What's the point of Salmond's new party? Andrew Neil and Kenny MacAskill | SpectatorTV
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Kenny MacAskill, formerly of the SNP and now an Alba MP, speaks to Andrew Neil about Alex Salmond's new outfit. Is Sturgeon fit to lead, what currency will an independent Scotland use, and will Salmond's supermajority plan work?
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Has everyone forgotten that Scotland had “ A ONCE IN A GENERATION “ REFERENDUM and “ We the people of Scotland “ CHOSE to remain in the UNION!!!!
Then Brexit put the cat firmly amongst the pigeons. It's not our fault Boris has chosen to sacrifice the Union (Northern Ireland as well)
@@andrewnorthway1608 your opinion, the EU are so corrupt.
@@robertadams1054 So are the SNP.
And then Brexit happened.
How long do you think a generation is?? -what with deep fried pizza's, deep fried Mars bars,deep fried scotch pies, haggis, a drink problem behond control, the worst drug deaths in Europe, you are lucky to reach 5 years old in Glasgow.....
Why aren't they telling the people of Scotland how they intend to finance the running of Scoland. Because the Scotish GDP is not enough to pay the bills.
Its not about currency you idiot. Its about self determination. We are being enslaved by england, i would not expect you to get it.
They intend on financing the country by the usual means, you know, people paying taxes on their wages etc, the same way the country is financed now.
Laughable comment. Scotland is a very wealthy country with every attribute to be successful after independence. Winning the economic argument has been key to seeing Yes edge ahead in the opinion polls over the last 12 months
@@SevenSagesRO But at the moment Scotland raises 60b in taxes but spends 80b?
@@andrewnorthway1608
If that's the case why is the economic argument never advanced by the Nationalists despite promising to do so in 2018.
In fact, the last time they tried with the SGC in 2018, even the rosiest predictions which envisaged no impact on trade, GDP not being negatively impacted, increased borrowing cost or a currency crisis saw Scotland have to endure a decade of austerity to just get to the point whereby it's public finances were on a sustainable footing.
Funnily enough that report was quietly brushed under a rug and has never been trotted out again.
The only people who advance the economic argument are liars, essentially.
Andrew Neil got this guys number lol, There is only one interest and that’s lining there own pockets. 🏴🇬🇧
When you see the shenanigans in the SNP then imagine what would happen when they answered to no one. When the press and all public bodies are even more fully in their pockets.
Another snake oil salesman full of bluff
This guy has jumped ship to ALBA and still drawing a wage from his non role as MSP for East Lothian without a red face!!
Devolution has been a disaster it should be reversed.
Drop them a note and tell them. While yer at it you could demand Yugoslavia be reformed and bring back the austro-hungarian empire. I'm sure they'll listen to someone as authoritative as a random bloke on youtube.
Stupid comment.
All down to war mongerer Blair.
@@SevenSagesRO So, what has not been a disaster since devolution? Attack the point with facts, if you can, rather than this straw-man guff.
@@robertadams1054 wasn’t Blair Scottish and his mate Brown. We need to fight for our FREEDUM in Engerland as well. Let’s have a referendum.
I Never Cared Too Much For Salmond, But it Was Totally Wrong Of Sturgeon To Try To Stitch Him Up Like a Kipper.
One is as bad as the other. Manipulators and dishonest for their own gain as is Ms Sturgeons husband Peter Murrell., chief executive of the SNP. After his lack of truth and transparency at the Salmond inquiry, he has conveniently slipped into the background until his part and performance cools off. They tried to stitch each other up.
Birds of a feather..
Tried but failed, be interesting to watch the court case against her tho...
@@alexd9000 Boris..... anyone.
So the point of starting a new party is pure ego then, got it
Which part of 'supermajority' don't you get?
It's one and only motive was retribution against Sturgeon after having his face washed twice in public with a dirty flannel.
Seven Sages, the part which says that the only public referendum is an independence vote so a Supermajority has no effect whatsoever. Then the other part which says that Salmond won't take any seats from any party other than the SNP? So what makes you think it is of significance?
Suspect it was more to do with him not getting the perk he wanted , simple sexism and the realisation he was less a man than his former leader.
Let's see on the 6th of May.
Brexit was a walk in the park in comparison to Scottish Independence. Nothing tells me their political leadership are up to the task. Currency and economy are often discussed but little air time is given to Scots that want to remain in the UK. I can imagine that it would all get a little fractious.
7 years since the 2014 Scottish independence referendum and separatists still don't have a clear and coherent stance on a prospective currency. Why would anyone vote for that?
Apparently they would like to use sterling first, followed by an independent Scottish backed-currency, before being forced to use the euro ... maybe they'll give bitcoin and pogs a try after all that if they ever get a half-decent chance. Economic genius.
