After going down to nine seats, Swinney said they concentrated on indie too much instead of the issues Scots cared about. Hasn’t learned his lesson then, been going on about indie ever since.
@@trevorhart545 Don't be silly, they wouldn't want to sit on something the plebs are likely to buy. They want top of the range stuff costing a fortune, something like AirMiles Angus' First Class seat on every flight.
Well said Douglas 100% spot on as long as they can argue about ANYTHING it’s their way of avoiding doing anything to make things better in Scotland deflection is the name of the game for SNP
@efinna4004 I think it's ability I don't think they have the ability to make it better. That goes for all politicians, they're not interested in serving they are carrer self serving now
@@campbella2796 I will never listen to a Tory they lie through their teeth…look what has happened while they’ve been in government in Westminster…hundreds of billions of our tax money spaffed against the wall !!..
The result of the Brexit referendum was to leave the EU and the government did take us out but the SNP can't get over the NO vote. They live in cloud cuckoo land.
Its high time the devolved parliaments are abolished because they are clearly not working. As for the SNP who I never have and, never will vote for my, concern is, that with all the problems being created by Labour at the moment come, 2026, the SNP will be voted back in again. You just couldnt make all this up.
Yes let’s trust the Westminster parliament who are responsible for mass immigration creating chaos & making our streets not safe . We’re in a mess because of Uk government.
From what i noticed along time ago, the SNP only started when i stated something online. How do you find what the enemy supports. As it will use what you say, but from north to south east to west this country is one. The enemy wants 🇬🇧 split in every way possible and turning on each other. When we need to stand as 1 as they fear us as 1
@campbella2796 I don't need a bunker I know the safest place. And if I can't get their, then it's either like spukin pukin alot warned, it's either get me surf board out n ride those waves, or get me wind surf board n that out n ride the wind, n as I do kiss my arse goodbye. But at least I died without fear doing it
@@campbella2796 SNP LEADERSHIP WR0TE T0 HITLER SUPP0RTING A GERMAN INVASI0N 0F THE UK IN WW2. Q. WHY DID Y0U THINK THAT RUD0LPH HESS FLEW T0 SC0TLAND IN WW2, F0R SALM0N FISHING ? UNF0RTUNATELY THE SNP NEVER TURNED UP AND HESS WAS ARRESTED. Q. WHY WAS HESS KEPT IN PRIS0N UNTIL HIS DEATH ?, S0 THAT THE TREAS0N 0F THE SNP WAS N0T MADE PUBLIC. EDUCATI0N FAILURE IN SC0TLAND IS W0RSE THAN REP0RTED.
Neil Gray is an embarrassment even to himself. While preening himself about free prescription for all in Scotland, how does he not know that 95.08% of prescription drugs dispensed in England in 2022/23 were “exempt from charge”. Who says? The House of Lords Library dated 23/11/23. What the Trussell Trust said was that 68% of those working & on universal credit had gone without essentials during the last 6 months. Basic toiletries and prescriptions were two examples of essentials.
And they are not ‘free’ Mr Gray, they are paid with the highest tax bands in the UK courtesy of the SNP. Prescriptions are ‘free’ to most people in England too, but their tax is not as high as Scotlands.
@@vtechead1 SC0TLAND HIGHEST TAX AND M0ST SUBSIDISED PART 0F UK. N0W THE "EXTRA" M0NEY THAT THE SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT RECEIVES IS AN ADDITI0NAL £2,100 PER CHILD &/0R ADULT PER YEAR. UNDER SNP THAT IS £100 BILLI0NS THAT HAS BEEN WASTED. WITH ALL THIS EXTRA M0NEY H0W IS THE SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT UNABLE T0 PAY ITS WAY? FRAUD, MISSING M0NEY AL0NG WITH MISSING FREE BIKES, FREE DENTISTRY, FREE C0MPUTERS, DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS, TRAINS ARRIVING, BUSES, BASIC C0UNCIL SERVICES, S0CIAL SERVICES, H0NESTY, TRANSPARENCY, 0PENESS AND LEADERSHIP IN SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT. VET0 FR0M SPAIN 0N MEMBERSHIP 0F THE EU.
