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[in a sadsack scottish accent] Hulllohhhh...
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welcome to the troooooz...
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troooz uz nooz uff nooz wurr troo[br]thus is tha trooo...
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[back to his english accent] [br]WHA' APPENED THERE THEN??
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[laughing]
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It's a bit disappointing, isn't it?
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because, uh, well, people go
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"No! pthtsniffnff..."
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"This proves democracy DOES work!"
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"Because there was an 80% turnout!"
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That shows you what ain't worth voting for,
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like, y'know, independence.
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People will vote.
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But because it seemed like [br]a lot of people might vote "yes",
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the media went into overdrive
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to push people towards that "no" vote.
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The brilliant George Monbiot...
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i hope i said that right, you... [br]it's a hard word to read,
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i read his stuff all the time,[br]George Monbiot,
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he wrote this excellent article that you should [br]check out for yourselves in the Guardian,
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pointing out how there was not one newspaper,[br]other than the Sunday Herald,
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at a local, national or international level,
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that supported scottish independence.
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Check out this.
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In the Spectator, Monbiot points out
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that Simon Heffer (journalist) maintains that
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"the Scots are addicted to welfare,
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and embrace the something-for-nothing society"
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That's takin' the piss, isn't it?
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How do you feel now?
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Now you're stuck with the people,
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you've let them people win!
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Democracy exists within certain conditions.
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If people don't have access to proper information,[br]then what value does their vote have?
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I mean, like, Westminster politics,
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we've seen time and time again
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what narrow parameters it exists within.
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All 3 main parties, and, y'know, [br]the dodgy racist geezer,
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they all went up there [br]to say the same thing, didn't they?
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I saw a brilliant tweet this morning, [br]cant remember who it was,
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says that, like,
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when there's more options that Wanker A, [br]Wanker B, Wanker C, and Racist Wanker,
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you get an 80% turnout.
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We don't normally get [br]those kind of options down here.
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Let's have a look at a little bit [br]of news coverage of the event
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as we attempt to understand this, and [br]attempt to understand the world we live in.
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[reporter] ...and that means...
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that we are approaching the moment
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where we can say exactly what's happened [br]in this referendum.
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And that is it, Scotland has voted no [br]in this referendum on independence,
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the result in Fife has [br]taken the no campaign over the line,
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*and the official result of this referendum is a no."
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Hugh looks like he's been cryin his eyes out,
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hey, where's he from, he's Welsh, isn't he?
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[welsh accent] "well there it is... oh... blast... we're [br]all doomed, there's no chance for Wales now."
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Um, yeah i must admit, i'm sort of... [br]i'm sort of amazed
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that in any election where people can go [br]"Do you want to fuck david cameron off or not?"
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people went "No!" [laughing loudly]
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How do we get there???
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The only way you can get there [br]is through terror and dread.
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Surely... that's why i tweeted that thing...
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"Fear is more powerful than faith"
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i didn't necessarily mean religious faith,
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i mean faith that we as human beings can change,
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faith that we as human beings [br]can build a different society.
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The yes vote posed so many questions...
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oh god so much uncertainty,
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[Scots accent] "what'll happen to trident [missiles]?!"
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"What'll happen to this? What'll happen to..."
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Y'know, that people were able [br]to play on those fears.
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That's why we tolerate this society,
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because there's so much fear of change.
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[Alex Salmond] "...Scotland has by majority[br]decided not, at this stage,
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to become an independent country.
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Thank you to scotland, for 1.6 million votes [br]for scottish independence.
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[loud cheers]
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I feel a bit like crying when i listen to that.
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I'm not even Scottish or anyfing.
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It's really affected me...
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because... i suppose...
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part of me thinks maybe democracy CAN work,
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maybe people WILL vote for whats best for them,
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but we can't because we don't have access [br]to the proper information,
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and not enough people felt hopeful[br]that things could be different for them.
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There's no one can convince me [br]that that "no" vote was like
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"NO! Let's definitely stay in the union!! It's going fantastic!! We love it!!*
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We love david cameron!! [br]We love what's happening to the NHS!!
