What the Hell is Happening in Scotland?!

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Ever since Nicola Sturgeon resigned, SNP has been thrown into chaos, with further chaos emerging from Humza Yousaf ending the power-sharing agreement with the Scottish Green Party. In this video, we take a look at what happened this week and whether the Scottish Government is about to collapse.
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[@lmaolaura2985]

as a Scottish person, i’m never getting over how horrifically ugly the Scottish Parliament building is.

[@Inadisguise]

or that it isnt Scottish. Ridiculous.

[@lmaolaura2985]

@@Inadisguise ffs. take your racist bigotry elsewhere.

[@DaciGotYou]

as a Scottish person, treat my boy with respect :')

[@lmaolaura2985]

@@DaciGotYoui’ve been inside and the interior is lovely, i’ll give you that! 😌

[@lmaolaura2985]

@@Inadisguiseboring, take your bigotry elsewhere

[@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986]

Isn’t it concerning just how incompetent leadership and governance across the UK is regardless of who is in charge? The SNP are bad in Scotland, the tories are bad in England, labour are bad in wales and nobody can achieve anything in Northern Ireland? How did we end up with the people in charge being so universally bad?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

karma from colonialism.

[@hensprings1686]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922yeah no it isn’t karma, it’s just that all parties are led by elitist liars who don’t care about standards

[@johnmanpls5577]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 REAL.

[@oliviagarnham3307]

To many immigrants/snowflakes/left - split the vote so no real consensus exist. This means leadership not representing the majority of the people. Side point, I am not Scottish but I know the Scots have an inferiority complex to England

[@crocodileguy4319]

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922ultra lmao

[@19kc88]

It’s worth saying the Scottish Parliament system was designed so that no party would ever reach a majority. It was designed to be a coalition structure. The fact SNP ever managed to get a majority was exceptional.

[@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nn]

They ran on a nationalist-populist ticket which had some success, they managed to pick up a lot of disaffected people, but I think like other populist parties, at some point you can´t keep blaming other people, in this case "England". Once you´ve been in office for a long time, eventually at least some people cotton on to the possibility that you might be somewhat to blame for the problems or at least not fixing them.

[@adcombe]

Thanks for saying this because nobody ever mentions this !! Drives me mad

[@1crafter176]

Tbf, AMS isn't exactly designed for that, as it has more FPTP seats than PR seats, so a party can win a majority relatively easily. A system where that wouldn't be the case would be the German electoral system.

[@jetsflyingoffatrain4338]

​@@Letsthinkaboutit-mb7nnThe union still screwed us though. Hell we'd be independant and in Europe if English politians didn't tell us they'd block us entering the EU if we became indepedant.

[@ShadowCastPro]

@@jetsflyingoffatrain4338 The union initially worked very well for Scotland, it's just not working well right now, but this isn't because of the union, this is because of the current shitty government we have in Westminster. I'm northern English and live in Scotland and the same thing which has been badly affecting Scotland has been affecting Northern England even worse. We need a government which actually treats the UK with Equity and invests in the areas which need it, rather than those which will cause the most economic benefit (which always tend to be in the South and London). The annoying thing is, is that I can't see that happening anytime soon.

[@marktucker208]

Everything falls into Starmers lap. Tories implode, SNP implode, Liz Truss, Partygate. The guy has had such an easy run

[@lestrem11]

True and I am looking forward to Starmers debacle. I am comfortably retired so I can have a good laugh, you can’t.

[@DirtyDingusMcGee]

@@lestrem11 Wait until your pension, savings and investments get horribly taxed. It's coming.

[@anthonydeakin3834]

@@DirtyDingusMcGeethe Tories are a;ready doing that, the reduction in NI doesn’t help pensioners one iota and we are now at the highest levels of taxation since 1940’s.

[@benthomas9853]

@@anthonydeakin3834 Please don't just parrot what others are saying, please do more reasearch

[@anthonydeakin3834]

@@benthomas9853 go on then, tell me where the NI reduction helps pensioners

[@HomebaseLHR]

Hamza is as much as an elected leader as Rishi. We need elections.

[@galdoug8918]

Bruh it's Humza. Dont blame you tho the vid mispronounced it.

[@ASocialistTransGirl]

well not really, because 1. rishi is two PM’s removed from the last election, whereas humza is one, and 2. SNP leadership elections are done by members voting rather than MPs

[@MrToymaster1]

@@ASocialistTransGirl 1: the SNP called for an election after Truss became PM; it’s just hypocrisy from them 2: Truss was elected by SNP members. The only reason Sunak wasn’t was because no one else stood. Same thing that happened to Sturegon after Salmond resigned

[@potato_nugget]

Yes, you're right. They were both elected in their district. You're not electing a president

[@MrToymaster1]

@@potato_nugget it’s hypocritical though for the SNP to say that the tories choosing a new leader should see a general election when they did the exact same thing and didn’t hold Scottish elections afterwards themselves

[@samgrainger1554]

Such a poor political miscalculation to ditch the greens rather than letting them leave (or makung a joint anouncement). Now the greens would look like fools if they propped him up.

[@garethhhhh]

Arrogance, which is why he won't leave without a fight. He simply thinks he's that good that it wouldn't matter.

[@jstewart4205]

But they are fools.

[@markysgeeklab8783]

The PR system in Scotland is designed to produce a coalition - not to prduce a single party with an overall majority.

[@aceman0000099]

And thank god for democracy, we will never have the tyranny you see with the American system

[@SammyInnit]

Be that as it may, without a coalition, it's more difficult for the SNP to get things through what they want or need. Ergo, the SNP can choose to limp along, but who does that benefit any more than the PR system itself?

[@glowmentor]

Which means that fringe wee loony parties that usually have no hope of getting anywhere near power, get power. Not one Green candidate was directly elected and yet they found themselves in power. Bizarre system-backfire that hands out disproportionate power, I would say. The Greens are nuts.

