PTO Extra! Is Scottish independence inevitable? w/ Rory Scothorne
Added 2021-02-08 18:28:54 +0000 UTCWith support for Scottish independence at an all time high, and with Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish National Party predicted to win a landslide in May's Scottish parliamentary elections, PTO spoke to Rory Scothorne about whether independence really is inevitable, how the UK government will try to prevent the break up of the union, what the economic argument for Scottish independence looks like post-Brexit, and we also talked about the increasing fractiousness of the SNP.
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Rory was really great! Also interesting could be someone who's been involved in civil society organising, e.g. Jonathon Shafi of the Radical Indendependence Campaign & Common Weal, and I guess plenty others who aren't on the forefront of my brain just now
Sean Currie
2021-03-04 20:29:37 +0000 UTCNo, that's very fair Sean. And a part 2 is definitely a good idea. Were you thinking Rory or someone else for that?
Politics Theory Other
2021-03-02 19:47:06 +0000 UTCReally insightful podcast, thanks Alex! I can't help but feel that it was a bit too SNP focused, and we could have benefitted from some discussion about the role of the Greens (as the other independence-supporting party, that help to create a pro-indy majority in Holyrood), and civil society/non-partisan politics (Radical Independence Campaign etc.) Forgive my moaning, I know it's impossible to cover everything. People *expect* conversations about independence to centre around the SNP, but I think we can really understand the layers of the movement if we can move beyond them as well. Maybe there could a "Part 2" on the horizon ๐Having said this, thanks again for a super interesting listen!
Sean Currie
2021-03-02 18:56:23 +0000 UTCthanks Andy! I thought I'd avoid the accent in case Rory started also referring to me as a "walking, Anglo-phobic hate-crime."
Politics Theory Other
2021-02-15 22:02:29 +0000 UTCAnother banger Alex, disappointed you didn't bring out a comedy Scotch accent for the intro though.
Andy Cassidy
2021-02-15 21:59:35 +0000 UTCโBoris Johnson [...] a walking, Anglo-phobic hate-crimeโ ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
The Token Detergent Rinser (British)
2021-02-11 18:40:07 +0000 UTC