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We love being on the brink of another war in the middle east to represent corporate interests!!
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We vote for that!!!
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We vote for that!!!
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It's fear, isn't it?
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Alright well let's have a look at what our leader[br]-and people of Scotland, YOUR leader-
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david cameron, has to say on the subject.
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[david cameron] The people of Scotland [br]have spoken.
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and it is a clear result.
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They have kept our country [br]of 4 nations together.
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And like millions of other people, i am delighted.
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As i said during the campaign,
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it would have broken my heart to see [br]our united kingdom come to an end.
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I hate the fact that one of the smuggest people, [br]ever to have lived as far as I can work out,
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has got an opportunity to be smug.
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[snooty English accent] As I've said[br]all along,
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whilst i was at Eton as a little boy,[br]wearing a top hat -
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something a little boy should never be wearing,[br]unless he's Lord Snooty-
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what i say is right.
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And even if it isn't right, [br]we'll make it right
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by throwing money and fear at it.
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[cameron] So now it is time for our united kingdom [br]to come together and to move forward.
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A vital part of that will be a balanced settlement,
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fair to people in Scotland, & importantly, to everyone [br]in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland as well.
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This fellah here, he's just a rich bloke,
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he's a rich bloke representing other rich people.
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Poor people in scotland voted yes,[br]rich people in scotland voted no.
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Actually not just rich people.[br]Rich and scared people.
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Cause this is scary, it is scary.
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ISIS is scary, poverty is scary,[br]there's loads and loads of reasons to be scared.
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It's hard... [big breath] [br]it's hard to be optimistic these days.
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So I suppose if you're looking for optimism,
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one of the things we can feel optimism about
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is that 1.6 million people voted yes.
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And I think... look... on the bright side...
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I don't reckon it would've been a[br]government that was totally ... y'know...
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it's not gonna be a utopian government,
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but like, the [Rupert] Murdoch press
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said that they didn't back [br]the Scottish independence campaign
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because they feared that there'd be too much[br]welfare, too much interest in the environment,
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I mean, exactly the kind of policies that we need.
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I'm not suggesting that Alex Salmond [br]is some sort of political messiah,
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I'm just saying that those sound like better pledges [br]than the shit that we're gonna get stuck with.
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[cameron] I am a passionate believer [br]in our united kingdom,
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and i wanted more than anything for [br]our united kingdom to stay together,
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but i am also a democrat,
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and it was right that we respected [br]the SNP's majority in Holyrood,
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and gave the Scottish people[br]their right to have their say.
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Interestingly on this day, [br]it's kind of micro-cosmic,
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but there's been a campaign on the Southbank[br]to change the famous skateboard park there.
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That wasn't saved democratically.
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That was saved by non-compliance,[br]disobedience, and activism.
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That's what I'm telling you.
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When I'm saying "don't vote",
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I'm not saying [in a crotchety English accent] [br]Don't vote!
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Sit indoors and have a wank[br]over your xbox...
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I'm saying "don't vote", "disobey", "disobey!"[br]"do not comply!"
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Scotland, USE this energy!
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I know in you, every one of you [br]that voted yes, you're now thinking
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"Oh no! It didn't work! We got shafted!"
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Remember that feeling.
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My opinion is that this result shows you the power [br]of the media and the limitations of democracy.
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As long as people live in a state of fear,
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it's very difficult for them to have faith[br]in a brighter future.
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The media, the financial industry, [br]and our governments
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keep us in a constant state of fear,
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so we are limited in our freedom.
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When it comes to the ballot box,
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what's the point?
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What power have we got?
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We're making uninformed decisions within [br]very narrowly defined and confined parameters.
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That's why I said that thing before...
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it ain't worth voting, cause you don't get [br]to vote for things that are worth while.
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Look at the results of activism, and disobedience, [br]that's where results will come from.
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That is the troooooz!!!
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So-o-o-o-rry scotland...