[@Hrtt]

it actually benefits the reform uk

[@markysgeeklab8783]

@@Hrtt only because they would get the seats to match their votes

[@mharley3791]

The most interesting thing about all of this is there seems to be no attempt at fixing some of the fundamental problems. Neither of the parties in Scotland seem to be talking about the lack economic growth, the lack of affordable housing, and the dire mess that is healthcare and education. Instead, they squabble about things that don’t really matter

[@TheGladiator125]

Independence matters,it matters in most countries,and all the levers over Scotland's economy are controlled from England.

[@mrgaudy1954]

If Labour outlines these items at the GE (which they are likely to do to some degree) then they win Scotland and perhaps will force the issue in the Scottish parliament

[@donfelipe7510]

@@TheGladiator125 It seems to me from an English perspective that Scotland blames England and Westminster whenever things don't go as planned, but if they work out it's always framed as Scotland being progressive. The whole of Scottish politics seemed aimed at trying to "get one up" on England. I'll admit the Westminster government does control some of the final say on certain issues, but look at what silly policies some Scottish ministers come up with! Sturgeon tried to take on Westminster on a the back of some LGBTQ++ issue thinking no one would dare oppose her because of the current zeitgeist and got taken down a few pegs as a result. Likewise Yousaf made himself no friend denouncing all white people in a country which is 96% ethnically white. Scotland needs to elect better leaders who actually know what they're doing and won't throw their toys out the pram when they don't get their own way.

[@TheGladiator125]

@@donfelipe7510 utter nonsense

[@nightowl3218]

@@TheGladiator125no his right

[@b3108]

@6:48 - "If she decides to vote with her own party..." - or should that be "her OLD party"?

[@samuelbaugh5975]

Was thinking the same thing, am assuming he misspoke

[@HootMaRoot]

Alba said that they will vote with snp and vote against the no confidence vote

[@maryannekenny8874]

​@@HootMaRootI vote, no Alba politicians have ever been elected in Scotland, the 1 msp they have defected from snp

[@mcziggydelamcmuffin5016]

It's Salmonds party

[@maryannekenny8874]

@@mcziggydelamcmuffin5016 with 1 defector from SNP He stood and lost his last attempt to be msp I respect him but not his politics

[@TheNathanNS]

Someone's going to have to look into what supernatural entity Keir Starmer has done deals with because absolutely everything is falling into place perfectly for him to become the next prime minister lmao

[@Simon-ho6ly]

good timing, if you were observant you could see all this lining up over the last year or so

[@karlslicher8520]

WEF puppet.

[@JasonAtlas]

Out with the old conservatives in with the new conservatives. Yaaaaaaay I'm so sad :(

[@bt3743]

​@@karlslicher8520Sandwich board wearing nutjob

[@Xentillus]

@@karlslicher8520 Ah yes because nothing can ever be a coincidence, or have a natural explanation that is just a little deeper than surface level. It has to be an absurd conspiracy that is too complex to ever hold itself together...

[@shantyclips6358]

We have too many unelected foreigners in office.

[@israellai]

Last time I was this early, the SNP was popular

[@mr.netflix9149]

~2 years ago?

[@saltnessmonster]

They have not been popular but the opposition has been trying to lose

[@jeremyhiggins7687]

No way. They are despised all over Scotland.

[@saltnessmonster]

@@jeremyhiggins7687 yeah the vote is divided. The working class men who are nationalist now hate this pink unicorn SNP

[@jeremyhiggins7687]

Fergus Ewing and Kate Forbes backing hamas useless says it all. Quite happy to fill their pockets, sod Scotland. Country going to pot and as long as the get their very good wages, will bow down to that excuse of a first minister Hamas

[@DirkusTurkess]

"Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!" - Groundskeeper Willy

[@nodruj8681]

Will you losers ever not be cringe?

[@phantomgaming563]

​@@nodruj8681scottish coping.

[@2FLIPS3.5TWISTS]

Justin Trudeaus brother (who is against him 100%) went on a youtubers channel yesterday and he was saying have you seen what happened in Scotland? Scotland and Canada are dealing with the same thing. Did you guys get an online harms bill? This is incredibly sad. I am going to keep watching videos until I understand what is happening there, Canadians def stand with you guys! Freedom!

[@joesmyth88]

Hold up... winning ONLY 64 seats? The parliament isn't designed to have a majority anyway, so ONLY 64 seats is still great. It's better than what the system is supposed to be... about coalition and cross party support. Just a tad misleading there.

[@user-pm2bh9ol8w]

TLDR news gets it wrong pretty often when talking about Scotland. Makes you wonder what else they're getting wrong about places you're less familiar with

[@neilfinnigan9825]

He's a Anything "labour guys" but he wasn't voting pre 2010 so he hasn't a clue 😂

[@pipoo1]

Problem is since Sturgeon took over the SNP became increasingly inward looking and tribal. When Salmond was First Minster and runnings a minority Government between 2007 and 2011 he reached across the parliament to get key legislation passed including having an informal confidence and supply arrangement with the Scottish Conservatives, then led by Annabelle Goldie. After the referendum Sturgeon and the cult around her had such an irrational obsessive hatred of the Tories and Labour it made consensus politics in Scotland impossible. Not even Westminster is as tribal as the Scottish Parliament has become in the last 10 years. Only a change of Government, to a proper minority admission is going to change that now.

[@pipoo1]

@@neilfinnigan9825there’s a reason Labour won three landslides in a row between 1997 and 2010.

[@dactax37]

@@user-pm2bh9ol8wI can tell you they have no clue about Southern Europe. I only follow them for UK perspectives in general now

[@wazzupyouguys]

Humza wouldn’t have to resign if the Tory motion passes, it’s non binding. But he would be under considerable pressure to and realistically he would have no prospect of getting anything done in Government.

[@lewisrae9341]

when ash reagon defected to alba, hamza said that it was no great loss. wonder if he still thinks that now

[@janaka861]

Thank you for this VERY CLEAR explanation. I tried a dozen other videos to explain this and was left more confused!

