Europe & Scotland
On the 10th anniversary of the Brexit vote we travelled to Brussels for informal discussions across a wide range of topics about Europe & Scotland. We were with other activists from campaign groups Yes for EU and Europe for Scotland. Philippa Whitford, former MP and SNP Spokesperson on Europe, was with us. And – to provide an English perspective – we had the company of Anthony Barnett, founder of Open Democracy.
Our morning meeting began when Philippa Whitford met with Thomas Waitz, Austrian Green MEP. We were there filming their conversation, along with Sam Page of Yes4EU. Anthony and the team from Europe for Scotland joined the conversation half way through.
Thomas and Philippa had a wide-ranging conversation discussing the seismic shift in UK politics over the ten years since Brexit. With added reverberations from Keir Starmer’s resignation the previous day! They also explored the implications of the newly elected nationalist governments across three of the four UK nations— the so called “Celtic Alliance”. Contrast that Alliance with a Westminster government presiding over a fracturing Kingdom and a decade of post Brexit decline.
Key themes:
02:01 Effect of Brexit on fishing and farming
04:14 Loss of EU citizens
05:17 Possibility of Uk rejoining EU?
08:46 Attitudes of UK political parties
11:55 Westminster’s 15 minute dismissal of Scottish democracy
12:54 NI border polls and the Good Friday Agreement
14:54 Scotland has a lot to offer the EU
15:43 Europe needs to stand together
19:18 Are EU communications helpful?
22:27 Was the 2014 referendum anti-English?
23:11 Insights into the Makerfield by-election
28:38 Scotland feels European
30:15 Historic changes in Wales
33:02 Scotland needs to hear the EU welcome us
34:28 Overcoming the bias of the UK media
38:19 Could Canada join EU?
41:29 EU’s role in world security
- You can watch the video on our YouTube channel : Europe & Scotland
- For more from our EU visit check out our playlist A Celtic Alliance
- And our own Vlog fro the Day in the Eu parliament
- For our visit to EU Parliament last year browse this playlist: EU, EEC and EFTA
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