Scotland voted to stay part of the UK only under a new devolved partnership promised by all the Westminster parties that would be akin to a "federal government" or "home rule" leading to "faster better change" if everyone voted to remain part of the UK. What was delivered came nowhere near that. Scotland was shafted yet again by Westminster and will continue to be again and again until they are truly independent of Westminster. Ross and his ilk had generations to improve the lot of Scots and only succeded in selling off their birthright mainly to benefit the south. The hoary old chestnut of once in generation opportunity taken out of context by a Tory charlatan. Foreword to Scottish white paper 26/11/2013 “The debate we are engaged in as a nation is about the future of all of us lucky enough to live in this diverse and vibrant country. It is a rare and precious moment in the history of Scotland - a once in a generation opportunity to chart a better way.” It was an opportunity which is something that takes place at a convenient time, place and situation hopefully permitting the favorable the execution of some purpose notably delivering Independence as a means of charting a better way. That Opporunity came from decades of SNP activism and was at that moment a generational opportunity. That does not imply that it will be the only one or that continued activism will not produce more OPPORTUNITIES if it did we would still be in the EU and not been subjected to 43 years of Tory Euroscepticism that seized the oppotunity to deliver brexit from a platform of lies, misrepresentation, obfuscation and fraud
I cannot believe this was debated in the Scottish Assembly!! What a waste of time and money, surely there are more important subjects to debate, like the Transgender Man, who was CEO of the Rape Crisis Centre in Edinburgh… you really couldn’t make this up??
That says a lot about you if you narrowly get beat you don't try again is that what you tell your kids in life if you get beat once then dont try again then your a cabbage and a coward
It's high time we paid all MPs on results achieved. We as taxpayers are paying out in yearly salaries a fortune simply for them to bicker and essentially achieve very little. This public fallouts are slowing down the whole process of moving forward and getting things done. A simple case of too many chefs spoiling the broth.
You get more handouts in Scotland than the rest of us. The Nationalists should realise how lucky you are with all the extra money you get that England, Wales, and Northern Ireland would use more appropriately, rather than, waste as the SNP did.
I slamb double standards Douglas Ross cant wait until he leaves he should have been kicked out earlier he thinks he is something but he is nothing a weasel
So did a lot of other people if not the snpcwho else the tories are not for the people they are for the rich and like keir starmer who is more tory tell you nothing but lies or do t tell you the truth about what they are going to do to you until they are in government then they rob you blind especially the pensioners and the poorest it's disgusting
Get civil engineers top infrastructure people in top police men.. top law officers… top prison makers.. and people who know about building ferry’s that work on time.. instead of fancy untested engines on two over budget 3 yrs late ferries.. who ever was responsible for this design on theese ferries.. when they could have just used tried and tested ones… that the Greeks could have built on time and the correct price..
Scotland didn't have an actual vote in the EU Referendum, as there wasn't any such Referendum held, just with the individual countries of the UK. The EU Referendum vote result was based on the FOUR nations of the UK combined, not just one i.e. Scotland. So it's not revevant to say what Scotland would have wanted, as the individual nations weren't asked as individual nations.
Mind you as an English 🏴 person an independent Scotland 🏴 would have its benefits for me if it was in the EU 🇪🇺. Cause when I filled out the ETIAS form I could put Scotland 🏴 as my first EU 🇪🇺 country to visit and have all the checks done at the border, and then fly out to Europe from Edinburgh as am not to far south of the Scotland 🏴/England 🏴 border now. Could even fly back into Edinburgh on the way back and take a train back south of the border. I'll always live in England 🏴 so the 90/180 day visa limit to visit Scotland 🏴 and other EU 🇪🇺 countries after independence won't bother me. Finally it might calm things down on the island and Scottish 🏴 Nationalists might stop hating so much cause let's be honest they are 'Haters' 😂. I think eventually Scotland 🏴 will become Independent cause half the Scottish 🏴 population wants it.
What is the problem with people wanting Scotland to be a normal country who looks after it’s own affairs like practically every other country in the world?