[@alexpotts6520]

One thing I'm really interested to see is how this affects the Green Party next electoral cycle. Apologies, everyone, I'm a massive psephology nerd and this is quite a long comment on the oddities of the Holyrood voting system. For a while now, but particularly in 2021, the Scottish Greens were in a strange place politically, in that much of the electorate saw them as "bonus SNP". This is a weird-sounding description, but let me explain. The voting system for the Scottish Parliament divides seats into two kinds: constituency seats and list seats; each set of seats has a separate vote, and there is nothing compelling you to vote for the same party with both votes. The constituency seats are exactly like Westminster, elected by first past the post; but the list seats are interesting. Lists cover a wider area covering eight to ten constituencies each, and they allocate seats on a proportional basis; *but,* crucially, they do so only after taking the constituency results in that region into account. What this means in practice is that if a party sweeps up all the constituency seats in a region, then they aren't going to get many (or any) list seats, because they are already well overrepresented in the region relative to their list vote. In the context of an SNP-dominated parliament in 2011, 2016 and 2021, this meant that the SNP won the vast majority of constituency seats. This meant that voters who voted SNP in both the constituency and the list were effectively wasting the second vote - because the SNP was so overrepresented in constituencies and the list is meant to undo the unfairness of the constituency vote, that meant that list votes for the SNP were effectively wasted because they didn't elect any additional MSPs. This is where the Greens came in. They worked out a clever strategy - the SNP is very popular, lots of people would love to be able to vote for the SNP with both ballot papers if they could, but the voting system means that if they do that then one of those votes is going to be wasted. But, if only another party could stand there with essentially the same politics, then as long as it's officially a different party, people could vote for it instead with their list vote (while still voting SNP at the constituency level), and those votes are no longer wasted. In other words, the SNP could unofficially have a sister party that enabled it to get round the features of the voting system which attempted to make it proportional. (Of course, the issue is far worse at Westminster, since there's no list voting there at all, it's just dumb FPTP voting for everything.) This explained how in 2016 and 2021, with voting going down almost entirely along constitutional lines, and voters being essentially 50-50 split on the national question, nationalist MSPs were able to win fairly comfortable (around 55-45) majorities of seats at Holyrood. Indeed, the Greens didn't even stand in most constituencies, tacitly advocating SNP + Green vote-splitting to maximise the overall seat totals for nationalist parties. But since 2021, the national question, while remaining 50-50, has plummeted in terms of salience, and Scottish politics has depolarised from this one issue. Indeed, it was this that allowed the SNP-Green deal to break down, since that one thing held them together no matter what else they bickered about behind closed doors. Now that independence is off the agenda anyway, there is much less glue tying the parties together. Obviously this has resulted in the breakdown of the Bute House Agreement; but I'm curious to see ehat impact it has on electoral politics in Scotland. It is clear that, unlike 2021, the Greens are no longer "SNP bonus seats"; they also support independence but that is no longer the be-all-and-end-all; and they have notable differences in many policy areas. Does this mean that there previous strategy of riding on the SNP's coattails isn't going to work for them any more? An unusual thing about the party is that they haven't really had their campaigning muscles flexed, since their method of winning voters has historically not been to go out and sell their policies to the electorate, but mkre just to exploit a quirk of the voting system. Which raises the question - are the Greens actually popular? How are they going to persuade people to vote for them, now that persuasion is actually important (which in politics it always should be)?

[@gabrielsangom9556]

The idea that the Greens are an SNP list vote party doesn’t stand up to the evidence from 2021. Because of the deposit system, which discourages smaller parties from contesting constituencies, the greens only stood in 12 (of course; they were available to select on the list in all of Scotland, but they weren’t always on both ballots). When they were on both ballots though, the ratio of Green list voters who also voted for them on the constituency was mostly in the 60-80% range. This is not bad when accounting for tactical voting (many greens may have lived in SNP-Con or SNP-Lab marginals, and wanted to ensure the SNP win). In area where the greens weren’t on both ballots, it was obvious that most Green voters would choose the SNP on the constituency, since they were more closely aligned, especially in 2021. However, given most constituencies weren’t contested by the greens, it low overall constituency share across Scotland for the Green (1.3%) vs their list share (8.1%), gave the impression that most green list voters didn’t actually want to vote green for the constituency. As such, it’s unlikely the list share will be massively affected, the any SNP supporters choosing not to vote Green will mostly be offset by gains Greens have made in the polls since 2021.

[@eddiecalderone]

Too Long

[@kitfrew9983]

These long winded posts need to be shortened into 1/2paragraphs . We don't need them ,we k ow EXACTLY what these charlatans are . Enough said.

[@abdell75roussos]

If you ask many in Scotland, they want independence so they can keep the oil money. Odd thing is, what oil? The Greens do not want to drill or use oil, look at climate change, and the fumes. Appears you want both. btw, you are in WW3 with Russia/China. Important stuff.

[@unreliablenarratorz2772]

I appreciate the info😊

[@Cartman1121]

One interesting (and quite funny) factor with Ash Regan too is that when Humza won the race to be leader of the party and Regan left to join Alba, Humza said something along the lines of "nothing of value has been lost". I'd have bit my tongue if I were you Humza

[@mrdunns3338]

But he's so dense, he can't help himself coming out with that sort of crap, in an attempt (failed) to make himself look important.

[@davidk7262]

He pretty much spent the day insulting all his political opponents after ditching the Greens too when he needs their help. He just isn't a very good politician.

[@darrenwithers3628]

Politicians are more concerned about their power than about remarks made about them. She will not ignore a chance to get something she wants.

[@fraserdavidson2366]

What's happening in Scotland ? We are taking out the trash.

[@alexlehrersh9951]

And get new trash in?

[@niamhturner1451]

cant wait to hopefully have my first moments without a really authoritarian government

[@artielikesthings]

So the vote of no confidence in leader is not a binding vote, he could continue on (though this would be pretty untenable). There's also a separate vote for no confidence in the government, which is legally binding, and if that was lost it would go to an election

[@Lunalul_]

I was waiting for them to make a video about this

[@TheSoldierOfFortune924]

One of the first notifications that popped up on my phone this mornong was about Humza Yousaf stepping down.