Our own currency, as we'l need our own to join the EU bigger market
@@ScottishRoss27 OK, so let's go point by point:
* Roughly two thirds of Scotland's trade activity is with the rest of the UK, which is roughly three times as much as Scotland's trade with the EU at its peak after decades of membership (suggesting that this is unlikely to change any time soon).
* Brexit will prove costly insofar as it introduces extra barriers to trade with the EU (rules, procedures, restrictions, tariffs, quota etc.). Whether independent or part of the EU Scotland will have barriers between itself and the rest of the UK, which is by far its biggest and most accessible market. This will very likely be more damaging than the barriers between Scotland and EU markets as a result of Brexit.
* Scottish finance is heavily tied up with the rest of the UK at present, and largely serves the rest of the UK. Again, this isn't going to change overnight.
* Neill points out some of the difficulties and the costs of using sterling as a temporary currency, financing a transition to an independent Scottish currency and then in short order financing a transition to the Euro. Its easy to gloss over this (and all of the important features of the economic argument), it is quite another to actually reckon with them, which I don't see the independence parties or supporters meaningfully doing.
* The SNP have previously aimed to bring Scotland's deficit down to 3% in order to meet the target for entry into the EU - Scotland's deficit increased last year up to April according to GERS and we have now had a full year of lockdowns / restrictions. This will materially complicate and prolong getting the deficit down, which is to say that willfully pursuing independence immediately after the fiscal impacts of the coronavirus is of course irresponsible and ridiculous. No doubt EU deficits have increased as well but that is probably a good reason why the EU isn't going to want to take on more debt, so Scotland would still have a lot of heavy lifting to do (or austerity endure).
* The SNP like to make positive but vacuous statements about what Scotland can achieve as an independent country but there is a great deal of risk involved and a prosperous future is far from guaranteed. Had Scotland left during the last referendum their projections for North Sea Oil profits would have immediately collapsed during the oil price crash and caused financial difficulties at the worst possible time. If Nicola Sturgeon was given another referendum when the UK voted for Brexit then Scotland would now be trapped in the EU's vaccine procurement program and face a longer road to opening up its economy (as well as much higher levels of borrowing and business closures as a result) at the worst possible time. Scottish people can choose independence if they like but I hope they aren't oblivious to the risks this could present to their economy and, in turn, their livelihoods / future prospects in a complex and ever-changing world.
fraserofallander.org/economic-statisticians-irony-and-scotlands-latest-trade-statistics/
I'm sure there are countless other points that could be made; at the end of the day you don't get to be a socialist paradise if your economy isn't performing exceptionally well, and even if it is that could be because you are compromising yourself to do dirty deals with Saudi Arabia, China etc. etc. So yes, for all that it is worth Scotland might eventually be able to use an independent Scottish currency. Since there is no guarantee of Scotland being accepted into the EU (any time soon or at all) you might just be using it longer than you would like. I hope you are keeping things like this in mind while you are trumpeting independence as a cure-all for Scotland's apparent woes after years of SNP leadership (sounds to me like the cure is worse than the disease).
They seemed to have learned nothing at all from the mistakes they made last time round, and aren’t offering anything different to what they offered in 2014. So what makes them think voters suddenly want something they decisively rejected 7 years ago?
@@yousigiltube Christmas chocolate button those ones in gold and silver wrappings should be given a chance as well. although they do go stale after 2 to 3 months
This politician is clearly clueless and delusional. I just hope the Scottish people think long and hard before voting. The SNP have achieved nothing in 14 years except the slow destruction of Scotland.
exactly
Exactly!!!!!!!!!
He's not advocating for the SNP, he's advocating for Alba and Independence. In what way is he clueless and delusional?
I feel very sad that Scotland wants to break away from the rest of the uk. But they really want that then I think they should go it alone, no financial help, no military help, they can get it all from the EU, now they would be in trouble.
Since ww2 60+ countries have gained independence from Westminster
Governments we dont elect.
Scotland is the way it is right now BECAUSE of the union. British governments have ripped Scotland to pieces over the decades. By 2000 Scotland was already stripped of industry and send head first into two middle eastern wars. All because the UK government is a bitch lackey of the US and their foreign policy.
@@hiddenknowledge2012 och aye, no, no laddie.
Why would we need military aid? Literally no one wants to invade us.
Well apart from the english.
Good thing we have the trident bases then!
We Dont Want 2 Break Away From The United Kingdom, Its Just The Nationlists Who Want Indy Ref 2 And Who Want 2 Send Scottish Fishermen Down The Water,
One of those politicians who thinks if he talks for long enough he'll sound convincing. As in Wales, Socialism has been devastating for our countries: and he wants more? Another one defining madness.....
What a dreary little man, thank God for Andrew Andrew Neil!
And he's one of the better Scottish 'politicians', just an embarrassment.
Tim, not nice just dim.
Funny that English people want a say in Scotlands democratic choices.
Says the one of many English trolls.