A good question. I think many people are arguing or debating the fact we can't look after our own affairs as it is. If we can't run our country ( Scotland) as it is , joined to the union , how could we do it alone. If SNP had run the country and concentrated on domestic affairs as opposed to blaming England or Westminster and had everything in order , independence would have followed automatically. Unfortunately, if the SNP did apply tough rules to the Scottish public to make Scotland more economically strong , the public would would have voted them out. I know this doesn't make much sense. If Scotland was functioning and everyone was happy , then there would be fear of upsetting the apple cart to leave the union . So western economy is in a mess again but that's more to do with the capitalism works. The SNP should have been concentrating on the basics and building the foundations of Scotland. Perhaps telling us off and taxing us more and ignoring fringe debates and laws that no one really thinks about. The fiasco over COVID was a stupid one upman ship . NHS staff should never have got a bonus. That was 180 m thrown away where it should have been kept for the aftermath of postponed treatment. I struggle to even get my head around the cancellation of numerous treatments across the UK wasn't prepared for or the impact this would have.
Makes a change from listening to Swinney bleating on about indie at every oppertunity. Claimed after ending up with only nine seats, that they concentrated on indie too much, and not on the real concerns of Scots. Seems he hasn’t learned eh ! Comical
Douglas ross doesn’t speak for everyone thats what’s great about democracy and why the sno keep winning in scotland that massive margin was only 200k votes to make it 50/50 the tories keep getting annihilated in scotland in elections so he speaks for a minority and the best thing he has done in Scottish politics is step down! I voted remain but i want a new vote cause since 2014 all they have succeeded in proving is the UK is not working anymore! If they admitted to a vote on the EU i bet the indyref outcome would have been very different and finally if they are so convinced Scotland doesn’t want indy then surely indyref 2 will end that discussion! No unionists want it as they know round 2 Scotland will leave the uk given the choice! We are a democracy so let the voters decide not some politician who acts like he is the only voice for the nation!
Douglas Ross is no stranger to losing either - rejected by the voters of Aberdeenshire North & Moray East at the General Election a few months ago - and stepping down as Tory leader in Scotland. Doubt if he'll get promoted to the Lords gravy train like Mone and Davidson.
When a country manages to outperform its neighbours on only 2/3 rds of its GDP every year, i.e. the Barnet formula then they can't be doing that badly eh? And don't forget Westminster dictates much of what Scotland can and cannot spend "its money " on...
This is one nasty piece of work, he a is bitter talking person who could make milk curdle when he speaks, he has no good word to say to anyone, I wonder if it is because his party is now out of power ?
So you cannot handle the truth eh ? Bitter ! There once was a FM called Sturgeon, who was the most bitter, twisted, devious woman in politics, who ended up jumping when her house got raided, and her and hubby got arrested. Hubby ends up charged with embezzlement. Makes Ross look like a saint.
Just keep watching the film, that’s the closest you’re gonna get to indie. Noo get oot and get that washin in, the air is gettin damp oot there the night. Heard the bairns were campin oot in a pair of yer parachute breeks ! 👍🥰
Scotland voted to stay part of the UK only under a new devolved partnership promised by all the Westminster parties that would be akin to a "federal government" or "home rule" leading to "faster better change" if everyone voted to remain part of the UK. What was delivered came nowhere near that. Scotland was shafted yet again by Westminster and will continue to be again and again until they are truly independent of Westminster. Ross and his ilk had generations to improve the lot of Scots and only succeded in selling off their birthright mainly to benefit the south. The hoary old chestnut of once in generation opportunity taken out of context by a Tory charlatan. Foreword to Scottish white paper 26/11/2013 “The debate we are engaged in as a nation is about the future of all of us lucky enough to live in this diverse and vibrant country. It is a rare and precious moment in the history of Scotland - a once in a generation opportunity to chart a better way.” It was an opportunity which is something that takes place at a convenient time, place and situation hopefully permitting the favorable the execution of some purpose notably delivering Independence as a means of charting a better way. That Opporunity came from decades of SNP activism and was at that moment a generational opportunity. That does not imply that it will be the only one or that continued activism will not produce more OPPORTUNITIES if it did we would still be in the EU and not been subjected to 43 years of Tory Euroscepticism that seized the oppotunity to deliver brexit from a platform of lies, misrepresentation, obfuscation and fraud
@@nanunanu8745 If you mean by reasonable as by way of reason there has always been a compelling argument for Scottish independence and that will continue. The only problem is that the application of reason is negated by a fugue fear, mendacity, obfuscation and misrepresentation.
