Comments by "雪桜川" (@yuki-sakurakawa) on "Scotland: Is the desire for independence growing? | DW Documentary" video.

Should be able to get by on a single income, 5 hours per day work, 2 bedroom house, and groceries. If people cannot afford housing, groceries, AND utilities on minimum wage, then the minimum wage isn't high enough.
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Do you also consider yourself a citizen of your city or town too (eg Gaswegian) or does membership only start at the state/nation level?
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@SallySturman I think you're thinking of his successor, Gordon Brown. Tony is from northern England age 6+), though he was born in Scotland, and spent his early youth (5 years) in Australia & Scotland.
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Agreed. The British govt changed the status quo after the first scottish referendum when they had brexit. As such, they should have a second referendum reflecting the current status quo.
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@smcp5044 Another thought—why not make the UK federal, with the house of lords becoming a senate of equal number of Scottish, North Irish, Welsh, and English senators (we can still call them lords for historical and touristic reasons)? Restore the true bicameralism instead of the 6 month delay so that bills passed by the Commons but failed in the lords must have a joint conference committee to resolve before being sent to the king for assent. If agreement can't be reached, then the bill fails. I might add double dissolution as in australia to prevent the deadlocks of the US.
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@crscot1322 In japan, yes it would be a luxury. We have very good public transport. Not sure about the UK, or Scotland more specifically, but the US resident definitely needs a car just to get groceries or to their job. No car, no job.
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Not to nitpick, but american independence is not so cut and dry. You wanted it in 1776 (got it in 1783), but denied it to your southern brothers in 1861. Kinda analogous to the "BREXIT good, SCEXIT bad" mentality of the British govt. * yes, I'm aware slavery was a big part of it, but hardly the only issue. In addition, slavery was embedded in the constitution (⅗ of a person). The other was of sovereignty (states rights). Hmm. That sounds familiar.
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Another thought—why not make the UK federal, with the house of lords becoming a senate of equal number of Scottish, North Irish, Welsh, and English senators (we can still call them lords for historical and touristic reasons)? Restore the true bicameralism instead of the 6 month delay so that bills passed by the Commons but failed in the lords must have a joint conference committee to resolve before being sent to the king for assent. If agreement can't be reached, then the bill fails. I might add double dissolution as in australia to prevent the deadlocks of the US. I'd also make sure it's MMP as in New Zealand & Germany (at large seats with 100: if the green party gets 7% of the vote, they get 7 seats, etc).
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I'm surprised how India can even stay united with dozens of dozens of states, with a dozen official languages. Sure, Scotland has Gaelic, but most speak English (Scottish dialect version).
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And the ongoing disputes with the "UK" over who owns the offshore oil.
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