Independence Rally: Speakers Push for Control, Fairness

0:00It's March 28th. This is Edinburgh News Today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Thousands of pro-independent supporters marched through Edinburgh under sunny skies, starting at Parliament Square, heading down the High Street, up. Abbey Hill, an on-to-Countain Hill for a rally at the National Monument. The crowd gathered on the grassy area with a stage for music and heartfelt speeches from key figures like a SNP leader John Swinney, Scottish Greens. Coal leaders Ross Greer and Gillian McKay, actor Brian Cox, lawyer Amar Anwar, and others hosted by Alistair Heather. Swinney shook hands in the crowd before stressing how independence would let Scotland benefit from its energy riches, hitting home on daily life. Struggles The Greens pushed for control over energy bills, tackling the cost of living crisis and a fairer world role like opposing arms to conflicts. Brothers got emotional, with McKay reflecting on years of coalition work ending recently, an Anwar calling out Westminster's wars, nukes, and justice failures urging Scots to seize

1:03their destiny. They framed every vote for Greens on May 7th as a step toward rejoining Europe independently. Meanwhile, Scottish Conservative leader Russell Finley slammed Swinney's rally as out of touch rabble-rousing, bowing voters can block in a SNP. Majority and another referendum by backing his party to defend the union. The independence drum keeps beating steady into election season.