@@nanunanu8745 Before the "vow" and the campaining of all Westminster parties with their mythical "extensive new powers" to a devolved Scotland provided it remained in the Union Yes was leading in the polls by around 2% even after a NO campaign similar in practice to that of Brexit so independance was a strong enough argument supported by a majority. For every good reason to proceed there is a lie concocted not to by those who oppose change and it is invariably done for their own selfish benefit.
@@nanunanu8745 Before the "vow" and the all party Westminster campaign run on the same lines as the brexit campaign promising "extensive new powers" to Scotland that have yet to materialise certainly nothing akin to a federal government or home rule the YES camp were ahead in the polls by 2%. So the argument was strong enough at that juncture. For every good reason there is a lie concocted by those opposed to change and from which they will profit at the expense of others
The toddlers in the SNP cannot give up on the fantasy of independence because it would cost them their existence.
After going down to nine seats, Swinney said they concentrated on indie too much instead of the issues Scots cared about. Hasn’t learned his lesson then, been going on about indie ever since.
Another 3 quarter empty seats. Where are they all. Not in they’re constituencies I bet
Look at the state of that Parliament - and that's just the furniture
BLAME IKEA?
@@trevorhart545 Don't be silly, they wouldn't want to sit on something the plebs are likely to buy. They want top of the range stuff costing a fortune, something like AirMiles Angus' First Class seat on every flight.
It’s not a fukn beauty contest.
Yes the English parliament
Well said Douglas 100% spot on as long as they can argue about ANYTHING it’s their way of avoiding doing anything to make things better in Scotland deflection is the name of the game for SNP
@efinna4004 I think it's ability I don't think they have the ability to make it better. That goes for all politicians, they're not interested in serving they are carrer self serving now
Deflect, detract and deny, the snp answer to everything, after blaming Westminster, obviously.
Douglas Ross is full of double standards he is nothing but a weasel or a rat 🐀
Douggie is correct, can’t listen to them cranks no more, awful joke of a party 🇬🇧🇬🇧
Bravo Douglas Ross....but sadly they wont listen ...
I certainly won't.
@@campbella2796 I will never listen to a Tory they lie through their teeth…look what has happened while they’ve been in government in Westminster…hundreds of billions of our tax money spaffed against the wall !!..
@@campbella2796 There are always a few thick people like you.
Only a fool will listen to a Tory.
I aggree I wouldn't vote tory or for double standards Douglas Ross
Why do we have to be diverse exactly? No benefit to any country ever!
Prescriptions have always been free to the people who could not afford them.They were always paid for you.They are truly deluded and clueless.
I remember paying for prescriptions in Scotland, so I don't know which country you're referring to.
@@campbella2796you haven't understood the posts have you..?🙈
@@duncanmackenzie5684We Dougie put the boot into his fellow Tory,a man full of honour that's why he is no longer a MP.
They sre not ‘free’ they are paid with the highest tax bands in the UK thanks to the SNP.
They haven't always been free!
The result of the Brexit referendum was to leave the EU and the government did take us out but the SNP can't get over the NO vote.
They live in cloud cuckoo land.
Its high time the devolved parliaments are abolished because they are clearly not working. As for the SNP who I never have and, never will vote for my, concern is, that with all the problems being created by Labour at the moment come, 2026, the SNP will be voted back in again. You just couldnt make all this up.
Yes let’s trust the Westminster parliament who are responsible for mass immigration creating chaos & making our streets not safe . We’re in a mess because of Uk government.
Agreed. It's delusional.
Start with getting rid of Westminster government its independence Scotland 🏴 wants
From what i noticed along time ago, the SNP only started when i stated something online. How do you find what the enemy supports. As it will use what you say, but from north to south east to west this country is one. The enemy wants 🇬🇧 split in every way possible and turning on each other. When we need to stand as 1 as they fear us as 1
100%
Comfy in that bunker of yours?
