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'Seize the prize': Thousands of Scots rally for independence
2019-11-03
Thousands rallied in Glasgow on Saturday calling for Scotland to become an independent country, with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon telling the crowds that their goal was "within touching distance".

The Scottish National Party (SNP) leader was the headline speaker at the event in George Square, the first time she has addressed an independence rally since the 2014 referendum campaign, with a crucial general election looming next month.

"Make no mistake, the general election we face now on December 12 is the most important election for Scotland in our lifetimes," she told the crowds.

"The future of our country is on the line.

"We must come out in our numbers and vote in this election," she added, insisting that the "prize" of independence was "within touching distance."

"We must seize that prize," she urged.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Almost all of the "Highlanders" left long ago when the tenants were evicted to make way for sheep, right? These people are the "Lowlanders" who lived in cities on the borders with England -- a rather different lot. It does seem unwise that they want to change their allegiance from England, where they have seats in Parliament, to the EU where they are just one of the ruled territories, no more important than Malta or Bosnia...
Posted by: magpie   2019-11-03 13:51  

#5  "independence" i.e. ruled from brussels not London.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2019-11-03 12:41  

#4  ^Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation

Robert Burns, 1791

Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;
Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name,
Sae fam'd in martial story.
Now Sark rins over Solway sands,
An' Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England's province stands-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

What force or guile could not subdue,
Thro' many warlike ages,
Is wrought now by a coward few,
For hireling traitor's wages.
The English stell we could disdain,
Secure in valour's station;
But English gold has been our bane-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!

O would, or I had seen the day
That Treason thus could sell us,
My auld grey head had lien in clay,
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace!
But pith and power, till my last hour,
I'll mak this declaration;
We're bought and sold for English gold-
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2019-11-03 09:26  

#3  They have gone from a fierce and freedom loving people to ones that want to stay on the dole. The British would love for you guys to leave so they don't have to pay your tab anymore.
Posted by: DarthVader   2019-11-03 08:57  

#2  OK. My Scots dialect doesn't extend beyond Robbie Burns. Do "seize" and "prize" rhyme in Glasgowegian? If not it's a pretty lame battle cry.
Posted by: Mercutio   2019-11-03 07:51  

#1  It's worth it if it gets them out of Parliament
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-11-03 06:21  

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