@@gmckayakGeorge, I’ve read maybe 20 comments by you so who’s the Scottish Nazi Party Troll? (It’s you)
God help us in Scotland
Well you need to vote for anybody but that idiot and the snp
Maybe Alex needs somebody he can pester at work might be a all male party
The thought of independence is terrifying.
I'm glad tories like yourself are a minority in Scotland.
@@Teenibash1969 Nearly every single country on the planet is independent. How terrifying...
@@hiddenknowledge2012 I'm glad I'm not a nationalist like you, who are still the minority in Scotland
Body language: MacAskill continuously looks away from Mr Neil's gaze and talks to the window.
Lying through your teeth sir...
Nonsense. Neil is a first class Gammon.
Correct about the body language.
Shifting about on his seat, generally uncomfortable.
He is lying.
@@stevelawrence7111 Utter horsepoop, He has nothing to lie about. Unlike Boris who can't stop lying.
Body language my ass! They are in different locations and you cannot see what he's looking at. It could be his grandchildren playing in the garden and he's keeping an eye on them.
@@Gary-bz1rf surely Scotsmen will be all “bending their knees” to Brussels.
The scary thing is, he believes every bit of tripe he's trotting out.
That is because it's true. funny that.
@@gmckayak lol if you say so. You must be a paid up cult member too.
Who, Andrew Neil 🤣
@@GeorgeSquare 'cult member' oh dear you lot say the same thing... Much like... A cult 🤷
@@chiefgilray Andrew Neil is 100% facts - which annoys liars, like Scottish Nationalists.
As a scot, I now think we should be given a referendum. I love to see the 30 shiteshow which would follow!!.the SNP still have NO clue what they would do re currency, employment, health and the other areas ignored in order to pursuit of independence..by the way, saying 'fundemently ' over and over answers no questions..Great job again Andrew!!
As A Scot ha ha ha. so you are.
@The Matrix Yada yada yada. I know what's best for my country and thankfully a great many do also. lets see where the dust settles on the 7th of May
you dont have a clue, the scots live here you dont
@@davidcaledonia5187 how silly of you!. You don't know where I live you buffoon.
@@mikeford1273 Well if you tell me where you live, believe me I will try my best to avoid you, you do sound a bit weird for my taste, if you live in scotland you can choose from over 600 foodbanks so the scots make sure our people will not go hungry, welcome to one of the richest oil producing countries in the world, I wonder if Norway has foodbanks, I know they have over 500 billion in the bank, but not sure about foodbanks lol, I am a bit impressed that an uneducated twit like you can spell buffoon
Who'd of thought after 14yrs this bunch doesn't sound like it could organise a P--s up in a brewery-the irony isn't lost. Let's hope the Scottish people get democratically what they vote for!
The point is Salmond wouldn’t get elected for a constituency but could get a seat via the list. Crazy isn’t it.
Don't forget the fact that the Scottish Parliament is a wierd offshoot of Proportional Representation. More constituency votes means your votes in the list mean less. This is what keeps Unionist parties relevant.
What you got a crystal ball now. How on earth would be not get elected.
What a shambles Scottish politics has become and all down to their own volition.
“I will be receiving a pension from West Minster...” so basically, I’m alright jack.
That's because it's where his pension payments were made into. like ex pats all over the world there will be nothing different. It's a non story.
@@gmckayak The point being made, which I'm sure you understand, is that with a Sterling pension he will be insulated against a tanking Scottish currency if Scotland becomes independent.
Ergo, it matters not one whit to him if independence is good for Scotland or not.
UK state pension is the Lowest in the Developed World.
Independent Scotland for a higher state pension, other similar sized countries can do it.
Yeah but it will be transferred into the Scottish currency, which is very likely to be devalued vs Sterling and he wont be alright
@@ScottishRoss27 Paid for how?
He is now the Alba MP for East Lothian but he doesn't live here. It's all bluff and bluster from him. They have no credible plan for the country.
And yet another MP who's changed horses but hasn't got the honour or integrity to resign to stand for this Party.
@@beverlyfletcher4458 How do you mean? He resigned from SNP and now stands for Alba.
His constant looking at the right when he spoke makes this look like a hostage video.
Yet Andrew Neil barely looks up 🤷
And the magpie excuse has now been exhausted.
That's because Salmond has a gun aimed at him.
His shifty behaviours belie the fact that he doesn’t really have any solid solutions to the difficult problems that the transition to independence would bring. Scotland could be plunged into an unrecoverable financial crisis leaving most people in Scotland practically destitute. He’d do well to study Irish economic history. It took nearly 60 years for the economy to recover. People were much poorer.
The passion seems genuine but as soon as you hit him for facts And figures he is an obvious bullshitter
Hopefully Boris will man up and tell the SNP to jog on!! And send in the Forensic AUDITORS before the SNP put all of us decent hardworking Scots into the gutter
The majority of us hard working Scots want to leave the union. That's democracy.