@campbella2796 I don't need a bunker I know the safest place. And if I can't get their, then it's either like spukin pukin alot warned, it's either get me surf board out n ride those waves, or get me wind surf board n that out n ride the wind, n as I do kiss my arse goodbye. But at least I died without fear doing it
@@campbella2796 SNP LEADERSHIP WR0TE T0 HITLER SUPP0RTING A GERMAN INVASI0N 0F THE UK IN WW2. Q. WHY DID Y0U THINK THAT RUD0LPH HESS FLEW T0 SC0TLAND IN WW2, F0R SALM0N FISHING ? UNF0RTUNATELY THE SNP NEVER TURNED UP AND HESS WAS ARRESTED. Q. WHY WAS HESS KEPT IN PRIS0N UNTIL HIS DEATH ?, S0 THAT THE TREAS0N 0F THE SNP WAS N0T MADE PUBLIC. EDUCATI0N FAILURE IN SC0TLAND IS W0RSE THAN REP0RTED.
SNP. Defending the indefensible. We are ALL done with this shower.
@@Paratus7 happy hunting for decent Yoon party
Going by the look on the faces behind Swinney at FMQs, their own members are done with Swinney and the way the party is. Ross is spot on.
Neil Gray is an embarrassment even to himself. While preening himself about free prescription for all in Scotland, how does he not know that 95.08% of prescription drugs dispensed in England in 2022/23 were “exempt from charge”. Who says? The House of Lords Library dated 23/11/23. What the Trussell Trust said was that 68% of those working & on universal credit had gone without essentials during the last 6 months. Basic toiletries and prescriptions were two examples of essentials.
And they are not ‘free’ Mr Gray, they are paid with the highest tax bands in the UK courtesy of the SNP. Prescriptions are ‘free’ to most people in England too, but their tax is not as high as Scotlands.
@@vtechead1 SC0TLAND HIGHEST TAX AND M0ST SUBSIDISED PART 0F UK. N0W THE "EXTRA" M0NEY THAT THE SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT RECEIVES IS AN ADDITI0NAL £2,100 PER CHILD &/0R ADULT PER YEAR. UNDER SNP THAT IS £100 BILLI0NS THAT HAS BEEN WASTED. WITH ALL THIS EXTRA M0NEY H0W IS THE SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT UNABLE T0 PAY ITS WAY? FRAUD, MISSING M0NEY AL0NG WITH MISSING FREE BIKES, FREE DENTISTRY, FREE C0MPUTERS, DUAL CARRIAGEWAYS, TRAINS ARRIVING, BUSES, BASIC C0UNCIL SERVICES, S0CIAL SERVICES, H0NESTY, TRANSPARENCY, 0PENESS AND LEADERSHIP IN SC0TTISH G0VERNMENT. VET0 FR0M SPAIN 0N MEMBERSHIP 0F THE EU.
@@vtechead1Yer and so they should be you clown 🤡
Well said. 🏴 🇬🇧
He is talking such sense. SNP/Greens OOT
Scotland voted to stay part of the UK only under a new devolved partnership promised by all the Westminster parties that would be akin to a "federal government" or "home rule" leading to "faster better change" if everyone voted to remain part of the UK. What was delivered came nowhere near that. Scotland was shafted yet again by Westminster and will continue to be again and again until they are truly independent of Westminster. Ross and his ilk had generations to improve the lot of Scots and only succeded in selling off their birthright mainly to benefit the south.
The hoary old chestnut of once in generation opportunity taken out of context by a Tory charlatan. Foreword to Scottish white paper 26/11/2013
“The debate we are engaged in as a nation is about the future of all of us lucky enough to live in this diverse and vibrant country. It is a rare and precious moment in the history of Scotland - a once in a generation opportunity to chart a better way.”
It was an opportunity which is something that takes place at a convenient time, place and situation hopefully permitting the favorable the execution of some purpose notably delivering Independence as a means of charting a better way. That Opporunity came from decades of SNP activism and was at that moment a generational opportunity. That does not imply that it will be the only one or that continued activism will not produce more OPPORTUNITIES if it did we would still be in the EU and not been subjected to 43 years of Tory Euroscepticism that seized the oppotunity to deliver brexit from a platform of lies, misrepresentation, obfuscation and fraud
For once, Douglas is making sense. 😔
Its hard for me to say because for a while I almost believed the SNP.
There’s no shame in seeing sense mate🇬🇧👍
Douglas Ross never makes sense he is an ejit
Yes except Douglas Ross doesn't have any sense
My biggest concern should Scotland become independent is that we will still be able to import Tunnocks caramel wafers into England
Groundhog day
Where are all the Other MSP's?
Ross did very well.
Douglas Ross is an absolute clown 🤡
Get over it, and let us all move on.
