‘Where is the competence?!’ | Andrew Neil SLAMS the SNP’s record

[@mayray6434]

nikola sturgeon the great pretender ,

[@azillliasmith2734]

Haha 😂 this deserves more likes 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@Jock55]

Not so great!!!

[@colinmacfarlane6838]

Bring back humza yousaf then they'll have no seats 😅

[@davidhendrie9455]

He’s disappeared up here 😊

[@azillliasmith2734]

😂 he certainly puts his foot in his mouth....... "too many white people in Scotland" indeed 😂 A real vote winner

[@rpb583]

I almost wish they had kept him in place.

[@ronniemac2636]

@@davidhendrie9455 Maybe in Qatar or Turkiye ?

[@arlenemacphie6633]

🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@darkdonzaloog]

I won't be voting snp this time, have done last few times but I think they are done

[@BrianPaterson-f3i]

Try vote reform uk !

[@garshanon]

😂

[@garshanon]

@@BrianPaterson-f3i 😂😂

[@michaelobrien9825]

WELL SAID.

[@arlenemacphie6633]

@@BrianPaterson-f3i Do we have a Reform candidate?

[@stephenmardon6781]

Thank goodness people like Andrew are speaking out against the corruption and failures.

[@johnneil4777]

@@stephenmardon6781 Andrew Neil is more right-wing than Moseley was in the 30's & 40's. When interviewed Alex Salmond treats Neil with the contempt that he deserves by laughing at most of his bias commentary.

[@DavidMeikle-ei7fr]

Where's the competence in British politics generally ? This campaign has shown us all how clueless and useless the majority of our politicians are. Not one deserves our support and vote

[@douglasherron7534]

Comes down to where you think the lesser evil lies.

[@pedazodetorpedo]

If the SNP collapse that will at least be a silver lining to the cloud of a Labour government

[@Blessedishisname]

I’m with the Scottish family party 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidhamilton7020]

Andrew Neil..a case study for all aspiring House Jocks.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@Blessedishisname Why does the Ukip family party want Scots to pay tuition fees of RUK students that come here?

[@Blessedishisname]

@@ScottishRoss27 yeah if you outside Scotland) for at least three years before the course began ….why run to Scotland now for a free hand out we not paying your fees

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@Blessedishisname Can you clarify what you just said please

[@thecaptain2272]

SNP were a disaster, Labour will be a disaster

[@Blessedishisname]

Hear hear Scottish family party is the only party I trust right now who have the nation of Scotland at heart

[@skykid3]

Pfft, what gender would that family be, with that bunch of cranks anywhere near power​@@Blessedishisname

[@johnneil4777]

Let's hope that Labour make a mess of things, just like the Conservative & Unionist Party have done for the last 14years. Maybe only then will the doubters of Scottish Independence wake up & realise that it's our time to rule our own affairs.

[@Blessedishisname]

@@johnneil4777 Scottish family party only party that’s saying it straight and wasn’t afraid to oust snp every time

[@RobertMathewson-b1n]

@@johnneil4777 the doubters and those sleeping most are those we voted in for Independence

[@david1731048]

We have 28% more spending per head on school pupils here in Scotland. And our high school kids now lag behind English kids. It's embarrassing.

[@JohnM...]

Not just English kids - every nation in Europe.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

A lot of that extra spending is on free education and free school meals.the budget is still decided by England. And their schools are falling down or full of sewage.

[@JohnM...]

@@Glasgow_kiss Scottish education is a devolved matter. So it's current state is entirely the fault of the SNP (re the 250 million pounds given by EU - not Westminster - that the SNP have deliberately not spent.) You must be employed by the DEVOLVED ADMINISTRATION (not government) because you believe the nonsense you're saying.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

@@JohnM...no, the budget is not devolved.

[@davidogilvie1902]

How much of that is down to poor parenting? Education shouldn't just be left to the schools. I teach my 6 year old maths, science, computing, and he has a vocabulary above his age group.

[@David.-zr5ph]

SNP are the worst thing to ever happened to the Scottish people and country. Ferry ⛴️,not 🚫, education, 🚫, council 🚫, steel works ❌, shipping 🚫. All failed and it's getting worse as we talk.

[@ScottishRoss27]

All the best in the UK.

