Alex Neil: "Chickens are coming home to roost" for the SNP

Alex is joined by former Cabinet Secretary, Alex Neil, and former ALBA MP, Neale Hanvey, to discuss what the results of the UK General Election mean for Scotland and Scottish Independence.
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[@TheHonestJock]

The reality is the SNP have achieved absolutely nothing in terms of independence over the last 10 years. Instead there was an arrogance of power developed over that time, the SNP were too used to winning that they forgot HOW to win. The independence supporter vote was taken for granted but after 10 years of negligence of the issue many have had enough, myself included.

[@gavinmcinally8442]

I disagree, the snp proved that scottish polatitions can't run the country. I was a nationalist once but I'd never vote for these clowns.

[@icegrimme]

Every word Alex Neil says is correct. That SNP leadership and relevant minster apparently didnt take the input of a man of his experience onboard, even to the point of declining an acknowledgement speaks of arrogance, and basic incompetence.

[@martin_s_laird]

Or corruption

[@jasonmudgarde286]

A huge factor in the low turnout was the voter photographic ID fiasco. The unemployed and even many in paid employment have neither a passport,a driving license nor any other form of photo ID. This was blatant disenfranchisement by the government.

[@alextimpany9906]

Nonsense there was plenty time to get I'd.

[@judithpexton1598]

​@@alextimpany9906agreed !

[@tt-vu3oz]

Nonsense...😅😅😅😅

[@AirdrieoniansFC]

"This was blatant disenfranchisement by the government." Just like Alex Neil said: blame Westminster.

[@bigian4379]

Should be voter ID for Holyrood and no immigrant , under 18s, prisoner votes. Don’t the SNP see that ordinary workers see right through this garbage attempt at rigging the vote by the SNP

[@eleanorbarrie3527]

Alex Neil talking a lot of sense! He was a sore loss to Scottish politics when he retired. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

[@tenaciousv7611]

Oh ffs, get a grip! Look at the state of things now. Are we any closer to being free? Settled in Westminster...som= they got booted out! Wake up FGS.

[@jamesbunyan9781]

Underlying this, is basic incompetence. A party, the SNP, living in an alternate reality.

[@Orkwort]

It's naive to think this is basic incompetence. These people are not stupid. They are deliberately working against us. The independence movement seriously needs to wise up to what Perfidious Albion (and their allies across the pond) are capable of.

[@jjanderson121079]

Chickens home for sometime. Ample time was provided for SNP but leaders or the leader at time Nicola Sturgeon ignored concerns of members. 140k members with 40k left at best. Could go on, but I think preaching to converted is over.

[@paparobbo62]

The SNP still have more members that all the other Parties in Scotland combined.

[@jjanderson121079]

@@paparobbo62 and?

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Yep, something I've said all along; lack of proper communication does not inform the public as to the way Westminster limits and corrupts Scotland. They can't just say "It’s due to Westminster" they have to give the exact reason as to why and then present the alternative. For instance, Westminster holds Energy Policy which means high prices for our electric/gas whereas an Independent Scotland could and should have its own Nationalised Energy Provider. Thus, giving us cheap electric for home and business use... think of the advantage there... one which Westminster does not want Scotland to have as we'd have a huge boost in business growth, and the Government itself would be making an income from selling the electric.

[@eckie4679]

Sorry that’s not right. Energy is in the hands of huge cartels that are bigger than most countries. Sad but no country in the world can now tell the energy giants what to do. The whole world is interconnected

[@dozza1957]

Good show and good to hear Alex N and Neale and it's onward and upward to '26. #ALBA

[@jamesgray1210]

ALBA had a disastrous night too, notwithstanding the low expectations. Ultimately they're not really offering anything that independence supporters feel isn't being offered by the SNP.

[@frankcouper9377]

Alba received less than 12,000 votes during the recent GE.

[@tom-u7z]

THE SNP knew they could not win in the last election with vote for them 1st and2nd vote .They MUST have known . The more seats won in the1st vote the less seats you get in the 2nd vote .In Scotland the second vote is not proportional it is a handicap system The SNP vote can be divided 7,8 or 9 ,Lab/tory vote by 1,2, or3 ! The system is already worked against us .The D,HONT voting system is meant for an independent country, not a devolved region/colony . That is why Tony #@#@Blair gave it to us .Half the population do not understand how the system works . They still believe the second vote is proportional . if ALBA had been given the 2nd vote we could have had a majority of 12/16 seats, easy. That would change everything and would look good in the international scene

[@420fpv8]

John Swinney is now our biggest obstacle. How fucked up is that?