I pay £ 135 per month more in income tax just for living in Scotland. The SNP would destroy this Nation rapidly. Sturgeon has mooted a National Wage - will politicians also be earning the same? As for MacAskill - we already had a "once in a generation referendum" and voted NO! What part does he not understand?
Most of that is bullshit. the Scots have the lowest Income tax in all the devolved nations.
Even Nationalists should be able to input a salary into a take home pay calculator and note the 2 results : 1 for residents in Scotland and one for the rest of the UK.
I think there's a lot more than the referendum he doesn't understand.
He has made all sorts of ridiculous claims and Andrew let him off the hook.
I thought it was a well judged interview. If you hammer them too much they will stop coming on.
@@user-rd1hd3ww1b He claimed Brexit has damaged Scotland’s economy. Andrew didn’t ask him for specific examples of how it had.
As much as I don't overly like social media it's hilarious watching Andrew dig up old tweets and throw them in the faces of politicians.
I believe a fitting description is "hoist by your own petard".
Really? What I took away from that is that Andrew Neil and critics of Scottish independence have nothing better to attack with than digging up some gossipy old tweets. Pathetic, feeble, desperate stuff.
@@SevenSagesRO Currency, pensions, debt. Seems to me he had much more than old tweets.
@@SevenSagesRO Um, Neil in his interview with Andrew Wilson, former MSP, doesn't discuss any social media posts whatsoever. Entirely substantive discussion on what the "Sustainable Growth" Commission has published
Yea they do the same to him too, he ran the lie of a queue to join EU and got it thrown back in his face. "hoisted by his own petard"
The issue of currency was telling...theyve had years to put plans out to the Scottish people but still very clouded in what how it would be...I think the EU unofficially is playing behind the scenes...it wants to take the UK back one chunk at a time....and they still haven't ratified yet...hmmm I wonder why..
The currency question really makes them squirm. They have no answers.
All I can say is Kenny McPrick
You must be terribly clever.
@@SevenSagesRO Indeed
Time for England to have a Referendum based on, "Do we want to keep subsidising parts of the UK that actually hate England." I think the vote will be 70% to leave the UK.
The SNP make out as if the Scottish people didn’t already vote on this.
God help us, most do not want independence. Huge amount of unanswered questions as to how we would go forward if it did happen. 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Thanks again Andrew for exposing once again the absence of answers to the most basic of questions on how an independent Scotland would operate.
Their most reliable quality is they never, ever provide answers, on anything.
Scotland is not Independent but when other countries aren't scared to go Independent, you have to laugh at the spineless jock
Scotland would join the EU whilst little englund continues to sink .........and good luck to them , little englunds done fore now sold out by the little brexshiters, flag waving while little englund sinks
@@Paul-md8de 4 out of 10 Scots who voted, voted to leave the EU. Are they little Scotlunders ?
@@Paul-md8de DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH
Sturgeon has forgotten what her policies are, and she doesn’t recall having been invited to BBC Question Time.
Diffently
Never seen a worse case of verbal diahorrea.
This is the MSP for East Lothian, yet during lock down was caught walking his dug in Banff (a 4 hour drive away) during lockdown, he was so embarrassed he ran away when confronted, his dog ran in the opposite direction to him. These people have no shame and they still rant about Cummings?
One has to look at the idiots who vote for him I'm afraid
@@alisonsavage4543 Totally agree, too many of them around for my liking. I keep my options open on a move 50 miles down the road to remain British!!
@@alistairplenderleith7164 Oh yes, I'm thinking the same! Can't take much more of this nonsense and the stupid electorate. It's embarrassing.
MacAskill, now Alba and the SNP have still not developed a credible financial plan for an independent Scotland. Critically over 60% of all eligible voters want to remain within the UK. Don't see where the IndyRef argument can go, unless it's towards blind fanaticism at any cost.
They will bank on the 16 yr old children to get the vote, exactly like Wales
Aye making numbers up will convince folk. Away and boil yer heed.
60%? Where's your source mate?
60% what rubbish. 50% - 58% want independence and 63% want to join the EU.
SNP just got 62 constituency seats, Unionists seats all together - got 11 constituency seats.
Your talking hogwash.
@@casperwallace9685 If you understand all voters intentions, less than 23% support the SNPs drive towards independence. Sorry if evidentiary data offends you. Facts always better than feelings...
"I recognise her commitment to independence" - What, that it's fake & she wants us ruled by the EU Empire?!
and worse the Globalists
@@grahamcmusic Well, the EU are Globalists. They see themselves as one of the world's 4 great Empires, along with USA, China & Russia.
Better than to be ruled by the UK Empire under notorious liar Boris Johnson!
@@Aldo_Regozzani Scots Law is the law of the land here but in the EU Empire our entire legal system is obsolete. You have no idea what's at stake here.
@@allymcmoist1484 You seem to be unable or unwilling to read the laws, contracts and agreements of the EU, UK and Scotland i t seems to me.
There is some devolution, but the majority of laws in Scotland is under the Parliament in Westminster and that is not known for looking after anything else but itself.
