Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Afrilu 2014, a cikin wata hira da "Radio Times" wanda ya kai ga zaben raba gardama
, ya ce "Ina ganin lokaci ya yi da mutane za su taru, 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. "