[@jake751]

Free university education/ free prescriptions/ free school meals and zero sh*te pumped into rivers.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@jake751 Labour run Wales recently increased Tuition fees there by 2% to £9250 a year. SNP run Scotland is on its 16th of providing free university tuition to Scots. Torie run England recently increased prescription charges to £9.90 per item. SNP run Scotland is on its 13th year of providing free prescriptions. David, ''SNP are the worst thing to ever happen to Scotland''

[@johnneil4777]

The Independence movement in Scotland is a 'broad church' of many different groups of people. Polls suggest that support for Independence is still running at 50% & has stayed at this level for quite some time. A material change in circumstances occurred in 2016 when Scotland was pulled out of the EU against it's will. Hence the reason why there should be another Independence Referendum. Like it or not Scottish Independence is coming. I guess the reason why Yooners like Andrew Neil talk down Scotland is because he enjoys the benefits of living in England.

[@andrewstewart5095]

Here jake, do ye no ken theres no thing in the world free, something has to suffer to pay for these ''free'' things

[@hogganknowsbest]

Someone needs to go through their full record of failed promises so I can have that as ammo whenever someone in starts telling me to vote SNP.

[@johnneil4777]

If your having difficulty thinking about some of their failures, it's because there hasn't been many. On the other hand they have had a number of successes. Free prescriptions, free bus travel for young people under 22, free bus travel for 60yr+ olds, no University tuition fees for home students, New Queensferry crossing, New Sky crossing, abolition of road & Bridge Tolls etc etc etc

[@fionagallagher984]

Nothing is free. They have done all of this things while massively growing our national debt. They’re not free, our kids and grandkids will have to pay for it.

[@shingitai5882]

I hope that who ever get in next investigates fully what the SNP where covering up with all those redacted papers etc, and if there is criminality then everyone responsible has to be prosecuted.

[@malcolmhouston7932]

For "Redacted" read "Fraud" They are Public servants and the papers should contain nothing that the Public shouldn't know- Scotland has no legitimate secrets.

[@terencequinn2682]

Sure when they investigate Tory crimes first

[@djmartin5240]

Hahaha, spoken from a English men whose tory party have been found corrupt liars since 2010..ppe scandal, covid deaths 300,000 due to incompetence and you bring up sturgeon and the £600,000 which was SNP own funds. The yoons smearing just goes on and on.

[@johnneil4777]

Yes I couldn't agree more. I hope that the people responsible for misspending money from the Indyref II fund created by supporters of Independence get the community service they deserve. I also hope that all the members of the Conservative & Unionist Party involved in the fraudulent claims made in PPE scandal are brought to justice & get the deserved prison sentences for stealing many £millions. Oh & I think that the Tory members who attempted to defraud the bookies deserve community service as well. TTFN old boy.

[@TheBigk1964]

That is the key,and always has been! As long as they have the "common enemy", we can blame Westminster!!!!

[@ScottishRoss27]

Westminster are the colonial power in Scotland afterall.

[@AntiWokeXyCitizen]

The SNP are rotten to the core, two fishy characters were caught wanting and left and the pervious plonker lost all confidence and control over his own personal feelings and judgement and the current one is as "honest" as the day is long...

[@johnneil4777]

@@AntiWokeXyCitizen Power corrupts & absolute power corrupts absolutely. The Conservative & Unionist Party are proof positive & the SNP have quite possibly taken a leaf out of their book of corruption. Richie, Theresa & Boris are just as fishy.

[@jeffreymaclean83]

Andrew Neil should be standing with a Farage Flag .

[@DrDanielHoward]

For all of you still undecided I offer intellectual reasons for voting REFORM UK in my channel vid. It requires you to watch for fifteen minutes which I am sure you have the attention span to do, and I have added some time stamps for younger viewers. We need to vote REFORM UK it is existential and I give my reasons. Dr D Howard, former fellow of University of Oxford and later former fellow of the UK Defence Research Agency. I have lived in two corrupt countries and the immigrants coming into UK are from places like Nigeria and Kenya where people live in sewers, do not allow this to continue please.

[@jimmorrison5493]

Kate Forbes is a joke

[@user-lr7pl7vj9f]

She is the best choice for leader, head and shoulders above the rest.

[@user-lr7pl7vj9f]

Sturgeon, swinney, humza, c'mon get real.

[@SistorCarrera]

I was having a pint or two with Sir John Curtis ( not the one on the telly ) and he told me labour will evicerate the SNP in this election.I do hope so....

[@Blessedishisname]

Your having a laugh they will sell Scotland out worse than snp Get real man

[@johnneil4777]

@@SistorCarrera I think that might be hopeful thinking on 'Yooner' part. Don't worry though because if Labour do get into power they will be sure to make an absolute horlicks of it & the Scottish Independence Movement can only get stronger.