There is more democratic decisionmaking in the EU institutions than in the whole UK altogether. Greet your unelected Brexit Minister who is fucking everything up and the media in the UK which spreads more desinformation by not delivering the whole truth.
CU in some years when BoJo and the Tories fucked up the UK to pieces. :)
What world is Kenny living in? This is totally fantasy politics.
One that will soon be without Westminster pulling the strings.
@@gmckayak I see you have been taken in by that delusion, The Scottish Parliament are responsible for education, and the NHS and both are in decline.........SNP's responsibility
@@DD-gt2cv Also, still trying to find out how the defecit between how much tax is collected if they went independent and how much is spent is going to be resolved in the short term: rise taxes by 16%, lower spending by 14% or a bit of both OR borrow the money for the shortfall - that's based on what I have heard. I don't mind which one, I just want to know which one the SNP want to do because they seem to be allergic to any of those options as a definite plan. Maybe the responsibility is a bit hard to swallow?
Brigadoonery
How so?
It is truly amazing to witness the quantity of utter crap that can be churned out by and overactive mind.
Brilliant lack of eye contact by Kenny M. His none verbal communication is so very transparent, surely no one can vote for this man?
Andrew is quality.
Andrew is life.
Sorry couldn’t resist lol.
I’m a Scot who thinks of myself as British, lives in England, and have watched the political, economic, educational and social decline in Scotland for a couple of decades now. Until the SNP disappears into the history books, my birthplace will still hold fond memories but I won’t return. The Scots who think they would be be better off without the ‘Auld Enemy’ (stupid term) are delusional beyond description. All I will say on an independent Scotland is: good luck with that!!!
Well said Ian. Scotland has been ruined by this party. I’m a full time worker, I will be taxed even more if we go independent. Loads I’ve spoken to say they will move south or emigrate, so that takes a lot of money out of the Scottish GDP.
Ian, in the event of indy you will be joined in England by many of your fellow Scots mark my word!
@@alistairplenderleith7164 Isn't it funny that thousands of google searches down south have been for good estate agents in Scotland. Thousands of English people who actually live here already in Scotland are campaigning to remove Scotland from being controlled by Westminster because they see just how bad Westminster has become. If you were half decent folk you would applaud our right for democracy instead of constantly being over ruled by a government we don't vote for.
. Don't let the truth hurt your feelings.
@@Teenibash1969 Go now because Scotland is leaving this voluntary union. We got 45 percent last time and with all of the nonsense in Westminster and being removed from the EU we only need a further 6 percent so pack your bags, go and get settled down there asap.
@@gmckayak thats really quite cheeky. We are all entitled to our view.
No disrespect to Scotland or Scottish but he just got humiliated in my opinion. 🇬🇧 all the way
I’d love to see them go on their own. So much hasn’t been thought out. I can’t wait for this to unravel get the popcorn
Plenty being thought out. This very corrupt Tory Dictatorship is no future. The first English Dictatorship under Oily Cromwell dismantled,as so many other Dictatorships,of which this Westminster has also been so keen to dismantle in other countries,. TWO FACED!!
Your not really addressing the question. It’s not about whether Scotland could be a viable independent country. It certainly could. The issue is about the challenging economic transition to a stable economic future. The economic pain of that transition would be very difficult and could last 50 years or more. Why wipe out the economic future of two generations to become another small european country living in the pocket of the EU. Sturgeon might not like the interference of Westminster but I suspect she’d like the austerity imposed by the European Central Bank and loan conditions from the IMF even less.
@@robertgalloway3771 Well said.
@@donharrold1375 Utter nonsense. Scotland is up and running now, without all its finances, Adding the missing depts is basically a cut and paste job. Then more direct changes to accommodate the wishes of how Scotland wishes to be run.
Ask Ireland they are doing just fine. In fact better than UK.
@@casperwallace9685 The current circumstance in Scotland is nothing like Ireland. Scotland is to all intents and purposes fiscally bankrupt. Anyway read Irish economic history. It took Ireland 50 years to recover its economy after independence.
After Scottish independence there would be two options. Increase taxes massively or reduce public spending and cut public sector jobs. That all assumes that the current economy could survive capital flight and currency speculation that would inevitably happen immediately after independence. Independence is a very, very bad idea.
Ask yourself this simple question: When Sturgeon announces that the currency is changing over from £ Sterling to “Scotopunts” and everyone in Scotland panics and withdraws their savings from the bank, what would happen to the exchange rate? It would drop massively! You’d start with an exchange rate of 1 Scotopunt = £1 at 8am on the first day of the new Scottish currency. By lunchtime a Scotopunt would probably be worth around 60p. If you don’t believe me, go and read about the outcome of Slovak independence.