10 years of that SNP nonsense sowing division between us, let us move on.
Amazing 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
The Scottish flag looks much better I wouldn't even touch the union jack
The Scottish flag looks better and leave on this answer
The SNP can't see beyond the independence matter even though we see no evidence as to how it would work.
It’s like a child in a sweet shop, “Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum, Mum”. etc etc etc.
I cannot believe this was debated in the Scottish Assembly!!
What a waste of time and money, surely there are more important subjects to debate, like the Transgender Man, who was CEO of the Rape Crisis Centre in Edinburgh… you really couldn’t make this up??
But they were a trans "woman" i.e. a biological male. A trans man is a biological female, but I get your point.
Ten years on and the babies are still throwing dollies...for Heaven's sake SNP - GROW UP- OR GIVE UP PLEASE!
That says a lot about you if you narrowly get beat you don't try again is that what you tell your kids in life if you get beat once then dont try again then your a cabbage and a coward
Scotland you're going about this the wrong way if you want independence let the English vote for independence from you
Go ahead can't wait
It's high time we paid all MPs on results achieved.
We as taxpayers are paying out in yearly salaries a fortune simply for them to bicker and essentially achieve very little.
This public fallouts are slowing down the whole process of moving forward and getting things done.
A simple case of too many chefs spoiling the broth.
We did accept the result, you can't accept that support for independence won't go away!
Prescriptions were always free if you ill or couldn't afford it
Move on to what though? Worrying about bin collections?
You get more handouts in Scotland than the rest of us. The Nationalists should realise how lucky you are with all the extra money you get that England, Wales, and Northern Ireland would use more appropriately, rather than, waste as the SNP did.
I slamb double standards Douglas Ross cant wait until he leaves he should have been kicked out earlier he thinks he is something but he is nothing a weasel
Neil Gray spent all day at their conference trying to get Oasis tickets, 🤡
So did a lot of other people if not the snpcwho else the tories are not for the people they are for the rich and like keir starmer who is more tory tell you nothing but lies or do t tell you the truth about what they are going to do to you until they are in government then they rob you blind especially the pensioners and the poorest it's disgusting
Yes so did a lot of other people
Well said Douglas, the SNP has failed Scotland big time...............
Not as much as labour and the tories
2026 will be the answer.
The downfall of the SNP
You never getting independent
2026 the year Susan Aitkin wins Miss World😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@daffytree2605Susan Boyle will win it before the SNP get indie 😂👍
@@vtechead1 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂well said my brother
It is, indeed, truly sad that we have no politicians of any worth left in our country, and this is exemplified by the man in this video.
AS AN ENGLISH B0RN BRIT I ASSUME Y0U ARE REFERRING T0 "N0 P0LITICIANS 0F ANY W0RTH LEFT IN THE U.K"., IT IS N0T JUST SC0TLAND THAT HAS A PR0BLEM!
If people looked at parliaments as but Freemasonic lodges, they would be far closer to the truth.
More like communist blocks
HAVING REFUSED FREEMAS0N INVITATI0N CLEARLY I AM N0T A P0LITICIAN.
And they would loose badly now , goons
Get civil engineers top infrastructure people in top police men.. top law officers… top prison makers.. and people who know about building ferry’s that work on time.. instead of fancy untested engines on two over budget 3 yrs late ferries.. who ever was responsible for this design on theese ferries.. when they could have just used tried and tested ones… that the Greeks could have built on time and the correct price..
Does he really stand up for Scotland , not a chance , Dross is given too much time 🤬
Snp dont want independence
Yes being part of uk thou Scotland voted to remain in the EU so what exactly do we want now ?
Scotland didn't have an actual vote in the EU Referendum, as there wasn't any such Referendum held, just with the individual countries of the UK. The EU Referendum vote result was based on the FOUR nations of the UK combined, not just one i.e. Scotland. So it's not revevant to say what Scotland would have wanted, as the individual nations weren't asked as individual nations.
What a bunch of utter crap who fail to accept the appalling job they’ve done for Scotland.