[@SistorCarrera]

@@johnneil4777 ja were feked

[@Ralphs-House]

Always loved Andrew's work, and far more suited to Times Radio. GB News was beneath him in my view. Good observations!

[@Chillmax]

Is he doing this in a helicopter, it's very posh!

[@BariandHamza]

I would never vote for the SNP or Labour. Looking at the problems in the UK I will vote The Reform Party. They are the only party that can fix the 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 & NI problems. Caused by the Tories and Labour. The SNP wants Independence from Uk only to loose it to the EU.😅

[@richardgregory3684]

"It could slump from 43 to just 15". Nah, it was way better than that! Highlight of the night was Sturgeon on ITV.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

SNP are steadfastly pro EU that's the difference

[@searcaig]

How many people graduating in the tertiary education sector are Scots? When my daughter graduated from Edinburgh University in 2014 at least half of her classmates were from south of the border or from overseas.

[@dec-hw3lm]

SNP Kirsty Blackman says Scotland want NO limit on Migrants going to Scotland ! So please put up adverts in Calais in France to tell all those getting on dinghies to go to SCOTLAND !

[@eugene2876]

Don't listen to her

[@MsRangers72]

Well said Andrew.

[@antoniodiciacca2949]

I had a conversation with a very charming young man , an snp advisor . I spoke about the travesty of Brexit . He wholeheartedly agreed with me . Then I made the point that we would have left the EU if we’d went independent.

[@benvair1370]

My, your so clever, but did it not occur to you that he knew that, and that during the transition period from the UK to independent state, that Scotland would apply for, and undoubtedly get, associate membership to the EU pending full membership after independence. I’m also sure you are well aware that Scotland would be welcome in the EU, especially as it would not be burdened by the continually whinging Poms.

[@antoniodiciacca2949]

@@benvair1370 undoubtedly get. I love your faith

[@davidtoshack4451]

​@@benvair1370without a central bank and currency? Don't think so😂

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@davidtoshack4451 Independent Scotland would get those too.

[@davidtoshack4451]

@@ScottishRoss27 snp changed thier mind now have they? 2014 they said currency union with England was what they wanted? Mind you, they said oil would be our great asset as well, changed mind again. I mean, it's not like they haven't had much time to think about it 😆

[@johnfinnigan5605]

Andrew completely forgot about the impact of austerity in his blue/red torie monologue and managed to find selective parts of the NHS where Scotland is behind 🤔 When you have an agenda better to talk about symptoms rather than root cause though Andrew right?

[@user-lr7pl7vj9f]

No SNP willing to come on his show, speaks volumes about the calibre of SNP politicians. Big fear ties.

[@alanbrown9178]

Ah, there must be an election coming up.... LOL!

[@KizzyKismet1]

SNP/Greens/Alba/ScottishInderendence goodbye! Laugh :)

[@franciscruickshank8794]

unionist 😎

[@TARZANswings]

Goodbye tories, biggest and best laugh

[@Blessedishisname]

Hear hear 👏👏

[@Blessedishisname]

@@franciscruickshank8794prob just a Christian Scottish tax payer

[@davidhall7744]

How come Andrew Neil still gets gigs like this? What an old windbag he is. GB News reject 😂

[@eugene2876]

I wondered where he went. Face for radio🤣

[@user-lr7pl7vj9f]

Streets ahead of any other commentator, SNP muppet s too scared to come on and defend their record.

[@Baronshill16]

Always blasting political parties not enough to shift the dial. Why even bother

[@lennytheleopard]

Still waiting on our free bicycles and laptops.

[@georgesutherlan5735]

Woke drivel seems to be the priority in the Schools . Better with home education to give the Kids at least a chance of becoming normal human beings

[@TARZANswings]

Wrong, in England Labour will have to share with reform, and in Scotland SNP will possibly have to share power, anyway we won't see any difference no matter who is in power, what a total mess the Uk is in, I often wonder why England hasn't been given an independence vote, I think they would be independent given the chance.

[@capabilitybrown2323]

Can you find any English people to vote?

[@TARZANswings]

@capabilitybrown2323 😄 Yes plenty turn up when the football is on, I'm sure we could get enough for a vote.

[@EdwardLowe-qv6yk]

Just got rid of SNP, your voting for corruption. They are looking after themselves not the Scots. For Christ sake see it, look up Craig Houston.

[@alanbrown9178]

Who's "permission" do the English electorate have to ask???

[@TARZANswings]

@@alanbrown9178 surely it would be permission from Westminster.

[@Steviemacdonald6594]

Vote out the nats

[@creepycrawlything]

Andrew, after listening to him a few times back in the day, became one of those people I wont listen to any more. I've never had the energy to do a deep dive into the man. I think that what he communicates is Andrew Neil. No useful content beyond that.