[@Jeff44]

The SNP's leadership for the past 9½ years has been owned and controlled by wasteminster's forces, be it Mi5 or whoever. An obstacle to Indy is the single purpose of the current SNP. I believe they've to soak up and frustrate the votes of as many Independence desirers as possible, It's very easy to see when you watch the decisions they've made, judge their actions not their words.

[@russellbuchanan1296]

I think Alex should have a very serious talk with Jim Sillars,because these 2 guys know who is to blame and what really get things back with good younger people,as Jim said get the old crowd out.

[@AlexSalmondShow]

You can watch our episode with Jim Sillars here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4aqmGtrftOSi7Mfeature=shared

[@saorsa5]

Sillars is a clown how's Jackie Bailey getting on jimbo

[@TheOriginalDaveJ]

No offence, Neale put it into perspective there. Politicians can do more for Scotland at home, not in Westminster.

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

And by doing everything they can in Scotland means converting the doubters to Independence, a fact that the SNP ignore due to their selfish stupidity.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

The British state wont let go so it will be forced to by International law we have an international treaty which they have broke not us

[@Orkwort]

Nobody cares about international law unfortunately. It's unenforceable. Just look at what is going on in Palestine. The UK is already in breach of international law on multiple fronts - no one cares. Nothing has really changed for Scotland since 1707 - we need allies and allies need motivation.

[@neils4886]

EVERY deposit lost. What a bunch of losers!

[@mmcc5846]

Neil's just like you

[@ernestmostly8156]

Tir Seo Ta Tir Do. Saor Alba

[@donrayjay]

The two Alexes have more sense between them than the entire SNP combined, the lack of strategy and squandering of opportunities over the past 10 years has been a calamity for independence

[@SovereignWarrior74]

If there was such a voulentary annexation this is what the British establishment cant get away from. there is no such creature in international law as a voluntarily annexed nation . No such thing as the lawful voluntary annexation of an entire nation. Even a treaty says that, and the treaty of union says no such thing. so what are the rights of an annexed nation in International law ? A nation Annexed is a colony what ever other colonies might look like. An Annexed nation has to the right to International assistance.

[@brucemacdougall6121]

That is the point, that no Scottish Politician seems to want to use. International Law is the only method the British State cannot win against.

[@CarlieDigiuseppe]

GLORY!!!!! I'm favoured, $255k every 3weeks! I can now afford anything and also support God's work and the church.

[@VincentMiles-sn8yo]

But how do you make so much in a month?mind sharing?

[@CarlieDigiuseppe]

Mrs Mary Margaret Schimweg is lord sent!!!

[@CarlieDigiuseppe]

Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place

[@CarlieDigiuseppe]

Thank God for Bringing Mrs Mary Margaret Schimweg, I'm happy for God's grace have found me, Mrs Mary Margaret Schimweg is lord sent!!!

[@HenryMalachovshi]

YES!!! That's exactly her name (Mary Margaret Schimweg) so many people have recommended highly about her😊 and am just starting with her Brisbane Australia🇭🇲

[@SovereignWarrior74]

no materr if we had 600 seats , we need decolonazation need to get away from this colional administration

[@alexrankin6674]

CORRECT. and that is being worked on right now.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

@@alexrankin6674 Decolonization then we get a plebicite granted and overlooked by the UN, No interference from the british state

[@KizzieWiz]

The SNP had loads and loads of adverts on KZbin! I was very surprised! Alba is a very young party and if we keep our message simple and it’s about Independence, we can only grow! I didn’t have an Alba candidate to vote for, unfortunately, this time. Hopefully in 2026, I will! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@saorsa5]

Your are talking bollocks all I seen was labour adver after labour advert

[@SeanJacksonTutorials]

@@saorsa5 That is interesting, for me it was all SNP. Perhaps it is down to your demographic, or by region? I don't know how targeted the advertising can be, I have never put an ad on youtube

[@faescotland4174]

Scotland has a future? It doesn't feel like it just now. The SNP has indeed lost any credibility, not before time, and trust has been lost. I keep thinking that if Alex Salmond would just say the worst decision of his life was to hand the reins of the SNP to Sturgeon. Not as a drama, just to bring some reality in. It may help boost Alba credibility. People are being beaten down by westminster rule, with little active economy to have a future with, and the SNP stagnation over these years has resulted in worse despair or a lack of care. How can any reasonable person think its fine to be ruled by a foreign country, yet we passively accept our lot with no way out.