[@bigslydoc]

If anyone listened to how Humza Yousaf laid into Alex Salmond when he was interview on the Leading podcast by Rory Stewart and Alistair Campbell, it’s pretty obvious that it’s unlikely that a member of his Alba party is going to vote in favour of Yousaf. My money would be on the no confidence motion being successful and then Kate Forbes becoming leader of a minority SNP government as the Scottish Greens have already said that won’t back her due to her well known views on trans issues.

[@yumyum723]

A lot of Kate Forbes views are religiously motivated, as I strongly suspect are Humza Uselss's.

[@bigslydoc]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@yumyum723agree on Kate Forbes, although I think many of her views do not necessarily represent what would be her voting in the event of votes on abortion, pre marital sex or gay marriage where she has said she personally disagrees with them but wouldn’t vote to change current law but Humza’s voting record on gay and trans rights legislation wouldn’t typically be described as orthodox Muslim views. His view on Gaza would seem to be the majority view across society at present and more informed by his wife’s ancestry than his religion.

[@iainthomson7424]

This is an excellent explainer, great video 👍

[@keshab2k]

Well said. I'm now a subscriber.

[@PersonalMystery123]

This seems to be one of few legitimately objective showcases of the topic, thank you

[@raygem1943]

Get rid of him now 😡😡😡😡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@vincilo8835]

"no great loss"

[@JorgelCrisp]

Love her or hate her, Sturgeon was sort of a powerhouse in UK Politics. Scotland does not have anyone ready or able to fill the vaccum she left behind

[@JorgelCrisp]

But at the same time, SNP are still far and away the most popular party in Scotland, Likely due in part due to how irrelevant Sarwar has been during his tenure as Scottish Labour Leader

[@saltnessmonster]

Yeah, but she was falling in popularity before Covid and Ruth Davidson was incredibly popular before she gave up. Covid gave her a massive boost, her lies were believed on that

[@JorgelCrisp]

@@saltnessmonster I think claiming that Ruth Davidson was *ever* popular in Scotland is an enormous reach

[@MrToymaster1]

@@JorgelCrispshe did lead the tories to becoming the second biggest party in holyrood in 2016 She was clearly doing something right given how anti-Tory Scotland is

[@saltnessmonster]

@@JorgelCrisp a lot of people liked her and hated the Tories. Although I am an actual conservative and think she is a Blairite shill and connected with the state (look at her army record and her corporate roles now). But the conservatives won the popular vote in the 2017 council election in Edinburgh. There are paradigms in Scottish politics in 2000s salmond was unstoppable now he is irrelevant

[@JohnCates-tn1gq]

Very well presented si will be following.

[@StarskyQC]

Ash Regan's vote becomes pivotal IF all SNP MSPs vote in support of Yousaf. Given the smug superiority (without foundation), inability to compromise (i.e. you're either with us or a pariah) and how unpopular recent policy decisions have been it would be unwise to think of that as a given. In the vote of no confidence of the Government it would be turkeys voting for Christmas but of no confidence in Yousaf that's not so clear cut. Strategically it could be better for opposition parties to keep a useless First Minister in charge and give them a better chance at an election. So how bad must you have to be for the opposition to declare enough to be enough? SNP MSPs wishing to keep their seats in any forthcoming election may well decide it better to get a new leader and time for them to repair some damage before election time comes.

[@MrToymaster1]

Actually the motion is non binding; Yousaf could stay on and he as indicated he intends to, but his credibility would be diminished into non-existence. The Labour motion against the Scottish government however is binding

[@StarskyQC]

@@MrToymaster1 agreed - in practice though he'd be tremendously arrogant to try to stay on if he's lost a vote of no confidence. Mind you, the mere fact of being subject of a vote of no confidence (regardless of outcome) is telling - to use a football analogy it would be like the Board coming out saying that they "have confidence in the manager".

[@MrToymaster1]

@@StarskyQCtoo be far; Yousaf has demonstrated his arrogance is a key part of his personality

[@baughjaughes5104]

great video summarizing the situation. Well explained.

[@MrToymaster1]

Correction: if Yousaf lost the no confidence vote, he would be expected to resign but not required to as it’s not a binding motion His credibility would be irreparably diminished but he has indicated he wouldn’t resign if he lost

[@raggedcritical]

He’d be expected to resign because if he didn’t he’d likely be driven out by his entire cabinet resigning and making it impossible for him to govern. Same as happened to Johnson when the Tory party was finally done with him. Or it might be that he’s such a political naïf he doesn’t realise that.

[@MrToymaster1]

@@raggedcritical It’s Yousaf; it would’t be out of character for him to continue even if his cabinet resigned He’s as stubborn as Gough Whitlam, the PM of Australia who refused to resign in the 1970s despite his not being able to pass budget and refusing to call new elections, leading to a constitutional crisis. He was only ousted after the governor general took the unprecedented decision to fire Whitlam and appoint the leader of the opposition, Malcom Fraser, as a caretaker PM solely to pass a budget and call for new elections.

[@bjiornbjiorn]

​@@MrToymaster1 "Hello...? Ah, your Majesty. I regret to inform you that, during the course of my duties, I may have undertaken a minor coup against the Government of Australia. No. No. Yes. Well I am your representative. That is most unregal language Ma'am. I'm sure no-one will blame you. What was that? I'm not sure I could fit one of those up there. :Click: Hello? Hello?"

[@MrToymaster1]

@@bjiornbjiornactually the Governor general asked the crown if he has the power to fire the PM before he did it and they said he did as he was using the powers of the monarchy. In the subsequent election afterward, Fraser and his coalition got a majority in the Australian senate and House of Representatives. Fraser than fired the governor general. It was a wide case all and all

[@peter_wav]

I don't think he's said he won't resign if he lost the no confidence vote, only that he won't resign before the vote and that he's going to fight it.

