Scottish independence referendum 2014 explained | Guardian Animations 

Playing Irish music during a video about Scotland... That's definitely something...

Not our fault that the Scottish king decided to make his parliament in London because he preferred it to Edinburgh

Hope this helps clear a few things up. So let's hear your predictions, which way is the vote going to go?

If Scotland voting on independence today confuses you... Watch this animated explanation of the Scottish independence debate & pass it on! #IndyRef

A really interesting and informative explanation of the Scottish referendum. Good job.

Is scotland a country Edit: a country in a country

**2014** 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: please don’t leave, Scotland. We promise we’ll stay in the EU, and you can benefit from our EU membership. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: or else? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: or else it will be very difficult for you to re-enter the EU. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: alright, I’ll vote no. **2016** 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: pack your bags everyone, we’re leaving the EU! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: WTF?!! You promised- 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: Shut up. This was a democratic vote. We’re leaving. **2020** 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: We want to leave. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: No! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: Why? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: That’s un-democratic!

4:06 "And one of the Doctor Whos" Peter Capaldi is officially undecided...

Well done! And very interesting in light of what's happening now.

Did he say... Soccer?

As a Chilean, I was so confused with all this Scottish independence matter... But now I understand it! Thanks for such an amusing video :)

Thanks for making videos like this, Guardian! ILU!

hahaha you have a very nice sense of humor xD it was very useful and enjoyable :D

Scottish independence is just a glamourized illusion. SNP has not been able to come up with an answer to the most basic issue of all, "What currency will the independent Scotland be supposed to use?"

this was really informative :D

Brilliantly made and very informative for us non-Brits.

It´s a pretty good explanation!

Originally, the EU Brexit vote was a year before the Scottish Independence vote. David Cameron who was PM at the time reversed the timetable because he knew that if England overwhelmingly voted to leave the EU, Scotland would vote to leave the UK. His gamble work a treat. Scotland decided to stay in the UK because they were promised and convinced by MP’s that the UK would stay in the UK. It was a clever move by Cameron and not one that Scots will fall for again.

the answer really surprised me

So really UK should be Scottish as you where under SCOTTISH KING.😁 at the beginning.

IM FROM PANAMA and its a shame that the scottish colony failed in Darien.. i remember that I felt so bad in school when i learned about those scottish people who died here:(

I realize that as a German my opinion on this doesn't count but I was pretty disappointed Scotland didn't want their freedom :/ The country seems ill represented by a city that is AT THE VERY OTHER END OF THE ISLAND

Irish music, Irish narrator, English intro.

I had never "seen" the bearded troll before but now I can't help but see him every time I look at a map of the UK.

Where can I find transcript of your videos? Thank you so much.

Good video guys, I'm starting to really like the guardian, can't get enough of football weekly podcast with James Richardson either ... Good job

love it - i work with a lot of Germans and Americans and they don't really understand this at all so this was a very cool way to explain it to them

very good

3:30-3:32-the same view he had on the Brexit Referendum!

No Scotland will leave because they want to stay in the EU - England was doing a big big mistake.

And can i use the video for my power point at school and i promse i will write you name cause you did it okay

William Wallace : Freedom Robert Bruce : Independence 2000's : Naaah it's fine Fish n Chips

Using another country’s currency (informally) isn’t ‘independence’. It’s the complete opposite.

The map at 0:20 is wrong... Newcastle is not in Scotland!

Andy Murray came out for Yes and so did Sean, along with (Outlander) Sam Heughan plus the Scottish DR Who David Tenant.

UK might have to change its flag if yes wins say goodbye to the blue in the Jake

What a missed opportunity

So is England, Wales and Northern Ireland also “sort of countries”?

Whatever, will be. May peace, wealth & health come to Scotland, UK & all over the world.

I've pals in Scotland but I'm not sure they all want independence If Westminster says no what does Scotland do ?????

After Britain's secession from the EU, Scotland had to agree on a special status. Although Scotland is part of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, it would also be a member of the EU. All contracts would remain valid. Citizens of Scotland would be EU citizens. Other Britons who wanted to be part of the EU could acquire Scottish, EU citizenship.