Mind you as an English 🏴 person an independent Scotland 🏴 would have its benefits for me if it was in the EU 🇪🇺. Cause when I filled out the ETIAS form I could put Scotland 🏴 as my first EU 🇪🇺 country to visit and have all the checks done at the border, and then fly out to Europe from Edinburgh as am not to far south of the Scotland 🏴/England 🏴 border now. Could even fly back into Edinburgh on the way back and take a train back south of the border. I'll always live in England 🏴 so the 90/180 day visa limit to visit Scotland 🏴 and other EU 🇪🇺 countries after independence won't bother me. Finally it might calm things down on the island and Scottish 🏴 Nationalists might stop hating so much cause let's be honest they are 'Haters' 😂.
I think eventually Scotland 🏴 will become Independent cause half the Scottish 🏴 population wants it.
YAWN , YAWN, YAWN Unionists in overdrive . They just love being made a complete fool of.
Still waiting on this great plan for independence 😂….we live in a democracy and you lost…..you snp voter’s are horrendous 😂🇬🇧🏴
Yawn yawn yawn, nationalists still in denial.
This guy puts me off Scottish politics
I like him a lot
He’s still angry at losing his hair, and shows it.
Ross I wish you would move on to Westminster?
So do I hurry up double standards Douglas Ross and get lost
@@barbaraurquhart2276 🏴
hes right even thought hes an idiot savant
Ross is a nobody
I aggree
@@barbaraurquhart2276 👍
What is the problem with people wanting Scotland to be a normal country who looks after it’s own affairs like practically every other country in the world?
I aggree
I aggree
A good question. I think many people are arguing or debating the fact we can't look after our own affairs as it is. If we can't run our country ( Scotland) as it is , joined to the union , how could we do it alone.
If SNP had run the country and concentrated on domestic affairs as opposed to blaming England or Westminster and had everything in order , independence would have followed automatically.
Unfortunately, if the SNP did apply tough rules to the Scottish public to make Scotland more economically strong , the public would would have voted them out. I know this doesn't make much sense. If Scotland was functioning and everyone was happy , then there would be fear of upsetting the apple cart to leave the union .
So western economy is in a mess again but that's more to do with the capitalism works.
The SNP should have been concentrating on the basics and building the foundations of Scotland. Perhaps telling us off and taxing us more and ignoring fringe debates and laws that no one really thinks about.
The fiasco over COVID was a stupid one upman ship . NHS staff should never have got a bonus. That was 180 m thrown away where it should have been kept for the aftermath of postponed treatment.
I struggle to even get my head around the cancellation of numerous treatments across the UK wasn't prepared for or the impact this would have.
The wee referee lost as well.
What a loathsome character
Hear we go again never heard so much nonsense come out the one mouth
Ross has done absolutely nothing for Scotland.
ross isnt in power the snp are
He can't go anything but your beloved snap could have and didn't , sweeney couldn't lay straight in bed
C u Jimmy eh
@@kevinhamilton1177 well done for spotting that however all MP’s & MSP’s are in the employ of their constituents.
@@Tonypoolebcfc When trying to insult someone it is always better to do it in a coherent and legible manner hope this helps.
Yip we will listen to a has been NOT…
SNP stalwart
Been a failure in EVERY position he has held.
And he is debating for Unionism as usual ....😅
Makes a change from listening to Swinney bleating on about indie at every oppertunity. Claimed after ending up with only nine seats, that they concentrated on indie too much, and not on the real concerns of Scots. Seems he hasn’t learned eh ! Comical
Douglas ross doesn’t speak for everyone thats what’s great about democracy and why the sno keep winning in scotland that massive margin was only 200k votes to make it 50/50 the tories keep getting annihilated in scotland in elections so he speaks for a minority and the best thing he has done in Scottish politics is step down! I voted remain but i want a new vote cause since 2014 all they have succeeded in proving is the UK is not working anymore! If they admitted to a vote on the EU i bet the indyref outcome would have been very different and finally if they are so convinced Scotland doesn’t want indy then surely indyref 2 will end that discussion! No unionists want it as they know round 2 Scotland will leave the uk given the choice! We are a democracy so let the voters decide not some politician who acts like he is the only voice for the nation!
Douglas Ross is no stranger to losing either - rejected by the voters of Aberdeenshire North & Moray East at the General Election a few months ago - and stepping down as Tory leader in Scotland.
Doubt if he'll get promoted to the Lords gravy train like Mone and Davidson.