[@osx86x]

supply and confidence arrangements always end in tears

[@ryancampbell927]

FYI, Alba is the Scottish Gaelic word for 'Scotland' and it's pronounced 'Al-up-a' - in this case the B sounds more like a P. Confusing I know, even some of the party members don't get that right!

[@GregDavidson-wz8sc]

Update: yousaf has resigned

[@davidk7262]

Yousaf would not 'have' to resign as suggested in the video if he loses the confidence vote. It is not binding however it would be highly unusual for him not to do so.

[@thirdo4497]

The timing here is absolutely gold

[@alexbaytenov]

Thx for the vid! Bit of a minor error in the credits: Ben isn't Jack. Not yet... lol

[@clownofthetimes6727]

And he`s gone.

[@shakespeare4bears]

As an ardent supporter of the Union, I sincerely hope that Humza remains First Minister.

[@lapiz_]

cant be serious

[@TakeMe2UrDealer]

'I hope an incompetent idiot runs my country into the ground, so I can feel justified in living in a geopolitical hostage situation with the other idiots voted in by the South'.

[@twelvecatsinatrenchcoat]

I'm surprised they were allowed to vote against him. Isn't it a crime now to criticize anyone darker than a paper bag?

[@oiunchty1291]

Thanks for audio level adjustments for the ads folks! Much better now 🙏🏽

[@mrdunns3338]

He'll offer Ash Regan whatever she wants to get himself over the line in both the votes of no confidence, then renege on everything he promised.

[@ThePhiphler]

All I see with those SNP signs is Single Nucleotide Polymorphism.

[@jonathanwilliams1065]

When your government says that your people have to much representation what do you expect to happen?

[@geminienigma4421]

He resigned

[@mrelba9176]

He needs to go. Such a shame as the SNP had some pretty decent wins in parliament.

[@davidk7262]

Their overall record is horrendous. You just have to look at the areas people care about most, healthcare and education and they are both much worse than even England which is a pretty low bar. They have spent all their time focusing on independence as things have become worse for the average Scot. Even this week they have published papers on independence which is frankly laughable.

[@aceman0000099]

​@@davidk7262they're only worse in certain metrics in those areas, it's not so black and white. The teacher to student ratio is much better and has improved over time, the amount of higher (AKA GCSEs) passed has increased, the amount of graduates in good jobs, and teachers themselves are better paid than in England

[@markwilkie3677]

@@aceman0000099 In 2021-22 - the latest year of available data - £200 million in additional taxable income was brought into Scotland, with more higher and top rate taxpayers moving to Scotland than leaving.

[@mrelba9176]

@@davidk7262 I don't want Scotland to leave the union, as Westmister is a racist hellhole. But I can understand the movement entirely. I'd wager the fact that they're not totally devolved is probably part of the reason.

[@eddiecalderone]

⁠@@mrelba9176 How exactly is Westminister a racist hellhole? With a PM that’s of Indian heritage, a Home Secretary whose mother is from Sierra Leone, cabinet members, ministers and shadow ministers from all faiths and backgrounds..

[@alexhornett6985]

Devolved Governments was such a shit idea. Only a politician could think more government would be a good idea.

[@keithyoung810]

We all have to pay for more politicians instead of improving hospitals

[@jstewart4205]

Blair!

[@IT_217]

Given that party affiliation can be a huge part of someone's decision who to vote for, I think that an elected member changing party should trigger a by-election. If they are confident that they got support for who they are and not what party they are a member of then they shouldn't be afraid of going to polls again, but if the electorate don't agree with their reasons for switching allegiance then they should be given the opportunity to change their representative.

[@jstewart4205]

I agree.

[@rfxtuber]

Ingoni... i would not trust these scammers if you paid me.... dude don't align yourself with these people

[@realjprc]

As a Canadian who has lived in Scotland I have to say your politics are much more entertaining

[@user-uw5ps6nr8g]

Now I have the confidence to say Kate Forbes will be the next Scottish Minister

[@jetsflyingoffatrain4338]

I live where she's running and from what I can tell people don't like her

[@user-uw5ps6nr8g]

@@jetsflyingoffatrain4338 the Inverness area eh? I will actually care if someone is actually elected

[@CeruleanSword]

Replacing one religious nutjob with another. This country is atheist now, start getting used to it, and stop being primitive, alongside the rest of us.

[@alexpotts6520]

Idk. Speaking from south of the border, my overall impression is of a competent individual, whose appeal was held back by some wacky fundamentalist views. (She came pretty dang close to winning the leadership in spite of her born-again Christianity being a huge liability for her, so I can only assume that without that burden she'd have cruised to victory.)

[@CeruleanSword]

@@alexpotts6520 Speaking from north of the border, I don’t want a fundamentalist to replace a Muslim. Literally trading one problem for another. I want an actually sane person in charge.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

He is GONE

[@DCUK90]

I hope so

[@iielysiumx5811]

A lot of media have explained this poorly, thank you for a clear explanation of what is happening

[@galdoug8918]

Humza not Hamza

[@dontcomply3976]

Why should hwite people show him any respect? (Assuming you are) He hates us

[@cl8804]

hamaz nt, j3vvbani

[@frederickibonie6980]

well, this episode of TLDR news sure seems poigniant with news of Yousef's resignation this morning

[@Campaigner82]

This is completely uninteresting to those of us who do not reside in the UK 😐

[@Username18981]

People are learning why he is called Humza Useless

[@deklore]

Humza Useless

[@jamesburns6000]

Sounds just like Sturgeon and the SNP, similar scenarios, large government contracts followed by large donations back to the SNP...money laundering?

[@g.o.4387]

The first thing the fool did was to take his friends to the Cabinet room and pray his inexistent god... poor fool... now his god and him are out of the government 😂😂😂

[@K20DFX]

WHITE, WHITE, WHITE. That whole speech has been stained in my memory, I'd love to see Alex Salmond or better yet Nicola Sturgeon do that in Pakistan. The whole thing is a massive joke.