[@sn4rff]

always love these videos 💙

[@paulinebrown6605]

Great show and heartening to hear sound analysis and great determination and resilience. Thank you for fuelling my belief and hope. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⭐️

[@PaisleyBuddie71]

Alex Salmond is a one in a generation class of politician who indeed got us as close to statehood as we have been in three hundred odd years. The other Alex ain't too bad either!

[@jeranemo5504]

Why oh why, would the snp not listen to a smart political operator like Alex Neil? They are in more trouble than they realise and they could bring the cause down with them! I fear they won’t change at all! Totally lost their way! Simply being on the side of freeing Scotland from the union doesn’t make a person helpful for us getting free. We need to come together, ending the union with England is priority number one. SALVO, Claim of Right and the original Treaty of Union needs looked at, uk politics is a dead end for us! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@louisehogg8472]

Is there any way to get a move on with the damages case? There's no reason to hold off in hopes the SNP will bury the hatchet. And the money would no doubt be useful, while the publicity could also be utilised. Getting the identities (and connections/sponsors) of the Alpha Betties out in the open, would still assist in opening a few eyes too. ALBA need to offer radical change, in 2026, and need to be very visible on the ground in all localities, between now and then.

[@annewhyte5600]

With supporters of independence like these, who needs enemies.

[@robcarrol]

Can you ask Alex why Alba lost their deposit in every seat they stood in?

[@martindornan1667]

Alex Salmond when he was the leader of the SNP said don't split the independence vote as it would let British nationalists labour, Liberal and Tory MSPs and MPs in. Now he wants to split the independence vote. Reform split the right-wing vote and the Labour and Liberal Democrats won a lot more former Tory seats. Alba has been attacking the SNP for the last few years this has not benefited Alba the party that benefits is the Britnat Labour party. Alba only got 0.5 % of the vote in the 2024 general election and no Alba MPs were elected. Alba only got 0.7% of the vote in the 2022 local elections in Scotland and no councillors were elected. Alba got 1.7% of the vote in the 2021 Scottish parliament election and no Alba MSPs were elected.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Kenneth I is traditionally considered the founder of Scotland, which was then known as Alba in Gaelic, although like his immediate successors, he bore the title of King of the Picts. It was Donald II that first bore the title of King of Alba as recorded by the Annals of Ulster and the Chronicon Scotorum.Kenneth MacAlpin is believed to have been born around 810 on the island of Iona, which is part of modern-day Scotland. After his father's death, Kenneth succeeded him as the King of Dál Riada. His coronation took place in 840 or 841.

[@allthegearbutnoidea.7138]

As a pro union supporter i love to watch these videos. Some of the points brought up i agree with and others not so much. Always good to see the point of view from the other side of the argument.👍

[@eleanorbarrie3527]

Disagree with you about being pro-union, but fully agree about taking different opinions on board (or at least listening to alternative views)🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✊

[@James397]

Looking on from Australia, I've noticed Scotland still has a homogeneous population. That’s great. The 2022 Census showed that 87% of the population identified as Scottish and other white British people. I suggest Scots try to keep it that way. Many white Europeans are being demographically replaced by mass immigration in Germany, Holland, France and Sweden. And look at the major issues in those nations with the high rates of crime of foreign-born nationals.

[@SeanJacksonTutorials]

It has drastically changed over the last year. Living in the central belt, the number of non-indigenous people has skyrocketed.

[@eleanorbarrie3527]

Imo, Scotland is being deliberately Anglicised by our colonial masters over the border--that's the biggest danger to Scotland and to independence!

[@AzulinhoAzulinho]

​​@@SeanJacksonTutorialsparticularly in the last 2 years. I live near an old folks home and their staff appear to be 98% Africans, probably Nigerians. It led me to wonder, which country does this benefit and the answer is neither. Previously Scottish held jobs are now undercut (whether by pay and/or conditions) by foreign labour, while Nigeria loses its own care sector staff. It only benefits the corporate billionaire class who couldn't care less about nations or people.

[@alastairnaughton1288]

Great show! But just out of interest, there was no Hidden Heroes this week. Was there a reason for that? I know the show is normally 40 minutes long, but could you have made an exception and extended the programme? But like I say, great show as ever!