Id like to point out that as a yes voter im not voting for the snp im labour oriented as are all my family however as we have seen time and again here and in Wales labour can guarantee nothing as they cant guarantee a government at all this vote is not just about currency and all the other so called big issues such as oil which of course will one day run out but even if we only count the oil that we know already is there it'll last for many decades to come with more deposits an almost certainty to be found- my personal experience here in Glasgow is people see that for the sake of our childrens children and theirs too we must stand up and show Washington Westminster Brussels nato that they're illegal wars will not be tolerated by a civilized society and someone must say STOP enough- 1 million people march on london only to be ignored by the so called people who represent us all and now they want to go into syria Ukraine and anywhere else the US wants support to steal territories and oil. In the last 1000 years only 1 nation has ever attempted a land invasion of scotland the same nation that doesnt even recognise wales as a nation but a principality. Scotland nor wales needs trident a mass murdering piece of technology that has never fired a missile in anger we need ships and an air force which Westminster has reduced to near extinction to defend our territories and oil rigs which nobody has ever tried to attack anyway-add this to the closure of raf leuchars by the uk government leaving one single air base in the whole of Scotland whilst also reducing the size of the British army by a quarter cutting 20.000 jobs in order to maintain a trident system projected cost 100 billion pounds sterling which tony blair in his 2012 autobiography said " the expense is huge and the utility (is) non-existent in terms of military use." Michael portillo in 2013 "its completely past its sell by date, isnt independent either because we cant use it without the Americans-a tremendous waste of money as its not a deterrent at all given the threats of modern warfare such as al Qaeda who cannot be dettered by nuclear weapons, its done entirely for reasons of national prestige" I'm absolutely certain my welsh cousins would agree that money would be better spent on schools infrastructure jobs and more which is what will happen in Scotland ordinary people are starving humiliated into going to food banks to feed theyre families after a hard weeks work. No longer are scots of all ethnicities and Welsh also fooled by David Cameron who suggests we must have this deterrent as north korea pose a nuclear threat and yet south korea sees no need for such an independent deterrent it serves the US and NATO s purse nothing else it didnt deter Argentina in the Falklands stop 7/7 or 9/11 nor Iraq's invasion of kuwait I call on humanity to stand up against these monsters and say no by voting yes and the rest will follow and Cameron will be remembered as the man who lost the uk to good honest hard working people who decided enough is enough etonian rule no more illegal wars no more and cow towing to Americas every whim no more and our welsh brothers and sistets will not suffer as a result of Scottish re-independence but instead have one of the strongest richest allies in the world not for bombs and bullets but food and shelter jobs and education.

Scottish independence could see thousands of wealthy people start to claim ‘non-domicile’ tax status, experts predict. Mark Davies, a tax expert at website Nondom, said: ‘To claim non-domicile you would only have to have a father born in Scotland. ‘There are millions of people living in the rest of the UK who have Scottish parents.’

North / Northern Ireland isn’t a country , it’s a part of Ireland but was annexed by England .

I think it is politically and geographically incorrect to refer to rUK as Great Britain. The Great Britain include Scotland, England, and Wales except Isle of Mann and other islands, such as the crown dependencies, around the Great Britain.

good luck scotland! pave the way for devolution and help bring autonomy and independence to the rest of us :)

2014 - Scottish independence referendum 2014 explained

Better together when we drink beer

Wer kommt von der englisch Aufgabe 👁💧👄💧👁

Now with brexit some shottish who voted against indipendente regret their decision.

No its a country within a union of countries. i'm both of English and of Scottish i should get a vote for both if we are going to get all fucking picky now i want my vote and my rights to both

For us "non Brits" Irish people know about it too obviously😂

Scotland must now Request Associate Membership of the EU as the Tory's are taken back control of England, I like my Freedom of movement.

That border at 0.59 looks a bit odd. Guardian showing their usual ignorance of Scottish things? And their own country to be fair.

Shawn Connery was going for a no campaign

This needs updating in the light of the unholy mess associated with the rights or otherwise of violent raypeests to be accommodated in women's prisons.

Scotland has right have to be free democratic independent country.

I would love to ken the name of the composer and song from the beautiful musical interlude. I cannea seem to vind it

Scottish Independence is getting closer🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Freedom

You explanin pace of scotland for americans? Because only they do not know there is it, and may be ask send their army for "american democracy".

It's a country but not a sovereign state and

spoiler Scotland voted to stay but now they want to vote to have the chance to leave again

Will Scotland be better off as an independent country? Aye.

In an independent Scotland the Scottish people would be governed by the government that they vote for and not be governed by the government that another country voted for.

I'm an American, with Scottish, English, German heritage. I have two questions: 1- Why do Scottish-British people want to leave the UK, but remain part of the EU. 2- IF Scotland left UK, wouldn't Scotland only be independent till they rejoined the EU?

_Queen Elizabeth died without leaving an heir_ It depends which Elizabeth are you talking about. For Elizabeth I, Yes But for Elizabeth II, partialy, the died part, yes, but the heir part, not at all.