[@birdbig6852]

This is the only thing I know about Scottish politics. I wonder if most Scottish agree with that.

[@reiteration6273]

I'm actually an SNP member, but after this fiasco I'm reconsidering my party of choice. Realistically I'll probably still vote SNP, since they’re the only non-Tory party with a hope of winning my constituency, but that's no reason to keep paying membership fees. The only reason I've stuck with them this long was that Humza seemed to be trying to maintain Nicola's legacy. Now that he's apparently leaning towards supporting the sorts of extremist positions proposed by Ash Regan and Kate Forbes in the leadership election, that's no longer the case.

[@danielskelton1145]

I think it's the extremism of the Scottish Greens which have largely brought the SNP to this point.

[@reiteration6273]

@@danielskelton1145 Not really. The gender reform bill was also supported by the Scottish Lib Dems & Scottish Labour. It's just the UK parties and right-wing media that're trying to make it into a contentious issue. The same goes for most of the policies the Greens support. Scotland is generally a more left-wing country than England.

[@danielskelton1145]

@@reiteration6273 the polls seem to tell a different story, and if we end up with Kate Forbes as FM, that might call your perception into further dispute. Scottish Labour, now further to the right than they were at the last GE, have gained in the polls in Scotland. Actually, I think the breaking of this coalition will be good for the SNP in the long-run and I also don't believe it will significantly harm the independence cause beyond the short-term either.

[@reiteration6273]

@@danielskelton1145 Scottish Labour voted overwhelmingly for the gender reform bill. They’re as far left as ever. In fact, the *only* party aside from the Tories to vote against it... was the SNP. The SNP are the ones who're sliding to the right, and if Kate Forbes becomes FM, that'll only demonstrate this further. So the polls showing a Labour resurgence in Scotland aren't disproving my point, they're *evidence* of it.

[@pragueuprising560]

​@@danielskelton1145It would be naive to think that if Forbes became leader there would be no fallout... it would be a mass exodus.

[@Max07ism]

6:50 Video: "64 to 64" Me: "64 ZOO LANE!"

[@keithyoung810]

With the advent of Mayors in England we can expect more of this

[@DonaldMellor]

Scotland has been on a downward trajectory ever since the Scottish National Party (SNP) assumed control, as if the party has been treating Scotland as a testing ground for their policies. Since the SNP came into power, numerous aspects of Scottish society have taken a sharp decline. The National Health Service (NHS) has deteriorated significantly, with numerous challenges and shortcomings. Education in Scotland is now widely regarded as one of the poorest in Europe, failing to meet the standards set by other nations. Additionally, the issue of drug abuse has seen a worrying surge, causing further concerns for the nation. These are just a few examples of the numerous negative consequences that have emerged under the SNP's governance. As an Englishman expressing my thoughts, it is my desire to witness Scotland reclaim its greatness, which necessitates the appointment of a fresh leader.

[@djtomoy]

Scotland is still excellent 👌

[@realitywins9020]

How are the Tories doing in England?

[@DonaldMellor]

@@realitywins9020 It appears that you are adopting a confrontational tone in your query about the performance of the Tories in England. Allow me to express my perspective on this matter. To be completely transparent, I must admit that I hold no allegiance to any political party, rendering me impartial when it comes to evaluating their progress. Consequently, I find myself indifferent towards the performance of the Tories, as my lack of affiliation prevents me from having a personal stake in their success or failure. I trust that my response adequately addresses the sarcasm in your comment.

[@DonaldMellor]

@@djtomoy You claim that Scotland is exceptional, but I must respectfully disagree. When evaluating Scotland's supposed excellence, one must consider various aspects. For instance, Scotland is plagued by a severe drug problem, which surpasses that of any other European country. Additionally, their education system is deemed subpar, lagging behind other nations. Furthermore, Scotland's National Health Service (NHS) is considered to be the least efficient in comparison to the rest of the United Kingdom. Shall I continue to provide more examples?

[@shaesmith2831]

@@DonaldMellorwhy do you care so much about Scotland then? If you’re unaligned and therefore don’t care about the Tories failures then why do you care about SNP failures? It seems strange to me as a fellow Englishman.

[@davidpeterson5647]

Looks like Scotland’s window for independence has come and gone.

[@MrToymaster1]

Came and went quite some time ago

[@jetsflyingoffatrain4338]

the GE after next, Kier Starmer won't be popular and I doubt Scotland will forget what the tories did after the past few years

[@MrToymaster1]

@@jetsflyingoffatrain4338 They said the same thing after thatcher and Blair

[@karimabidi8312]

@@jetsflyingoffatrain4338 for real, Starmer isn't a real alternative to the tories. Man, they shouldn't have thrown away Jeremy Corbyn...

[@MrToymaster1]

@@karimabidi8312corbyn resigned

[@mrbanana69]

I for one am happy that we hopefully get no dominant party again. We need more cooperation.

[@zozzy4630]

Oh no, not... *SHADY FORCES!!!!*

[@Hexiad]

Humza Yousaf has nothing to do with Scotland.

[@anthonymorrison6557]

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[@jonesfrederick1228]

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[@KevinBrian-py5mn]

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[@anthonymorrison6557]

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[@EricVincent-xj4vo]

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[@amaeryamidus]

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[@Datroflshopper]

There's a fun detail that's been missed here - Alison Johnson (the Presiding Officer) was herself a Green MSP before she took on the role. If the Presiding Officer had been an SNP MSP the the Parliamentary arithmetic would be set in stone regardless of how Ash Reagan voted Also Humza Yousaf's forename is pronounced "Hum-za", not "Ham-za". He's said his own name in interviews before and that's how he pronounces it

[@ashleycreek5764]

Oh dear.

[@thinkingscottish]

To gently point something out, in the Scottish Parliament the chair is called the Presiding Officer rather than Speaker. Also, the no confidence vote in the First Minister would not legally compell him to resign (although whether he could survive politically is another matter). Only a no confidence vote in the Scottish Government would trigger the process of having to form a new one within 28 days.

