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

@Inadisguise

12 күн бұрын

or that it isnt Scottish. Ridiculous.

@lmaolaura2985

12 күн бұрын

@@Inadisguise ffs. take your racist bigotry elsewhere.

@DaciGotYou

12 күн бұрын

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

@lmaolaura2985

12 күн бұрын

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

@lmaolaura2985

12 күн бұрын

@@Inadisguiseboring, take your bigotry elsewhere

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

12 күн бұрын

karma from colonialism.

@hensprings1686

12 күн бұрын

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

@johnmanpls5577

12 күн бұрын

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 REAL.

@oliviagarnham3307

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

​@@rizkyadiyanto7922ultra lmao

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@1crafter176

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

​@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

@lestrem11

12 күн бұрын

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

@DirtyDingusMcGee

12 күн бұрын

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

@anthonydeakin3834

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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

@anthonydeakin3834

12 күн бұрын

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

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

@galdoug8918

12 күн бұрын

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

@ASocialistTransGirl

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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

@MrToymaster1

12 күн бұрын

@@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

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

@aceman0000099

12 күн бұрын

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

@SammyInnit

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

it actually benefits the reform uk

@markysgeeklab8783

12 күн бұрын

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

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@jstewart4205

10 күн бұрын

But they are fools.

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

@samuelbaugh5975

12 күн бұрын

Was thinking the same thing, am assuming he misspoke

@HootMaRoot

12 күн бұрын

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

@maryannekenny8874

12 күн бұрын

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

@mcziggydelamcmuffin5016

12 күн бұрын

It's Salmonds party

@maryannekenny8874

12 күн бұрын

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

We have too many unelected foreigners in office.

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@karlslicher8520

12 күн бұрын

WEF puppet.

@JasonAtlas

11 күн бұрын

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

@bt3743

11 күн бұрын

​@@karlslicher8520Sandwich board wearing nutjob

@Xentillus

10 күн бұрын

@@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...

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

9 күн бұрын

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

@mrgaudy1954

9 күн бұрын

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

9 күн бұрын

@@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

8 күн бұрын

@@donfelipe7510 utter nonsense

@nightowl3218

8 күн бұрын

@@TheGladiator125no his right

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

@nodruj8681

10 күн бұрын

Will you losers ever not be cringe?

@phantomgaming563

9 күн бұрын

​@@nodruj8681scottish coping.

@2FLIPS3.5TWISTS

6 күн бұрын

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!

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

Too Long

@kitfrew9983

11 күн бұрын

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

11 күн бұрын

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

11 күн бұрын

I appreciate the info😊

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

Last time I was this early, the SNP was popular

@mr.netflix9149

12 күн бұрын

~2 years ago?

@saltnessmonster

12 күн бұрын

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

@jeremyhiggins7687

12 күн бұрын

No way. They are despised all over Scotland.

@saltnessmonster

12 күн бұрын

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

@jeremyhiggins7687

12 күн бұрын

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

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

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.

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

11 күн бұрын

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

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

@alexlehrersh9951

12 күн бұрын

And get new trash in?

@niamhturner1451

11 күн бұрын

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

Get rid of him now 😡😡😡😡🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@pipoo1

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@dactax37

12 күн бұрын

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

Update: yousaf has resigned

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

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

This is an excellent explainer, great video 👍

@keshab2k

10 күн бұрын

Well said. I'm now a subscriber.

I was waiting for them to make a video about this

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

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

@lapiz_

12 күн бұрын

cant be serious

@TakeMe2UrDealer

11 күн бұрын

'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'.

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

11 күн бұрын

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

@bigslydoc

11 күн бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠@@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.

He is GONE

The timing here is absolutely gold

great video summarizing the situation. Well explained.

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@MrToymaster1

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

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!

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

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

​@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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.

"no great loss"

supply and confidence arrangements always end in tears

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

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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

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.

