Militaries involved in illegal wars ‘would be banned from an independent Scotland’

Evening Standard

An independent Scotland would ban the militaries of countries involved in “illegal conflicts” from the country, John Swinney has said.In a swipe at the US and Israeli governments over their attacks on Iran, the First Minister said a newly independent Scotland would enshrine in its constitution a ban on foreign militaries involved in illegal conflicts abroad.

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00:00Millions are dying at the hands of American and Israeli bombs.

00:04So let me be clear.

00:06The unjustifiable actions of the United States and Israel

00:10have no basis under international law.

00:13They must stop.

00:28For the sake of innocent children in Iran, for the sake of peace,

00:33our call is for diplomacy, for de-escalation and for an end to this war.

00:39Conference, we will always speak up for the protection of innocent civilians

00:43and international law.

00:46But if we were an independent country, we could do so much more.

00:50We will demonstrate, not just with words but with actions,

00:54how Scotland can be a voice for peace.

00:57We will use the powers of independence to enshrine into our constitution

01:01a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons on our soil and in our seas.

01:16And conference, we will go further.

01:18With independence, we will ban any foreign military power engaged in illegal conflicts from our shores.

01:27Two statements will be written directly into the very foundational document of our new nation.

01:38Not in our nation, not in our name, not in our country.

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