Independent Scotland could use "plastic", no need for a currency, just like Emma Harper said lol, failing that, Paypal would do in the interim. They could also launch the "krankie" and print these off, 1,000,000 krankie=£1 pound - start printing asap
Thanks for the language, doing wonders for our cause
why would you want to break up the union i just don't get the stupidness of separatism !! and then hamza says he a proud celt 🤣
You voted to stay in the EU then I presume. Or maybe you'd like the UK to become the 51st state? You ythink things are always better when you're a tiny part of a bigger union?
The scottish people are enslaved, what is there to get?
@@stephenlyon1358 Aye, enslaved by the SNP. They've even removed our freedom of speech.
@@SevenSagesRO bro England practically created vaccines for us all one example of better together ❤ stop being a txt .... your nicola sturgeon couldn't even manage the drug and cleaning in Govan ffs shes a joke
Denial of democracy??? Is that like refusing to accept the result of the first independence referendum?
Yeah Kenny, keep having these referendums till you get the answer you want buddy. Also the schools and hospitals in Scotland have been run into the ground by you, not Westminster.
Kenny MacAskill seems to live in fairy land.
Can you outline one area where you think he is deluded or was your comment just somehting you thought would sound clever and not be questioned?
Just like sturgeon and her cronies barrie 👍
@@SevenSagesRO Did you listen to anything he said about a new Scottish currency - that was deluded. Do you respond to all comments with a question, rather than a counter-argument in order to make yourself look clever?
SCOTLALALAND. !!
Ask MacAskill what are the opportunities he speaks of for Scotland.? MacAskill as does his leader Salmond have the ‘gift of the gab’. Complicit.
I don't believe SNP or Alba are actually capable of delivering independence, even if they get the opportunity to try. I think the best they might get is a vassel state. But more likely, after years of negotiation and arguement (probably amongst themselves) is indyref3 and an overwhelming majority to call it off.
If Westminster try to be awkward, Scotland just takes them to court and repeals the Act of union 1707. Done. Westminster then has no access at all to another countries resources all agreements WM has made - STOP.
Now Boris might be that dumb. You just never know. Pretty sure he won't want the lawsuits coming to WM from countries they promises a deal too.
I think that was a car crash interview!
Mr Kenny MacAskil Mr i've got two pensions i'm alright jack, i don't have to worry about such things as currency, EU, Brexit, probably mortgage, how selfish.
Great how they lose their memory when their caught
Kenny is ok with his pension but not too concerned or at least no ansnwers as to what currency mine would be paid in... Lifes ok thanks kenny. Jog on.
It's a non story but don't let that get in the way of your fake rage
Our own currency
New Zealand dollar is the currency of New Zealand
Australian dollar is the currency of Australia
Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada
All gained independence from Westminster.
@@ScottishRoss27 bye bye then.
Good to see you go.
@Paul Keiller-Harris Brits living in Spain or elsewhere get there uk pension even though they live in another country,
why wouldnt they if they live in an independent scotland?
@Paul Keiller-Harris I do, you dont
This is the guy who released a convicted mass murderer after serving only a few years in prison. The man is beyond contempt.
The same man who let a dying man return home to die. Don't let the truth hurt your opinion. It was definitely the right thing to do. Did you hear the other info that came out about it?
You believe the Libyans planted that bomb? The bent arm of the CIA planted it.
Can we have a referendum open only to people in England, Wales & NI with just one question. "Do we want to kick Scotland out of the Union & redistribute the money given to them ?". Just two boxes, Yes and No. Simple!
Stupid comment
@@gmckayak Indeed.
@@gmckayak no more stupid then wishing to dissolve a 300 year old union which has served us well. Do you think the British Empire could have happened without Scotland, or two world wars? No. What’s stupid is to wish for independence when you are already free. To hate the English because you are told that all your ills are because of them. Well, if Scotland wants it’s ‘Freedom’ then go for it but wait, all you want to do is exchange one union for another. It’s like being married for 50 years, then deciding to get a divorce, only so you can marry someone else & then blame your former partner for all of your problems. Yes, breaking up the union will hurt England but it will also hurt Wales & NI. So, go have your freedom and if you do manage to join the EU, enjoy getting heard when there are 27 other voices, also wanting to be heard, enjoy being Slovenia.
@@alanchiang6904 Scotlands the last major colony.
@@ScottishRoss27 Colony? As in invading armies subjugating the native population to their rule? Wow! Sorry Ross, didn’t know the Scottish people had been subjugated by the English, must be so hard to live under the yoke of English domination. Does the local Lord still have the right to spend the first night of married life with the bride? Freedom!
Let them go independent.... I mean who cares nobody.
apparently
You do 😂😂
What an odd thing to say all the people who have placed comments here clearly care one way or the other everybody has a right to their own opinion and want to have a say there is nothing wrong with that
The world would be a very strange place if everybody agreed on the same things that's why were called Individuals because we all have our own thoughts and feelings on certain subjects and we want to put a voice to those thoughts and feelings are we sentimental and emotional maybe so but in the end that's not such a bad thing it's what makes us who we are that's what life is all about
"It happened in Slovakia". No. There was no referendum in Slovakia. Czechoslovakia was broken up by parliamentary vote. Ironically, it was the Slovak nationalists who blocked a refrenendum, because opinion polls suggested they might lose.
