Cika wannan magana: A watan Afrilu na shekarar 2014, a wata hira da "Radio Times" wanda ya kai ga
zaben raba gardama, ya ce "Ina ganin lokaci ya yi da mutane za su hadu, ba su rabu ba. Idan mutane sun kasance tare, za su yi farin ciki". Ya kuma yi magana game da shirin Darien, ƙoƙari na kafa mulkin mallaka na Scotland a Isthmus na Panama a 1698; rashin nasarar mulkin mallaka ya lalata tattalin arzikin Masarautar Scotland kuma ya haifar da Ayyukan Union a 1707. Connolly ya rubuta, "Dole ne ku tuna cewa Union ta ceci Scotland. Scotland ta rushe kuma Ingilishi ya buɗe mana zuwa kasuwancinsu na Amurka da Kanada, daga abin da muka yi fure. "