a beatifull country no doubt about that. Its a shame.like UK government taxing us of existence. They all forget when they get in they are employed by the people for the people.

    • @JohnOByrne-ng4mc
      @JohnOByrne-ng4mc 7 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 You see able to do the same regarding England from up there.

  • @simonclarke2939
    @simonclarke2939 10 днів тому

    There is no real analysis about what is and isn't working relative to other parts of the UK. There are lessons to be learned, one of which I would argue is that what ever your identity politics where it is pro or anti EU, pro or anti union you have to execute the day to day management of services effectively. There are clear parallels here with the Tory government in Westminster but it does suit the Times agenda to draw attention to that.

  • @alasdairfinlayson
    @alasdairfinlayson 12 днів тому +8

    I'm afraid that's not news Andrew, but it's good that Scotland is realising it at last. Just a huge shame so much damage has been done during their tenure.

    • @Saffy-yr8vo
      @Saffy-yr8vo 12 днів тому +5

      I take it you don’t live in Scotland and have no idea what you’re talking about.

    • @campbella2796
      @campbella2796 12 днів тому

      You fell for his nonsense then? Andrew Neil is not an expert on Scotland, he is a red faced little Englander who wants Scotland in it's box.

    • @niburu1508
      @niburu1508 9 днів тому

      Why is the Duchess of Edinburgh visiting “ the most corrupt country in Europe” ?

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +5

    Eyes on the prize folks vote SNP is the only way to Independence.

  • @hunglikeajellyfish
    @hunglikeajellyfish 11 днів тому

    First minister seems to be introducing laws in line with a certain group and its means of control, sounds a bit like if your not one of us then zip it! I preferred a free yet somewhat sensible Scotland but the madness is spreading even here. Send them homeward to think again!

  • @prophetsnake
    @prophetsnake 11 днів тому

    Yeah, nothing to do with Brexit or the Tories, right? If the kick England to the kerb and follow ROI's example, they will be fine.

  • @duncansmith9547
    @duncansmith9547 12 днів тому +5

    Virulantly anti SNP journalist says bad things about the SNP, personally I'm shocked.

    • @Saffy-yr8vo
      @Saffy-yr8vo 12 днів тому +1

      He’s been touring bile all his life.

  • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
    @user-yb9ww6lv7j 12 днів тому +11

    The SNP were never fit to govern and only came about due to the independence factor. As seen by jimmy krankie and Yousless, they are trying to be an one party dictatorship with extreme ideologies but use the independence issue to garner support.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому

      England is therefore a one party Torie dictatorship and Wales is a one party Labour dictatorship.

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 11 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 Who do you think will win the next election. Thicko.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@user-yb9ww6lv7j
      In Scotland? The SNP at Westminster & at Holyrood.
      In the last poll on Independence Yes polled at 47%.
      If the Independence Movement all vote SNP, the SNP will win in Scotland.
      Due to the Unionist vote being split amongst Tories, Reform, Labour, Liberals etc

    • @user-yb9ww6lv7j
      @user-yb9ww6lv7j 11 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 I wouldn't take much notice of a poll as they are never accurate but if they ever get independence, I can't wait to see the state of the place in a couple of years time.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@user-yb9ww6lv7j
      Me to, it'l be booming! and in competition with England which will be a good thing.

  • @Tom_murray89
    @Tom_murray89 7 днів тому

    We need politicians who care about their constituents not just take them for granted

    • @irene3196
      @irene3196 7 днів тому

      .......Politicians who can get back to basics - health, education, housing, etc
      and forget about airy fairy ideas that ordinary Scots are not concerned about.

  • @lilygal4975
    @lilygal4975 8 днів тому

    Labour is Humza Yousef 2.0...... Scotland is not in our hands. We need to take it back. Voting strategically is all we have left

  • @user-ey6rz3fv5y
    @user-ey6rz3fv5y 11 днів тому +4

    SNP are finished in Scotland curupt party

  • @johnneil4777
    @johnneil4777 12 днів тому +9

    Of course it had nothing to do with Tory rule at Westminster! Nothing like exaggerating what is happening at Holyrood. The Scottish Government have improved life in Scotland despite the shackles of Westminster. Should Holyrood ever be controlled by Labour we will soon be able to judge the competence of others.