Give them the poverty that they want. Make the terms of departure as harsh as possible and let them go. They have literally no leverage whatsoever.
We'l be taking our share of the UKs £10,4 trillion assets we'l be owed.
8,2% population share of £10,4 trillion = £852 billion
£852 billion divided by 5,4 million = equivalent of £157,777 per person
"If indeed if the people of Scotland were ever to decide that they ultimately didn't want independence... " were to decide? we did decide... what are you doing about that but seeking another referendum?
Have you not seen the new advert! , Alba is the reincarnation of robert the bruce!!!.
Nationalistic propaganda. Been churning it out since Holyrood was formed. Was obvious nats would push their agenda once they had a platform. Brown was a naive fool for not seeing it.
@@user-rd1hd3ww1b I blame mel gibson myself.
Surely if you are going to have independence all of these currency questions should already have answers. But the SNP and all of these independence politicians only have very vague answers apart from everything is always Englands fault. This despite getting more money per head than the rest of the UK population since the 70s, providing prime ministers and politicians to run the whole of the UK. It is always Englands fault. If that is the case why not get rid of the present Scottish parliament as obviously by that logic there is no point to it.
Norway saved their oil money. Which now adds to their currencies value.
Seeing as this guy's doing so well, thank you UK, why doesn't he share some of his largesse with a few of the peasants he cares so much about.
...I wouldnt trust Kenny to take my dog a walk
I honestly can't think of a reason why the rest of the UK would want Scotland to stay. Aside from history and sentiment, what is the benefit? England would surely benefit from not having to subsidise Scotland via the Barnet formula.
For the same reason they’d want any other part of their country to stay.
Ohhh dear, you're rattling his cage Andrew. Must be an SNP trait. I mean look at their boss. Spits her dummy out all the time and looks like she's chewing wasps. Horrible people
what part of no to independence did they not under stand I’m sick fed up listening to them bleating on about it
And btw, if it goes wrong, the party leaders will retire on huge pensions, and Joe Bloggs, working man will be dropped right in the sh1t.
This☝️ Exactly, the working person will be the one that suffers
You had your chance in 2014! Didn't Sturgeon say something about "once in a lifetime"? I'm sure I heard that ! If you loose this one when will the next one be, 5 , 10, 15 years? You lost get over it! Do your job and sort Scotland's problems!
Well 30 seconds in you know he is talking crap
I don't see the problem in what currency the pensions would be paid in ! Obviously, fandabidosis
Scottish independence is like a 16 year old child saying to his parents I want to be independent. and then finds his clothes unwashed and no meals ready for him.
Why, do you think people in Scotland are too thick to look after themselves? Just a wee bit patronising mate..
@@Shmingleshmangle I don't think people in Scotland are thick at all. I just don't believe Scottish independence will do the ordinary Scot any good. The UK in my opinion is one natural country, we all speak the same language, we cross each other's borders freely, They have a degree of independence. Like the rest of the UK we have a growing underclass which no party wants to deal with.
@@19sept76 While I agree there are masses of shared culture and history between Scotland and the other nations within the UK, they are definitely separate historical nations, with unique identities and languages. The union has existed for less time than the world lived without it, 300 years really isn't a long time considering humans have been on Britain for over 12,000 years. Also, Scotland's "auld alliance" with France lasted 265 years, should that have went on forever regardless of what the people want? Obviously not. Yes we all speak English in Britain, but English people also do not speak the various forms of Scots (don't say it isn't a language as you'll just end up sounding patronising again), or Gaelic, the two other languages in existence in Scotland. I'm typing in English, but when I speak I use some similar words, some completely different words and guaranteed you'd have a hard time working out 100% of what I say. The democratic will of England should be respected (Brexit), as should the democratic will of Scotland (rejoining the EU/becoming Independent). The best way to help the working class in my country is to vote for independence, with one vote we could end being affiliated with offshore tax havens, the house of lords, the city of London, Eton and create a whole new political system that is fit for the future. If England can vote for what it wants and get it, but Scotland cannot then we definitely aren't in a nation of equals. Ye can still visit once we're independent man, it's not personal it's political.
@@Shmingleshmangle There are massive differences of culture in Scotland just look at the football , Celtic v Rangers for example. I kind of like the historical aspect of Scottish football but it is taken to extreme. Scotland is a beautiful place unspoilt in many ways and we both make a contribution to each other. We are better sorting our own problems rather than dividing the countries. The poor of Scotland will still be poor after any independence...