[@EricBlair2084]

How about you turn on your microphone? Sound level is abysmal.

[@Puffball-ll1ly]

So is his wallpaper 😂

[@MarkLoveridge-w2x]

Left wing politics has had its day

[@rlceuropean3277]

Traitor.

[@sharonsmith9432]

If Andrew Neil is so clever perhaps he should be a politician.

[@dub604]

‘Where is the competence?!’ Screams Andrew Neil... A man who threw his career away by joining GBeebies and has now lost all credibility.

[@andrewwhite3793]

So why did the SNP refuse to go on his show. Yep they have been found out and you cannot fool all of the people all of the time

[@beachcomber1able]

​@@andrewwhite3793Andrew really hates the SNP and Independence. Must have been all these decades of Murdoch indoctrination.

[@dub604]

@@andrewwhite3793 Maybe they think he's a fool and they didn't want to waste their time propping up his failing career?

[@dub604]

@@andrewwhite3793 And you don't need to fool all the people all the time, you just need to fool around one third of the country... Not a hard thing to do in a country where one in three of the population drag their knuckles on the ground when they walk.

[@BobSmith-vo9hv]

He's not a fringe chancer, radical, or political extremist with a YT following of 1k subs. It'd be fine not to go on their show and debate them. This guy, however, is a respected print and TV journalist* with a long and successful career covering decades, specializing in politics, who has interviewed every big beast in every party in the UK multiple times. He has a reputation as being a tough interviewer who goes hard for the weak spot. Not agreeing to be interviewed by him is a sign of being frit, most likely if your position is weak or your party doesn't have anyone up to the challenge, or if you have a recent scandal still making the news. * Not respected by you, of course. Who are you again?

[@tommymorrison6478]

"....the Tories have been in too long and there's not much to show for it." Not much to show for it? Seriously Andrew?? We're drowning in a pit of our own sense of despair, despondency and hopelessness, and you think we have nothing to show for the last 14 years? Perhaps you need to get out more.

[@michaelobrien9825]

WE HAD 17YEARS OF THE SPECIAL NEEDS PARTY THAT HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR SCOTLAND AND ITS PEOPLE.

[@patricknankivell7076]

Andrew, please make eye contact with the camera, I e me !.

[@wjarnock44]

Andrew Neil talking about competence ?? What an absolute joke. GB News??

[@ronniemac2636]

Well at least he has credibility and years of accurate information reporting. You?😂😂😂

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@ronniemac2636 Andrew Neil hasn't lived in Scotland for about 50 years. How accurate can someone outwith Scotland really report on Scotland?

[@SSMMTTEE]

@@ScottishRoss27I’m willing to bet you have incredibly strong views on England despite not living there 😂

[@willmarshall9375]

@@ScottishRoss27 I don't need to be a cat to know what one is. FFS.

[@ronniemac2636]

@@ScottishRoss27 What an astonishingly silly comment

[@JoeShepherd-kw8ni]

Andrew Neil, legit question, why was your name in Epstein wee black book?

[@colin1493]

Where is the competence in the snp? More Importantly where is the competence in the conservatives after all, they have the real levers of power. A good advert for Scottish independence, cos instead of 2 diddy parties in charge there would only be one, one that is, who the people of Scotland could control. Instead of real biggy who they can’t control.

[@franciscruickshank8794]

they seem to be praying for the red tories to make a comeback ? how can scots think that starmer 🤡will help scotland !💣

[@Obrannt]

Jesus this guy. Talk about someone who absolutely hates SNP taking any info and spinning it to suit his unionist view.

[@neils4886]

Like the majority of the Scottish electorate.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@neils4886 In 2021 Election, SNP got more votes than Labour and Torie Combined.

[@neils4886]

@@ScottishRoss27 Where have you been Scottish Ross, we’ve all missed your nonsense. To demonstrate how statistics can prove any argument, I would remind you that in the 2015 General Election, the SNP achieved 1.54 million votes and won 56 seats in Westminster. UKIP achieved 3.8 million votes and returned NO MP’s. Just goes to show how rigged the elections are in favour of the SNP.

[@SSMMTTEE]

@@ScottishRoss27That won’t happen at the 4 July election haha, Labour will be the largest party in Scotland and Great Britain overall.

[@neils4886]

@@ScottishRoss27 In 2015 General Election, the SNP got 56 seats with 1.45 million votes but UKIP got NO seats with 3.8 million votes…..go figure.