  • @PeterStrachanMusic
    @PeterStrachanMusic 10 днів тому

    Do not trust Salmond..

  • @andrewwalton1520
    @andrewwalton1520 10 днів тому

    GO WOKE , GO BROKE ! BYE BYE HAMZA !

  • @janetlamb6812
    @janetlamb6812 12 днів тому +4

    Glasgow is an absolute s hole, and I mean S hole, the former GDR wasnt this bad

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +1

      Glasgow that 34% of Scotland's workforce work in?

    • @Saffy-yr8vo
      @Saffy-yr8vo 12 днів тому +1

      Nearly every city in uk is a hole, you can thank the Tory voters for that.

    • @janetlamb6812
      @janetlamb6812 12 днів тому +2

      @@Saffy-yr8vo Nope, you can thank labour councils for that,

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому

      @@janetlamb6812
      The Torie UK Government just cut 20 Billion from local councils in the Spring 2024 budget.

    • @janetlamb6812
      @janetlamb6812 11 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 Stop hiding, stop blaming everyone but the corrupt SNP. Scotland gets what it gets, it is reliant on the UK tax payer, if that ends tomorrow , Scotland will not have enough production out put to cover the bills in the next 300 years, its economics, not enough people in Scotland work, far to many benefits, people need to stop thinking government is responsible for their lives, people are responsible, and constantly blaming government shows that Scotland is just another version of the GDR

  • @papapiers1588
    @papapiers1588 12 днів тому +11

    Sadly Mr Neil is accurate. Complete disaster up here. Can anyone help ?

    • @craigrothwell6144
      @craigrothwell6144 12 днів тому +2

      Not even calling Ghost busters would help :)

    • @niburu1508
      @niburu1508 9 днів тому

      The aDuchess of Edinburgh is on a visit to “ the most corrupt country in Europe”::- maybe they can Help you

  • @Stabe1981
    @Stabe1981 6 днів тому

    Lots of politicians who are career based with no principles.

  • @roger7032
    @roger7032 11 днів тому

    That's what you get when you get

  • @SarahHorner
    @SarahHorner 12 днів тому +4

    On education and health, Scotland is way ahead. Scotland voted to stay in the EU - it’s a country that has been shafted by English radicals.

    • @tedmaxeffs
      @tedmaxeffs 9 днів тому

      education and health , over financed by the rest of UK , Its the English that's been shafted , and I presume you are discussing the UK NHS which without your health system would collapse overnight , the English so called radicals and the rest of the uk taxpayer has lost millions of pounds squandered by the SNP which the EU wouldn't entertain.

  • @leemccabemccabe5627
    @leemccabemccabe5627 12 днів тому +3

    Uk 🇬🇧 & the 🌎 2024 ✝️ 🙏

  • @sectarianvegan7279
    @sectarianvegan7279 11 днів тому

    We could use Humza as foundations for the A9

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +2

    The Daily Record the, tory rag 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +5

    Stop with the lies Andrew Neil.

    • @jake751
      @jake751 12 днів тому

      He's done it for decades 😊

  • @hashfingers
    @hashfingers 12 днів тому +18

    What do you expect from an immigrant?

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +1

      The immigrant is Andrew Neil, who migrated to and lives in the south of France

    • @capri2673
      @capri2673 12 днів тому +1

      @@ScottishRoss27 So you're okay with a Pakistani being the head of Scottish independence?

    • @user-xc8ir7ng9z
      @user-xc8ir7ng9z 12 днів тому

      Who's an immigrant? Have I missed something?

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@user-xc8ir7ng9z
      Brexiteers were ok with foreign born immigrant Boris Johnson being their leader of Brexit

  • @georgeblackley6028
    @georgeblackley6028 12 днів тому +1

    Scotlands great!