@@19sept76 If every single person in Scotland had voted Labour in 2016 and 2019 then the conservatives would still have won. Every single area in Scotland voted to remain in the EU, yet we are pulled out as "we're all one big country and in it together". The poor (and everyone else) will have much more voting power in an independent Scotland. We will get the government we vote for and can go in the direction we want to, what's the issue with that? If Scotland wants to be independent and remain in the EU, then that should happen and it would be anti democratic to deny that. Just as it would be anti democratic to deny that England wanted to leave the EU. Scotland is shifting to the left, while England is shifting to the right. The two aren't compatible so both countries should be allowed to take the direction they like, that's how democracy works.
Sturgeon is the most popular Politician in Scotland!!!! Behave yourself Andrew.
He’s a poor deluded man.
I'm glad the idiots at the BBC got rid of Andrew, this guy is one of the few political commentators worth listening to, actually he is 'Simply the Best'
4 months later & things are looking a bit different for the old Brillo pad
all this says to me is the SNP and Alba seem more worried about a vote we had in 2014 over Independence we voted no, i think the people of Scotland are more worried about... you know WORK, jobs, putting food on the table over this corrupted governments bullshit for the last year along with Westminster
And then Brexit happened. That's why we are revisiting the question.
@@gmckayak why? the vote for Brexit was country wide as in the whole UK and the UK voted to leave simple as
@@thekhornate8888 We voted to stay in the EU. England voted to leave the EU.
Clear divergence. The UK dosnt exist anymore
@@ScottishRoss27 well no actually most of Scotland didn't even vote on the EU ref.... and still all voted collectively as one nation and we voted to leave and you can probably thank Tony Blairs Labour for that with the UK falling apart, besides if you think we should be part of the EU ye must have been hit by a rock
@@thekhornate8888 UK is not nation its a union theres a treaty.
Why is Scotlands democracy inferior to anyone elses? its not.
We have the right to self determination
Independence shouldn't be the front & centre or anything in ANY debate. Scotland had its 'once in a generation/lifetime' referendum in 2014. They seem to be suffering the same memory issues as Nicola Sturgeon herself.
Wasnt mentioned in the Edinburgh agreement
@@ScottishRoss27 Nicola Sturgeon said multiple times (on film) that it was a 'once in a generation/lifetime vote'. Do you need me to show you said footage? because i can.
Andrew’s calm unpicking of his position is a delight.
Well done Kenny, Scotland's independence is coming. Irrespective who gets us there.
As long as the Barnett Formula stops straight away I’m past caring. Bloody delusional.
The currency question is fundamental
When will the country see through these people ?
Better not go down the line with drugs and alcohol
Ouch, that was painful to watch the politician squirming so much. Andrew Neil at his best
I particularly like the way Kenny refuses to acknowledge any potential problems that an independent Scotland might have. There isn’t any real thought behind which currency Scotland will use, they assume they will default to Stirling and the rest of the UK would be willing to accept this!
"potential" is the operative word. Anything is potential and you can't deal with it until its there.
@@casperwallace9685 and there in is the problem. The SNP know the “potential” problems highlighted from the last referendum, yet appear to have learnt nothing.
@@MichaelSmith-fn1ci name them .
@@MichaelSmith-fn1ci and remember these potential problems have to be unique to only Scotland - right.
No other country has managed to get through their "potential " problems.
Ill wait.
@@casperwallace9685 Your response is as clear as fog! Of course these problems are unique to Scotland…..
"The Scottish economy is lagging. Life is bad for average Scots."
Hmm, which party has been in power in Holyrood for 14 years?
Most of the powers are still at Westminster
The builder probably only let her view the house on a Sunday when it was quiet, builders they probably conned her with a lease as well. Builders not to be trusted. 🇬🇧
The scottish £££ will do well on the open markets 🎃👀😂😂
I can answer that question, Alex Salmond needs a job as he's accustomed to a Westminster or Holyrood expense account and an msps salary.
To be talking about destroying a 300 year old union during a pandemic as well as before brexit is complete see where the eu stands as well as uk. Personally I'm sick to death of being asked the same question over and over .when will these clowns get on with the job the the people vote for them to do, not campaigns to destroy the UK.
If I was Scottish I would get my money out of the country ASAP
The bluff and bluster is a joke. Only the thickest of the thick could be taken in by this drivel.
Good evening Andrew. Hope you are safe and safe. David
I thought he was one of the sensible ones.
How WRONG l was!
the answer to that is who do you trust ?
Non in anp
Not the bloody English, if you know your history.
@@stephenlyon1358 Look at the way the EU have behaved towards the vaccines?! Bullying & threatening. You trust EU Empire overlords??! People we can never vote out or prosecute?! You would rather that?!
I Dont Trust The SNP Atall
To me the SNP should be pushing for Federalism or full devolution before pursuing another referendum on Scottish Independence.
Spite. Which is fair enough, considering.
Salmond and Sturgeon are equally despised across Scotland.
What a chancer! He doesn't listen. He's all bluff & bluster
you should ask him would he trust a 16 year old with his pension pot