Indeed the Scottish independence question is a complex matter but would be a great deal less so if all the lies and ignorance spouted by such programmes as this one were written by real journalists who checked their facts. Scotland is not a country within a country. Scotland is both a country and a kingdom. England is both a country and a kingdom but the Kingdom of England is comprised of two and a bit countries. The English kingdom annexed, (not united with) The Principality of Wales in 1284 by , "The Statute of Rhuddlan. Then, in 1542, The English Kingdom annexed The Kingdom of Ireland by the Crown of Ireland Act. England attempted to annex the Kingdom of Scotland but failed to win the Scottish Wars of Independence losing heavily in several battles. For example The Battle of Old Byland (also known as the Battle of Byland Moor and Battle of Byland Abbey). This was a significant encounter between Scots and English troops in Yorkshire in October 1322, The most significant since Bannockburn, though on a far smaller scale. Then came the so called, "Union of The Crowns, that wasn't. It was only a personal union for the Monarch himself. Skipping much we get to the 1706/7 "Treaty of Union", (1706/7) , and this is where the lies are most obvious. The two kingdoms, were still independent but England had "The Glorious Revolution", of 1688, deposed their rightful monarch and changed English law from Divine Right of Kings and installed William & Mary. Then kicked off the Jacobite Rebellion that wasn't. As Scotland was still independent how could the Jacobites be rebelling when England had changed their monachy but Scotland hadn't You cannot rebel against a foreign monarch. Again missing out a chuck we get to the Treaty Of Union . This was an international treaty between two kingdoms - not countries. There are only two signatories on the document and they are Kingdoms. That makes the United Kingdom, "Just what it says on the tin", a bipartite union of equally sovereign Kingdoms and you do not spell, "Country", as, "K-I-N-G-D-O-M". There you have it - The united Kingdom is exactly that a union of two kingdoms and the UK is a bipartite Kingdom and not a country. - much less a quadratic union of countries with England the overlord devolving some useless English sovereign powers down to what Westminster treats as subservient dominions of the country of England. BTW: Westminster is legally the UK parliament for England has had no legal parliament since 30 April 1707. Feel free to check the facts you didn't learn in school - but should have.

An Irish commentator and Irish music??

Fuckin hall man, ya generous with the map of Scotland there. Us English from the very north arnt Scottish! Rule Britannia and all that

As a Chinese studying in UK, to my limited understanding, this video does not show the respect Scotland people deserves. I see mocking from time to time. And the music, I believe bag pipes are Irish. Tell me if I'm wrong.

"Will Scotland be able to enter the EU?". Funny how time makes fools of people.

Go on the Scots! Literally can't wait to see you go.

Isn’t jk Rowling welsh???

Im voteing yes us yes voters didnt vote for a coalation goverment and as for no voters so nieve half them be tory voters and for that union lot crap shuv that were sun doesnt shine

put the referendum on hold, figure out all toughs pesky questions and redo the referendum in 10 years...and what happens happens.

Yes Scotland would be way better off

wales is a principality not a country

The sovereign people of scotland voted to remain in the sovereign state of the United kingdom in 2014 ...........just for the record England is the only country in the civilised world without its own government or parliament , the english are under direct rule from the UK gov that has MPs scotland wales and northern ireland . The fallacy of the SNPs scottish independence is that it all hinged on membership of a bigger union with only 6 scottish seats ....thats right fakeaway indy within the EU .

Scotland will No longer know as England's back Door....

those damn sheeps

that scottish border you drew is very wrong

1:35 HAAAAAHAAA loom at Finland and Russia

Soccer ita fitball

Learning Hongkong and China mainland, two areas two systems

When Kosova did it, you can Scotland and even you, Catalonia. The so-called double standard now is harmful to European countries. =))

Put the last nail in the coffin of English colonialism. FREEEDOOOOOOM (I’m not even Scottish lol)

2014 The Scottish Referendum the Scots Voted to STAY IN THE UNION One Bite at The Cherry You Wally HUMBUG

Scotland is not Ireland!

2014 The Guardian Explainer Scots Referendum

this information is terrible get it fixed

Oof we failed

As latvian , i can say- free Scotland!! Aaahhhh!

The majority of the scottish people (54%) said NOT the independence in 2014. However, in a far off future ,Scotland Ulster ,England and Wales will be a great independent Kingdoms members of United Nations ,NATO and the Commonwealth

We need to get rid of devolution in Scotland.

Scottish independence referendum 2014 explained

Scotland obviously independent Country.

Informative video but also boring

I hope one day scotland to became independance from great britain..

scotland: voted to remain in the uk Brexit: i'll ruin your whole career

I think Scotland should be independent and true independence means a republic.