[@SammyInnit]

There's no shortage of people harping on about how the system is designed and how it should result in no single party having a majority while completely ignoring the consequence of this. Yes, we would expect there to be no single majority party, but without a coalition, a minority government is severely impacted in divisions without key support. This inevitably fails the voter before all others. A paralysed government is no government at all. That said I think this draws on a second problem that we are seeing across the UK in that party leaders who are elected only by their counterparts or party members are never truly accepted by the electorate. Yes, im sure there's plenty of rhetoric about how we elect MPs/MSPs and not PMs/FMs, but it's dishonest to suggest voters dont give this consideration when casting their ballot. Yousaf is just another (like Gethings and Sunak) who has been shoehorned in, mid-term by their peers and not the wider electorate. People are clearly growing tired of this.

[@eneto7785]

Varadkar, Sunak, Kahn, Hamza…. where are the native UK people to govern UK people?

[@eaglerider11]

Ireland isn't in the UK.

[@eneto7785]

@@eaglerider11 This change everything!!! Wow!!!

[@petrilio]

The native people in Britain are long gone. Then came the Celts, Romans, Angles, Saxons, Danes, Normans, and finally Indians.

[@miackmihie3470]

"will the Scottish government collapse?" ... Already did didn't it. 🤢🤮🤮🤮

[@alistairleigh2657]

According to the alba party it'd pronounced closer to Al-li-pa

[@willard39]

It's happening all over the Western World. We swung wildly left, and it was disastrous. Now we're correcting (or rather over-correcting) to the right. It'll be nice for the period we're back to center, but as per usual, we'll go too far and have to swing back left again. We need viable and sane third parties that represent the middle foe a while.

[@darrenwithers3628]

LOL The center is right wing. And we have never swung widely to the left.

[@user-nv5ve9ld7t]

@@darrenwithers3628 The centre is left wing and the right is centre. We need to swing very much to the right to correct for all of this.

[@user-kf3rf]

@@darrenwithers3628 well the conservatives in many countries have gone well to the left, the Tories are heavily influenced by Blairites for the last decade, the CDU have basically copied many policies of the SPD, shoving it into an identity crisis, creating a void on the right, which is now getting filled by new parties.

[@frcrr]

Disliking every video that has implication that an automated request from a browser addon would somehow deter "shady data brokers" from selling my personal data to whomever they bloody like.

[@uexodus1]

It sends GDPR removal requests to data brokers that host your personal data. It's not an addon

[@frcrr]

@@uexodus1 Actually, that's fair. I assumed they use an addon to track your cookies and sign-ins to websites, then send requests to wherever to remove your data. In fact, they require access to your mailbox to detect where to send the data removal requests. That's preposterous. Moreover, there are reports of them selling the private info themselves.

[@user-lx1lu8qr7e]

'It's prospects at the next general election look dire'. Meanwhile the accompanying opinion pole graphic shows SNP and Labour about even..... Was the graph too long to look at?

[@donwilliamson2661]

*"Browhn!!!"*

[@bobshimits]

Climite goals have killed UK's industry for no good reason. Boat people have killed UK's culture. Trans have killed the Scott's "enlightenment "

[@BenHDR]

So my fellow brits, what's everyones favourite colour? I like orange

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

i like brown.

[@soundscape26]

Blue

[@christopherhumphrys7398]

red

[@Bushflare]

Black and Tan.

[@rorymoore9269]

Purple

[@doreenhollywood7459]

Strange that greens and Tories combine to allow Labour in ????

[@teemac148]

What government ?, we have not got one.

[@davidkerr7065]

HUmza is his name. I dis like him but c’mon

[@avacyn2000]

Womp Womp. He might as well be called Ali Ahmed. He's not Scottish.

[@davidkerr7065]

@@avacyn2000 I’m anti-immigration and believe he’s a joke and hop he stays as SNP leader as long as possible. But not getting his name right plays into his hands

[@benry007]

How can you do this story without the context of the new hate crime laws? That is what has turned the country against him.

[@jigsaw6954]

Because they agree with it. Its lying by ommision

[@absolvitor3541]

Couple of points. The speaker in the Scottish Parliament is the Presiding Officer. More fundamentally if the no confidence motion in him passes he is not obliged to resign. He is though if the Labour motion of "no confidence in the Scottish Government" does (see section 45(2) of the Scotland Act 1998). This is important because, in theory, if he loses the vote on confidence in him as First Minister he can hang on long enough for the SNP to select his successor and thereby not engage the 28 day process. Losing the first vote keeps the SNP firmly in control and gives them much more flexibility around timing. Whereas, if the Labour motion passes the SNP only have 28 days to run its leadership contest and get that person into the office of FM.

[@Pizza23333]

The problem there being he would still be expected to resign as a matter of principle, and refusing to do so throws the government into a bigger bind and may make it even more difficult for who comes after.

[@MrAH2010]

Waiting for the TLDR to finish furiously writing the resignation video.

[@UlrichVonRadbot]

Scottish Green party member here. The funniest thing in all of this is that the vote we were going to have about the Bute House Agreement would likely have failed. Though many of us were very pissed off with the SNP for backing down on the environment and transgender rights recently (which is what prompted the vote in the first place). So if Yousaf was dissolving the agreement in order to appear strong before the Greens broke it, we were very unlikely to break it.

[@MrToymaster1]

According to rumours; Stephen Flynn might have forced Yousaf’s hand Apparently the SNP MPs think the BHA was one of their biggest weaknesses So this whole thing might be because the SNP MPs are scared of losing their seats; the Westminster SNP might have thrown the Holyrood SNP under the bus here

[@danielskelton1145]

I think the agreement would have broken the SNP if it hadn't ended. The Scottish Greens seem obsessed with extremist social policies at least as much, if not more, than the environment and climate. Policies which ended up shoehorning Nicola Sturgeon into the position of being unable to explain what a woman was, and did little to help the SNP's polling.