  • @elizabethpratt3707
    @elizabethpratt3707 10 днів тому

    @scottishross27
    Unfortunately it hasnt stopped people having to go along to (increasing amount of) food banks. 🤷‍♀️ and theyve built a new bridge, laid tramlines/provided carriages, all while food banks increased.

  • @Lemonscreech539
    @Lemonscreech539 12 днів тому +5

    One Parliament, one set of laws for the whole UK please!!!! What a waste of money the current set up is!

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 12 днів тому +2

      No.

    • @stunews2903
      @stunews2903 11 днів тому +3

      At least the MPs turn up for work unlike the SNP MSPs in Scotland.

    • @Lemonscreech539
      @Lemonscreech539 11 днів тому +2

      @@stunews2903 and don’t get me started about Northern Ireland.

    • @ScottishRoss27
      @ScottishRoss27 11 днів тому

      @@stunews2903
      Scotland has a lower Unemployment rate than the UK, Atleast Scots turn upto work unlike the rest of the UK.

    • @stunews2903
      @stunews2903 11 днів тому

      @@ScottishRoss27 The majority of Scots are reliant on Tax Credits or DWP benefits provided by our United Kingdom government.

  • @rosiemcgregor5710
    @rosiemcgregor5710 12 днів тому +3

    There's nothing wrong with our FM or the SNP support for Independence.

  • @LarsTMF100
    @LarsTMF100 7 днів тому

    A country's leaders should be the best and the most talented, but unfortunately they are often far from that. Politics is often just a career path for power-hungry people.

  • @sectarianvegan7279
    @sectarianvegan7279 11 днів тому

    Humza is a windfarm !

  • @MrGavinBoyd
    @MrGavinBoyd 12 днів тому +12

    Lame duck leader needs to go.

  • @southafrica73
    @southafrica73 12 днів тому +7

    And of course Westminster (that actualy controls almost all of the levers of power) has made such super job of governing formerly great britain.

    • @ralphhathaway-coley5460
      @ralphhathaway-coley5460 12 днів тому +2

      ....... not that Andrew Neil, Tory supporter and sycophant will ever say so!

    • @jod7633
      @jod7633 12 днів тому +1

      This! 100%

    • @mdmurray17
      @mdmurray17 12 днів тому +3

      Whataboutism.
      Strange things are worse in Scotland

    • @jod7633
      @jod7633 12 днів тому +2

      @@mdmurray17 its not whataboutism when westminster holds almost all the economic and fiscal levers required to run Scotland, and don't forget the section 25 or whatever its called that can veto any decisions made by the Scottish government.

    • @mdmurray17
      @mdmurray17 12 днів тому

      @@jod7633 Seriously 30 minutes and you cant provide anything.... thought it would be at your finger tips...

  • @rlceuropean3277
    @rlceuropean3277 9 днів тому

    What a load of tosh.
    Best let it go if that's what you really believe.......?!
    Of course not.

  • @beachcomber1able
    @beachcomber1able 11 днів тому

    'SCOTLAND IN SERIOUS DECLINE ' Brillo reckons the Tories can save her. 😂

  • @lmg7503
    @lmg7503 12 днів тому +9

    Scotland has been onn decline since sturgeon and now the humas its lost.

    • @lewismcdonald9691
      @lewismcdonald9691 12 днів тому +3

      By what metric has Scotland declined since the SNP took over ?

    • @ralphhathaway-coley5460
      @ralphhathaway-coley5460 12 днів тому +1

      @@lewismcdonald9691 There you go using logic and common sense in an argument about Scotland orchestrated by those with a definite anti-Scotland agenda. I wish you good luck with that!

    • @crml8539
      @crml8539 12 днів тому +1

      ​@@lewismcdonald9691 It was fine under Salmond but there has been a consistent decline under Sturgeon and now. They are not fit to govern.

    • @lewismcdonald9691
      @lewismcdonald9691 12 днів тому +3

      @@crml8539 No but what precisely ?

    • @jake751
      @jake751 12 днів тому

      ​@@crml8539eww no thanks