[@robertclark5455]

Where is the competence in the Westminster conservatives not to mention corruption

[@jake751]

Snp offer free university education/ free prescriptions and free school meals. Zero human/ animal waste pumped into rivers. Scotland will lose all that under labour/ conservative.

[@Puffball-ll1ly]

They are not free someone has to pay for it.

[@davidtoshack4451]

Taxpayer funded - not free

[@RPaton]

"What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else's money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice." Thomas Sowell

[@davidtoshack4451]

@@RPaton love Thomas Sowell, more people should listen to him

[@alasdairfinlayson]

All designed as inducements for votes, so they can continue with their too long history of incompetence!

[@thomasmorin749]

Sturgeon the Jezebel.

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

Whoever he is he has no answers to Neil’s intelligent and logical questions. .

[@JoeShepherd-kw8ni]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnneil4777]

@@lyndhurstcollins9189 keep taking the right-wing Deludemol tablets. They are working!

[@thedon8772]

Yeah and im gonna slam his record, a delusional Brexiteer who has lost all credibility, supported Brexit and the Tories and got it all wrong and helped to ruin the country. He's got a bloody nerve.

[@matthewrobinson2172]

I’m not sure why people are convinced Andrew Neil is a brexiteer I can find no record of him supporting that position.

[@lewis123417]

Since when did andrew neil support brexit?

[@kincaidwolf5184]

He lives in France... how do you know he's a brexiteer?

[@thedon8772]

Lawson lived in France and supported Brexit as did most of the English immigrants in Spain, your point being what exactly?

[@lewis123417]

@@thedon8772 again do you actually have any evidence or sources for your claim that he backed brexit

[@1984Scholsey]

Scotland needs to vote SNP to keep labour out of power though, whats worse another 5 years of SNP or 5 years of Kier Starmers labour.

[@dixieflatline1189]

SMP fraud, embezzlement, misuse of public funds are a good place to start that conversation.

[@blackislepeastoo]

5 years of SNP v 5 years of Labour ? Well SNP have already just about bankrupted us with a £ 2 Billion National budget deficit and around a £ 20 Billion deficit across all Councils. The SNP have had an obsession with POWER not Independence and in 17 years made no realistic progress to Independence. Now Labour will never support Independence BUT if they are in, it could provide a breathing space for an Independence Party to create a compelling vision to communicate to the electorate of what Scotland can be and how to get there, rather than the huff, puff, lies, BS and vanity projects of the Sturgeon, Useless and Swinney regimes. Open declaration - I'll be voting for neither.

[@creepycrawlything]

Happy to see that most comments are critical of Andrew.

[@alexboitz8540]

Pesa results, 3,000 odd pupils tested in Scotland but only 4,000 odd tested in the whole of England with umpteen times the number of pupils. Hardly a fair comparison.

[@thequestioner5916]

Compared to England's population of 56 million vs Scotlands 7 million actually as percentage more Scots were tested than Englanders

[@taffyddu]

3257 took the test in Scotland and 4763 in England. The results don't reflect who or how many children took the test, the schools are selected on a random, but like for like basis. But it does show that Scotland has slipped badly.

[@alexboitz8540]

@@taffyddu So a sample of 100 is as good as a sample of a 1,000? Aye, right.

[@alexispaterson814]

@alexbolts. What has the English educational system got to with Scotland? You did know that Education has been a devolved Scottish power. Also there is less Scottish students in our universities due to the lack of free spaces. A child born when the SNP was elected in now turns 17 and is a clever kid but family life is poor, works hard to escape to university hoping for a better life. Now that child can't go for two reasons 1 can't afford the fees. 2 there is no places in the universities.

[@alexboitz8540]

@@alexispaterson814 Of course there are university places in Scotland or England if he pays for it like EVERY English student has to, and if not for Brexit he could go to Europe.

[@RampantLionReviews91]

For those of you who don't know, Andrew Neil was a member of the Scottish Conservative association during his days at Glasgow University. That should tell you everything you need to know! 😂

[@brunopetit9538]

In what way? What has that got to do with his sensible views on the shambles an SNP has made of our once great country. They have had opportunity to provide competence and have totally failed. Move over and let someone else sort out your mess.

[@RampantLionReviews91]

@@brunopetit9538 Perhaps because they are formed on an inherent bias which he attempts to hide. The SNP have most definitely been guilty of poor management in health and education but it pales on comparison to the shambles with the Tory party and their Russian Oligarch links, Brexit, failure to deal with immigration and national debt. The list goes on. Mr Neil also likes to sweep under the carpet that he was a founder of GB News (a.k.a. GBeebies) who, funnily enough are not registered as a proper news agency because they couldn't comply with fact checking regulations. Not a man of integrity in the slightest.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

@@brunopetit9538they have done better than Westminster for over a decade now, with Westminster decided budget, not bad at all for having both hands tied behind their backs.