[@gavinthompson687]

The question I have is just how strongly do the Scots really want independence? I think there needs to be leadership and a strategy to mobilise around. I recall something Gordon Brown once said about how independence was evaluated by Scots and his conclusion was 'five hundred quid' that you could buy independence support by paying them 'five hundred quid', that support was really shallow. I am sure that was the cynical assessment of a burnt out political failure - however there does need to be a strategy, engagement and leadership. Independence will not fall into our lap. Real support does tend to decline when there is a recession and increase when economic prospects improve. The Scots Parliament does provide a vehicle to improve economic prospects and to drive support for independence going forward. But they need to mobilise and work hard to galvanise that support. I am really not sure the current lot of SNP MSPs are up to it. They have become too comfortable. They may need a spell in opposition to drive the hunger for independence again. Wouldn't it be powerful in Scottish Labour started to demand new powers as well? I think there needs to be a unified support from the nationalists and Scottish Labour together to move things forward. It does lead to the conclusion that devolution has not automatically led to independence but actually diluted the demand a bit. The real hope lies in the demographic split in opinion with unionism being concentrated among the over 65s! As the elderly Unionists die off we could very quickly get to a 60% support for independence and that support just needs to be mobilised. I have no doubt that another referendum would have only one result- which is why they won't easily grant one!

[@tomwaller6893]

Unity is strengh. Get some please

[@craigentinny2]

Can you not get everyone to pronounce 'Alba" correctly? It's not hard, if Alex Salmond can manage it, you all can ;-)

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

Alex Salmond told us we had oil and got 45%. What have we got now and what percentage would it get

[@user-tf2tn2ot7e]

Poor camera position, looking up Alec Neil’s nose

[@jeffraine2856]

This isn’t “Scotland speaks” its Salmond speaks a man who’s party got less than 12,000 votes at the GE.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Aye No freeports/sez in scotland whats happening about this

[@Jeff44]

Sadly, wasteminster negotiated with Swinney about the introduction of them to Scotland, I think it was slimy Gove. Fracking and new Nuclear power stations look set to be forced on us.

[@gtaylor178]

How quickly people forget Blair and his poodle role in the Iraq war. Vote Reform - enough already with these silly politicians and their insistence that we all are going to be flooded due to the weather that this wee cold and often too wet island should be split up.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Involuntary union

[@grant1133]

Everything to play for in 2026 for Alba.

[@saorsa5]

Bollocks

[@neils4886]

@@grant1133 Better start saving for the lost deposits.

[@user-tf2tn2ot7e]

Sour grapes Alec, just life, life is unfair,just get on with it.

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

What and where is the evidence for showing that 50% would vote for independence.

[@neils4886]

@@lyndhurstcollins9189 There has been ONE poll over the last 12 months which indicated a higher than 50% preference for independence. That poll was undertaken by IPSOS MORI, who are, effectively, the SNP’s in-house pollsters, having received £5 MILLION from the Scottish Government over the last few years. Over FORTY polls undertaken over the last 12 months, by many pollsters, indicated that less than 50% are in favour of independence. The latest poll by Statista on 4th July reveals that 53% are NOT in favour of independence, thus mirroring dozens of previous polls.

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

@@neils4886 many thanks . Much appreciated. But what is the nature of the questions asked. For independence now or for some unstated time in the future.

[@mmcc5846]

Who listens English opinion polls Scottish census survey pol Scottish not British 65% real opinion poll probably higher now Scottish population ashamed to British l​@@neils4886

[@patrickcoleman5525]

What a sad performance.

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

So what is the economic case for independence

[@markrobertson6460]

Yesterday's men pontificating about those soon to join them.

[@Jeff44]

Do you work for the 77th?

[@tt-vu3oz]

Was the 750k donation made by humza to unwra legal. He was advised to give the donation to unicef but overruled his advisers he gave it to the other group who were run by hamas then his mother in law got out of gazza the next day . Dodgy as fk.

[@sports872]

Infiltrated by intelligence.

[@SovereignWarrior74]

Once scotland is declonized will be easier for partys to join as one independent movement because be longer apart of the devolved colional establisment ,we can all unite as one sovereign nation , this is my dream

[@JR-gc5ef]

Watching these three is like watching the end of the movie "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" where their faces and skulls are disintegrating in front of our very eyes knowing that the SNP and separatism are dead.

[@mmcc5846]

Jr your UK is going to die muppet

[@mmcc5846]

The UK is finished

[@JR-gc5ef]

@@mmcc5846 🤪 Yes mate. Another movie analogy. You're like the defeated armless and legless Monty Python knight begging for a "draw". 🤣🤣🤣

[@mmcc5846]

​@@JR-gc5efhow is independence defeated Muppet it's just starting your vote rigged English UK election won't stop independence your days are numbered

[@bobbob-gy4ht]

🥱

[@saorsa5]

Alba are doing f all yo help the independence movement salmond shout retire