When a country manages to outperform its neighbours on only 2/3 rds of its GDP every year, i.e. the Barnet formula then they can't be doing that badly eh?
And don't forget Westminster dictates much of what Scotland can and cannot spend "its money " on...
Dross you blether some pish, is it not services get worse because block grant keeps getting cut 😅😅😅
Someone elses fault again eh!!!!
lol another brainwashed SNP voter, check out the devolved responsibilities under the SNP - total SNP failures!
@bobbycaldwell4132 I think it's because of two things block grant and mis management as snp are pish
Throwing millions at vanity projects, instead of where it is needed, is a common practice with the SNP.
This is one nasty piece of work, he a is bitter talking person who could make milk curdle when he speaks, he has no good word to say to anyone, I wonder if it is because his party is now out of power ?
So you cannot handle the truth eh ? Bitter ! There once was a FM called Sturgeon, who was the most bitter, twisted, devious woman in politics, who ended up jumping when her house got raided, and her and hubby got arrested. Hubby ends up charged with embezzlement. Makes Ross look like a saint.
@@vtechead1 I can handle the truth no problem - Sturgeon and her husband should be both in jail for misappropriating donor funds. OK?
@@vtechead1 Ross a Saint? Its an insult to the very name.
found John Swinney's burner account
Independence Day, YES!
No
@@Bear-Cohiba-1966 Laugh! :)
No
Just keep watching the film, that’s the closest you’re gonna get to indie.
Noo get oot and get that washin in, the air is gettin damp oot there the night. Heard the bairns were campin oot in a pair of yer parachute breeks ! 👍🥰
THE 0RIGINAL M0VIE WAS G00D BUT THE NEXT WAS MEDI0CRE, SAME 0LD ST0RY JUST LIKE THE 17 YEARS 0F WHINING SNP!
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Douglas Ross sounds like our Josh Hawley here in the states.
Scotland voted to stay part of the UK only under a new devolved partnership promised by all the Westminster parties that would be akin to a "federal government" or "home rule" leading to "faster better change" if everyone voted to remain part of the UK. What was delivered came nowhere near that. Scotland was shafted yet again by Westminster and will continue to be again and again until they are truly independent of Westminster. Ross and his ilk had generations to improve the lot of Scots and only succeded in selling off their birthright mainly to benefit the south.
The hoary old chestnut of once in generation opportunity taken out of context by a Tory charlatan. Foreword to Scottish white paper 26/11/2013
“The debate we are engaged in as a nation is about the future of all of us lucky enough to live in this diverse and vibrant country. It is a rare and precious moment in the history of Scotland - a once in a generation opportunity to chart a better way.”
It was an opportunity which is something that takes place at a convenient time, place and situation hopefully permitting the favorable the execution of some purpose notably delivering Independence as a means of charting a better way. That Opporunity came from decades of SNP activism and was at that moment a generational opportunity. That does not imply that it will be the only one or that continued activism will not produce more OPPORTUNITIES if it did we would still be in the EU and not been subjected to 43 years of Tory Euroscepticism that seized the oppotunity to deliver brexit from a platform of lies, misrepresentation, obfuscation and fraud
Actually, Scotland voted No because their wasn't any reasonable argument for independence.
@@nanunanu8745 If you mean by reasonable as by way of reason there has always been a compelling argument for Scottish independence and that will continue. The only problem is that the application of reason is negated by a fugue fear, mendacity, obfuscation and misrepresentation.
@jimcraig6523 It clearly wasn't a strong enough one. It would have been a YES win otherwise.
@@nanunanu8745 Before the "vow" and the campaining of all Westminster parties with their mythical "extensive new powers" to a devolved Scotland provided it remained in the Union Yes was leading in the polls by around 2% even after a NO campaign similar in practice to that of Brexit so independance was a strong enough argument supported by a majority. For every good reason to proceed there is a lie concocted not to by those who oppose change and it is invariably done for their own selfish benefit.
@@nanunanu8745 Before the "vow" and the all party Westminster campaign run on the same lines as the brexit campaign promising "extensive new powers" to Scotland that have yet to materialise certainly nothing akin to a federal government or home rule the YES camp were ahead in the polls by 2%. So the argument was strong enough at that juncture.
For every good reason there is a lie concocted by those opposed to change and from which they will profit at the expense of others