[@Dwina5892]

Andrew Neill is a has been ask anyone under 35-40 they'll as who. Or they'll say oh the old Tory Guy yeah my mum and granny liked him.

[@jonathanbailey9075]

Andrew Neil hasn't got a positive word to say about anyone or anything. I'm always wary of such people.

[@williamdonaldson3744]

Who nowadays listens to Mr Niel & can yet take him seriously? Was it not he who once tried to set up a UK version of a rightwing AlternativeNews FoxNews Maga TV channel called GMNews? How did that go, Mr Niel? Might be best to spend more time now with your family?

[@williamdonaldson3744]

GBNews, of course. But what's in a name? Rightwing nonsense is just rightwing nonsense.

[@alexboitz8540]

If the Tories squeaked a win THEY would have a mandate to govern the UK despite losing many seats. Wouldn't they?

[@AlanLogan-x5c]

Ditto Labour, who even on a “landslide” would be unlikely to have anything like 50% of the vote

[@folly7533]

You’ve missed the point. Ask someone to explain it to you.

[@alexboitz8540]

@@folly7533 Is it not clear enough for you to understand? Maybe you missed the point that the UK works on FPTP and undemocratically refuses to allow the usual democratic way of deciding the issue.

[@folly7533]

@@alexboitz8540 FPTP is irrelevant to this situation. The SNP could have a majority of seats but not a majority of votes. Specifically, I understand that it would be possible to have a majority of seats with only 34% of the votes.

[@alexboitz8540]

@@folly7533 A majority of votes is NOT required in the UK FPTP system. IF the UK doesn't like it they could offer a referendum, but personally I would tell them to stuff it. The Cameron government enacted the Brexit referendum with about 36% of the vote.

[@charliemoore2551]

What a load of old nonsense. The SNP losing its distorted (by FPTP) majority in Westminster would be a setback for them but a very minor one. It's the majority in Holyrood that matters and all polls show that they would remain the largest party there by far. Meanwhile, the proportion of people wanting Independence continues to edge slowly upwards as demography literally kills off British Nationalist support and more pro-self-determination voters come of age. A Starmer government will nurture rather than hinder the march of independence, by the way. The soft No voters are those who think that the travails we are now experiencing are down to Tory incompetence and wickedness. Starmer is continuity Tory and it will quickly become apparent that it is the so-called Union which is the problem, not the party in charge of it.

[@johnfinnigan5605]

Andrew loves a democratic mandate for a marginal 51% referendum for Brexit and hates a marginal loss of 45% for Scottish independence with support now growing 49%+. Hope you had a great time living in London with the establishment Andrew 🤔

[@Glasgow_kiss]

It’s not a "grant" Andrew. It’s our taxes being returned to us, minus 40%.

[@brunopetit9538]

Except it is not as we receive more back than we ever pay in. Get real for goodness sake

[@Glasgow_kiss]

We pay in more per head too,look at the tax take from Scottish industries, oil, gas, whisky, energy, tourism. We are not subsidised because we are also taxed more per head than any other part of the uk. Sorry my facts hurt your feelings.

[@brunopetit8710]

What facts are you providing to support your preposterous claims. BTW your lot are also doing their level best to wreck all industry up here and in particular oil. No company worth its salt would remain in an independent Scotland and most high tax band individuals would not hang around either. Get real for goodness sake

[@Glasgow_kiss]

@@brunopetit8710but they do. There has been no exodus of higher taxed people from Scotland.and the companies may not stay in Scotland, but the resources do. Investors would snap them up, there is no oil producing country in the world that is poor (except Scotland as part of the uk)

[@brunopetit8710]

@@Glasgow_kiss brainwashed. Will say no more.

[@Jimbo878]

The Scots, dressed in drab plaid, hunkered down among the heather, quiet, poised, waiting.... Ask the english past empire, or the ancient Roman, lost empire... Wait and see.

[@RexImperatorTerra]

The Romans conquered Pictia then decided it wasn't worth colonising. The English didn't colonise Scotland. Scotland voluntarily formed a union with the English and Welsh, after Scotland tried to colonise Panama and failed spectacularly. Calling Scotland a "colony" of England is as ridiculous as Tories calling Britain a "colony" of the EU.