[@UlrichVonRadbot]

@@danielskelton1145 Extremist social policies being rights for transgender people? Hardly extreme calling for equitable rights, especially when not only did the Greens and SNP vote for it, the Scottish Lib Dems and Scottish Labour also did (even some Scottish Tories!). But yes the SNP has been increasingly trending to the right and it was very worrying for a large amount of people in the party.

[@mf_rat]

@@UlrichVonRadbot Yes, you have accurately summed up the current Scottish cesspool. All parties vote against the interests of the normal, sane Scottish people. There are no right wing parties in Scotland. Go play pretend by yourself, don't expect everyone else to agree with your delusions.

[@mf_rat]

The SNP backed down slightly because someone finally realised that normal Scottish people don't want these lunatic policies.

[@GD-yl4lu]

As someone who supports Scottish independence I am still glad to see this. The SNP have fell into the same problem that all parties do when they've been in power too long. Inward looking, insular and detached from the electorate and what people want. They promote people based on entitlement rather than ability and more importantly, connection to voters. They need a defeat at the polls to refocus. Humza is a symptom of this. The SNP think it was his turn to lead. Oblivious to the fact that the people of Scotland, even SNP voters, see him as a narcissistic bully.

[@maxdavis7722]

Out of interest why are you pro independence?

[@GD-yl4lu]

@maxdavis7722 I'm basically a federalist. I think each area of the uk would be better off making all decisions in their own interests rather than piecemeal devolution. I also think, due to the uk structure there are far too many layers of government all pulling in different directions. Local councils, regional government, uk government and previously European government. I also believe it would result in a less antagonistic relationship between Scotland and England as Scottish MPs would no longer be voting on English issues and English voters would no longer see themselves as paying for things the Scottish government decides to focus on (free bus passes, free prescriptions etc) that the uk government could implement but decide to utilise their tax money elsewhere. It would also mean that Scottish taxpayers would not have to fund things they are, in the majority, opposed to or do not see benefit from that they have previously had to contribute to as part of the uk (Trident renewal, HS2, London Crossrail)

[@yeetdragon1629]

​@@GD-yl4lui have the complete opposite opinion but i understand your view point

[@rusm5710]

As someone who can't stand woke fuckery, you're welcome to leave

[@GD-yl4lu]

@rusm5710 Aw thanks.

[@user-pg2kj7ps7o]

As a Scot who voted Yes in 2014 , I can tell you how I see it. There was a feeling that the vote was so close, and our young people were so energised by the campaign, that we needed to have a new referendum as soon as was practical. We felt that an Indy majority in the SP and a cohort of Indy MPs at Westminster would give us a democratic mandate to push for this. However, with Covid and now the world falling apart with cost of living and war, the flame is tampered for the time being, especially as the UK government just ignored any democratic mandates from Scotland ! To get that Democratic mandate in the SP due to its voting system a party has to harvest more votes than a UK parliament would dream of to gain a majority , so the SNP required a pact with the greens. This would be ok if the greens were as Indy minded as the SNP, but for them they also wanted a woke agenda that the vast bulk of Scots saw as unserious nonsense . For me , the main driver for Indy was using Scotlands resources only for Scotland and it’s people , as we were the “Saudi Arabia of renewables” and had a massive agricultural potential. What we got was Transvestites rights and free speech restrictions. As I don’t think any run of the mill political party can sort the Western world and it’s huge problems , Labour and the Lib Dem’s will take back power and be unpopular from day 1. Maybe by the next set of elections round about 2030 a newly purged and serious SNP will win again and we will have Indy ref 2 in 2032.

[@yahyazekeriyya2560]

"requests that your data is removed" There are several problems with this. The first is that data is technically a plural noun, the singular being datum. Colloquially it is used in the singular for; however, British English tends to still use the plural verb for collective nouns while American English opts for the singular form. However, the real issue is that this should be subjunctive and should read: "requests that your data be removed." The subjunctive remains prolifically used in American English but has fell out of use in British English more recently. Because of the influence of American English, however, it is making a comeback in British English. See, not all linguistic influence from America is bad.

[@CallMeCammy]

I love this channel but you don't have many Scottish people on staff, do you?

[@freja9398]

As a swede, I get this, every video about Sweden has quite a few errors. It feels like the TLDR team are only people living in England, and until recently all of all were male as well, which definitely has mirrored in their reporting to some extent. But I'm curious as a foreigner not very knowledgale about Scotland, what was wrong?

[@jetsflyingoffatrain4338]

Fr, and all the commenters feel horrendously out of touch from Scotland

[@TomuCow]

why would they. its just some dude filming in his mums basement more than likely with his friends.. its not a proffesional news network ffs

[@freja9398]

@@TomuCow They are not, they are really big know. That demands better research and fact checking.

[@CallMeCammy]

@@freja9398 Oh yes, they are mostly white English guys that went to uni together but they did make a video on audience feedback a while ago saying they were going to address the lack of diversity. It’s not so much “wrong” as just not that relevant/out of touch. For example, the Scottish Parliament is not designed to have one party leading it (2011 was a funny time when Westminster had a coalition at the same time). They also mispronounced Humza’s name aside from that they did a video recently on Scottish independence and the arguments were… just not really the best form of the argument (for either side but particularly the pro-independence) or what people in Scotland actually cared about when you actually talk to them. But I’m hopeful they’ll do better in the future and these are just growing pains

[@cnccccccd]

The greens are insane.

[@sassulusmagnus]

The graph shown at 0:19 doesn't quite support the disaster-for-the-SNP analysis offered by the English accented presenter. Maybe that's why we only get to see it for 2 seconds. Whatever "Opinion Polling, Scotland" is, the chart seems to indicate that the SNP is still at least tied with its closest competitor, Labour. SNP has dropped in whatever poll/polls this chart purportedly represents. But disaster?

[@Countryboy071]

Militarily alone, Scotlands geographical location will mean the defence of Britain will mean Scotland will always be part of the United Kingdom.