does he consistently demand? we received lengthy, often is monstrous terrorists from prison terrorists murdered her children, terrorists who murdered her parents terrorists who murdered our husbands and wives from prisons because they were murdered because they are jews. he demanded that from us. unfortunately the obama administration supported the demand and they blamed israel for not being sincere in our desire to make peace because he said funnily enough is enough that we will not go through with acer red shippers in the releases of israeli citizen of arafat in this city who murdered us because we are jews. this we will not do. we would have done it though we didn t do it because mock murder boss refused to negotiate with us. still today we see we make concession after concession after fashion things that harm us things that endanger the lives of israeli citizens releasing terrorists from prison causes the murder of additional jews. and we know this. the statistical data a
expected to take place sometime before the end of 2017. the exact timing of that referendum is not yet determined. now, as you probably guess or as you re probably able to guess, the first referendum on scottish independence which took place last september didn t tush outrn out exactly as i would have hoppeded that it would, but while that referendum didn t change scotland s constitutional position, it undoubtedly transformed scottish politics, and i would argue it has had a transformational effect on united kingdom politics as well. firstly, that referendum has made scotland one of the most politically engaged countries, i would argue, in the entire world. nearly everybody in scotland last year became intensely involved in a peaceful and passionate debate about the kind of country they want to live in. and that debate has had lasting consequences. for example the election in the uk voter turnout was some 5 persian percentage points higher. people who hadn t had much interest
value-added tax rates, couldn t be set different in scotland. there are some restrictions. but we want maximum fiscal powers within the united kingdom context. why do we want that? not for its own sake, but because the more powers we have the more fiscal responsibility we have the more ability we have to shape things like our system of social security, the more able we will be to grow our economy, to make sure we re doing the things and pursuing the policies that help us to attract investment and jobs and grow our economy faerls and more sustainably. so its powers and we ll make those arguments in the westminster parliament as the debate for autonomy of scotland continues over the weeking and months to come. so you re not saying it s happening imminently the push to have this fiscal autonomy. well, there is legislation going through the house of commons right now. it s just started to extend the powers of the scottish parliament in what i would argue are reasonably limite
whenever, is another crucial milestone on the rocky road which is the debate for the last 10 years. nobody arguing that the eu was perfect. i think it is a force for good. for jobs, services and workers rights. let s avoid all costs and wastelands. thank you. [applause] 40 years ago we experienced the first referendum, at a time when the party was divided. after it the nature of these negotiations being carried out were not entirely clear. of course, must have changed. it is now a member union of 28 states. my own party has fully embraced the eu, recognizing its importance to scotland. in contrast to the 1975 government, government ministers that were not to be free to campaign, or at least that seems that way, we are more likely to have a referendum. it is appropriate to make this referendum something that the public can engage in fully. that should mean not only votes for 16-year-olds and the team 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds, but for eu citizen. those from other eur
to fit the bill for the future. and political identities are relevant to the third point i want to talk about. the coming referendum on the uk s membership in the european union. something that is huge significance within the uk but as i found in the united states a matter of considerable interest for people here as well. what people find in the uk find odd about this refereneddom is that the prime minister says he wants to stay in the european union. both of the biggest uk parties say they want to stay in the european union. there s overwhelming support, or so it seems in the westminster parliament, yet here we are in the united kingdom standing very close to the exit door to the eu. interestingly those who the prime minister is seeking to appease with a european referendum skeptics in his other apparent or the united kingdom independence party are unlikely to be appeased by a renegotiated membership of the european union. that body of opinion is for the uk to exit the europ