[@blackislepeastoo]

Yeah and Braveheart is an accurate historical portrayal of events - total BS. You're like a dead rabbit in the summer sun - blaming the wind for its' stink.

[@Jimbo878]

@@blackislepeastoo The least trusted parties in the UK: 1 Tories 2 Liebour 3 SNP 4 Deform UK Ltd 5 No other party counts Wait and see.

[@Jimbo878]

@@blackislepeastoo I agree, Brave heart was a movie, starring roll, an Australian, ... and you are going to vote for which party?

[@Jimbo878]

@@patrickallen1628 The inguineuity of the Scots helped, certainly, so who are you going to suggest I vote for?

[@ScottishRoss27]

Andrew Neil hasn't lived in Scotland in about 50 years.

[@lewis123417]

So what? 😂

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@lewis123417 He's been wrong time after time, probably because he's outwith Scotland commenting from afar.

[@JoeShepherd-kw8ni]

That beetroot still going?

[@douglasherron7534]

Neither had Sean Connery, but the SNP kept trotting him out to bolster their independence guff.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@douglasherron7534 Independence guff?

[@KizzyKismet1]

Union Scotland v's Scotland freedom! Imperial masters goodbye! :)

[@brunopetit9538]

Deary Deary me how pathetic are you? Get back under your stone and give us all a break for goodness sake!

[@Madmaster-bo4rc]

Where's the money gone ??

[@KizzyKismet1]

@@Madmaster-bo4rc £600,000 Independence Day, laugh! Goodbye Union & imperial masters :)

[@williamhenry8914]

It's ridiculous to run a marriage on the basis that you can only leave your spouse if your spouse consents. I would prefer Scotland remain in the union but I am ashamed we forbid it from even asking its own people if they want to stay unless they receive our permission.

[@NY-Dani]

It's costly and expensive to run referendums all the time. No stability. If Scotland wants independence then the polls should show 60% wanting it and then people should keep voting SNP and they will get another referendum. It will cost everyone in the UK a lot of money should the vote go in favour. I agree that Westminster is doing a lousy job preparing for something that seems inevitable. England should be building nuclear power stations and scrap the Barnett system as it pays English taxpayers much less than Scottish. Totally unfair. The nuclear weapons should also have moved to Cumbria.

[@williamhenry8914]

@@NY-Dani Let them pay for it then. And cap it at once per 1 year or 3 years if stability is an issue. But this 'never unless we agree' setup is just ridiculous.

[@franciscruickshank8794]

@@NY-Dani REFERENDUMS are fundemental to scotland after independence , even the poorest nations in the world have REFERENDUMS !

[@dougie6886]

Who is he to criticise anyone

[@peterlamont8167]

Here is a question for you, Andrew Neil. Why does Scotland have to get permission from an equal nation in this union, of which we are a volunteer (which is far from the truth) to ask it's people a democrstic question. It is not up to the poloticians in England to stop democracy in Scotland. They control us and our polotics to suit yhemstlves and take our resources like they own it. We are sovereign in this country.

[@pm_ordinarychap]

No you’re not sovereign. The UK is sovereign. Scotland joined England to save it from economic squalor. Read your history

[@williamingram4755]

Neil should retire to his home in France and take his opinions with him.

[@georgeoneill6942]

No. Scotland hasn't voted tory since the 50s. Within the UK, Scotland gets the govt that England votes s for. Independence is a matter of economic competence.

[@johnsim3722]

2019 Election the Tories got 13 seats with 29% of the vote, a vote share that the SNP are predicted to have this time and still call it a mandate for independence. SNP had 35 seats with 37% of the votes. Not that much difference between them in the popular vote.

[@alanbrown9178]

@@johnsim3722 Do you think it is only SNP supporters who want Independence? In Indyref 1, an estimate 40% of Labour and Libdem voters supported Indy, plus 5% of tories...... If the unionists manage to collapse the SNP (which is their combined aim) then don't expect the demand for Independence to dissappear.....

[@johnsim3722]

@@alanbrown9178 And yet independence is even less popular now than when it was asked for a recent referendum. If Brexit has shown anything, it's that Scottish Independence would be a disaster. And isn't it sad that with the return of Swiney that decisive rhetoric is also back with the SNP? Scotland hasn't healed since the SNP damaged it with their referendum.

[@alanbrown9178]

@@johnsim3722 I don't see Independence as "less popular" now. Far from it. Since Indyref 1, I've met at least a dozen people who have changed their minds. Not one of them has changed from Yes to No. If you believe what the likes of Neil, the bbc, the Daily mail etc tell you, then i can understand your position. If Scotland is the econimic basket-case that unionists would like us to believe, the tories would have shown us the door years ago. The tories do not believe in altruism!