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

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She is really a good investment advisor. I was privileged to attend some of her seminars. That is how I started my crypto investment

@EricVincent-xj4vo

10 күн бұрын

I have heard about her excellent trading expertise in CNBC news, guess she's more popular in United States

@amaeryamidus

10 күн бұрын

YES!!! That's exactly her name (Sarah Jennie Davis) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her from Brisbane Australia

People are learning why he is called Humza Useless

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

Very well presented si will be following.

And he`s gone.

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

@jetsflyingoffatrain4338

12 күн бұрын

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

@user-uw5ps6nr8g

12 күн бұрын

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

@CeruleanSword

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

@@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.

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 😂😂😂

Humza Yousaf has nothing to do with Scotland.

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

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

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

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

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

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

@keithyoung810

11 күн бұрын

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

@jstewart4205

10 күн бұрын

Blair!

He resigned

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

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.

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

@davidk7262

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

​@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

⁠@@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..

Wake up and take your country back. If I visit Scotland one day, I want Scottish culture, not Pakistan.

@phantomgaming563

9 күн бұрын

Well too late for that habibi.

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

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

Humza Useless

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@reiteration6273

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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

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

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

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

12 күн бұрын

Scotland is still excellent 👌

@realitywins9020

12 күн бұрын

How are the Tories doing in England?

@DonaldMellor

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

9 күн бұрын

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

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

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

10 күн бұрын

I agree.

Humza not Hamza

@dontcomply3976

12 күн бұрын

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

@cl8804

10 күн бұрын

hamaz nt, j3vvbani

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

@eaglerider11

12 күн бұрын

Ireland isn't in the UK.

@eneto7785

10 күн бұрын

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

@petrilio

9 күн бұрын

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

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

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

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

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

@MrToymaster1

12 күн бұрын

Came and went quite some time ago

@jetsflyingoffatrain4338

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@karimabidi8312

12 күн бұрын

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

@MrToymaster1

12 күн бұрын

@@karimabidi8312corbyn resigned

Presenter, it's HUM-za. Not HAM-za. Ffs

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.

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

11 күн бұрын

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

@user-nv5ve9ld7t

10 күн бұрын

@@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

10 күн бұрын

@@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.

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.

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

Sad how the Scottish National Party isn’t Scottish or nationalist

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 "

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

@freja9398

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@TomuCow

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@CallMeCammy

9 күн бұрын

@@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

We need to get the SNP out.

@maryotoole7389

10 күн бұрын

Why so we get the same crap as Westminster??

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

11 күн бұрын

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.

Good. Yousef is more occupied with Gaza than with Scotland. A disgrace of a statehead

@lmaolaura2985

12 күн бұрын

Personally, I think having a leader willing to call out genocide and defend innocent lives is a good thing. Especially compared to Rishi, who reaps personal economic benefit from backing Israel.

@avacyn2000

12 күн бұрын

@@lmaolaura2985 Womp womp. No one cares. He leads the SNP, not the MNP.

@whalewatchersa

12 күн бұрын

@@lmaolaura2985 Seems to be quiet on Yemen, Sudan, Burkina Faso and Pakistan's mass deportation of Afghans though. Just like the rest of the world.

@darrenwithers3628

11 күн бұрын

A lot of nonsense

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

12 күн бұрын

Out of interest why are you pro independence?

@GD-yl4lu

12 күн бұрын

@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

12 күн бұрын

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

@rusm5710

12 күн бұрын

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

@GD-yl4lu

12 күн бұрын

@rusm5710 Aw thanks.

"The lord president: White! , The lord justice clerk: White! Every High court judge: White!, The lord advocate: White!, The chief constable: White! Every deputy chief constable: White!" He can now add "Every defecting Green Party Member of Scottish Parliament is White!" to his rant list.

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

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

12 күн бұрын

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

@frcrr

12 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

8 күн бұрын

Because they agree with it. Its lying by ommision

I hope so

Oh dear.

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

@@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

12 күн бұрын

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

The greens are insane.

'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?

*"Browhn!!!"*