[@johnsim3722]

@@alanbrown9178 Polling wouldn't support your theory on independence voting.

[@rhobatbrynjones7374]

English nationalist Neil is at his exercise.

[@NY-Dani]

Independence would be a loss for everyone and cost everyone time, money and inconvenience. The UK is a divided country with a sad future.

[@ScottishRoss27]

No it wouldn't it would lead to more competition

[@imck357]

Andrew Neil.😅 I .read a James O'Brien book about those who broke Britain.. Andrew Neil got a chapter dedicated to him for helping the brexit Tory kip disaster

[@lewis123417]

James O'Brien 😂😂😂😂😂 somehow I don't think andrew neil cares what James has to say, like most of the country

[@photonal]

The SNP had my vote for about a decade now. I supported Scottish independence and voted against Brexit. However they have squandered their time. They totally mistimed the independence referendum. The recent SNP funding debacle was the last straw for me. They had a good run and I miss Nicola Sturgeon! She was great!

[@franciscruickshank8794]

and you think the unionists will be beter ?🤡

[@EdwardLowe-qv6yk]

She stole off the Scots. Have you been asleep.

[@rogertempleman-ed2xv]

Are u selling her motorhome for her?

[@billymilliken625]

Away and Bile yer Heid

[@kemback1086]

The vendetta against the SNP continues - Neil is a Tory sympathiser and campaigner - enough said.

[@Glasgow_kiss]

Add at the end of every sentence, "as part of the uk” Andrew. If Scotland is doing bad, it’s as part of the uk with government in Westminster in control of its economy and budget.

[@brunopetit9538]

You really are thick aren’t you. Clearly a fine example of an SNP funded education system.

[@maxthemagition]

The best thing about the SNP is that it represents the people of Scotland in Westminster and long may it continue. It was the same a few years ago with the EU and before Brexit, Britain had a representation in the EU, protecting the UK’s interests. The thing is that Scotland can leave the UK in the future is circumstance change whilst Britain cannot decide anything regarding the EU because it has already left the EU due to Brexit. In other words Brexit was madness and also the greatest con inflicted on a Nation since Germany 1933…

[@capabilitybrown2323]

SNP has been the biggest con, inflicted on the world.

[@maxthemagition]

@@capabilitybrown2323 My my wee SNP? Na na, t’was the Tory party led by that BS BJ.

[@thinfourth]

fastest way to get scotland out of the union have the vote in england

[@doodle1983]

I'm Scottish and fiercely British like most Scots, don't let the minority set the example for Scots and always remember the Scots have more than pulled their weight for Britain.

[@ScottishRoss27]

@@doodle1983 British?

[@lindacurrie8817]

​​​That minority is 43% and a minority does not follow being ignored and will not be. Righty so. Seeking independence is not bad many countries have achieved it, fought for it some smaller than Scotland. None who achieved independence would ever want to give it up. Labour has.this GE 2024 in the bag. However the next GE if Labour does not listen to the Scots the Scots will boot them out as did 17 years ago. As for the Tories the Scots have not voted for them since 1955... Now that follows Scotland its citizens have endured both Tories and Labour that follows SNP back stronger than ever as will the want for independence and the ability to join the EU. Both latter are strong wants and not going to go away. Now Ireland and N Ireland could join as one and Wales are not happy at all. The union of the UK 5 years from now come that GE certainly will be far different then this one. Your NO for independence has no more value than the Scots who voted YES. And your NO vote does not make you more Scottish than those who vote YES. The unionist voices are well heard. Tories are unionist, Labour are unionist, Lib Dem are unionist and the media and press are unionist so well heard. It is the YES voice that is not heard but those that vote YES make sure it is and that will not disappear.. Tick tock time is the factor not 2024 As for Andrew Neil Mr GBN will take no lectures from him. I agree with you, your words the Scots have certainly pulled their weight.. Yes they have very much so. ​@@doodle1983

[@lindacurrie8817]

​@@doodle1983My reply to your comment was erased. This is an example of the unionist 55% being allowed a platform for their voice and the 45% no platform There lies the big problem. No minority should not be heard certainly not 45%. The yes vote or no vote has no more value and does not follow one or the other is more Scottish. However will see what the next GE brings 5 years from now for sure will be vastly different for Scotland than this GE..Time is a factor.

[@andrewwmacfadyen6958]

The Paisley boy has lost his way you can only turn right so many times

[@Bobbob-qe7pf]

Andrew Neil an old man howling at the moon.