This new special short episode is either going to make you laugh or make you feel you’ve been dragged into a strange otherworld.
That’s all I’m saying.
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For the 137th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I didn’t speak to anyone.
It is instead one of those episodes where I am bringing you a bit of an interview by and with someone else because I think it is of importance and should be heard.
That someone else happens to be Manfred Weber, head of the largest group in the European Parliament. When pressed on Brexit by BBC Hardtalk, he took a fairly strong line, best summed up by the title of this episode.
Whether you voted to leave or to remain, I think his comments are important to hear.
He also had a few words about Scotland and the levels of (dis)organisation and (lack of) direction being shown the UK government.
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For the 136th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I spoke with Robin McAlpine.
Robin is a political strategist and the Director of the Common Weal.
In the interview he doesn’t waste any time getting on to what the thinks Yes supporters ought to be getting on with, and there is certainly a lot to chew on in the interview.
We talked about both logistics and strategy and how they are both equally important. We also spoke of what messages we need to be sending out and how to react to the inevitable negative tactics we will face from the unionist side in the next referendum.
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If Indyref 2 is coming, it’s worth remembering how nicely the other side campaigned, and expect it again. They are already fundraising…
Remember when they tried to get a film taken off the internet?
There seems to be a weird tendency at the moment to portay Ruth Davidson as if she actually were the First Minister.
In case you missed that story, that was the leader of the 2nd largest party, which does not form part of a pro-independence majority in the parliament,”ORDERING” the First Minister, who leads a pro-independence majority, to forget about something that the parties most people voted for support.
It doesn’t stop with the Daily Express though. Other outlets seem to go with the same tone, that being that Davidson is somehow capable of ordering anyone to be doing anything.
Therefore, I think it is important in the interests of clarity to lay out some of the rules…
The electorate said no to Davidson’s party at the last (and well, every) Scottish Parliament election. However, they will get another chance the next time around, that is called democracy.
In fact, that is very much like the referendum question. Scotland said no to independence in 2014, but things have changed, and we will get another chance.
So Adam Tomkins perhaps should realise that the electorate said No to having Ruth Davidson make any decisions or give any orders to anyone. But just like the Independence referendum, things will change for better or worse in the next few years and the Tories will get another chance.
Adam Tomkins was, of course, speaking (freely) in his capacity as an elected (not directly) member of the second largest party of the non-governing group in a democratically elected parliament in which no one party has an overall majority.
For the 135th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast, I spoke with Richard Walker.
Richard is now the consulting editor of The National, but was also involved in the formation of that paper and the decision made at the Sunday Herald to begin openly supporting Scottish independence.
We talked about those decisions and why they were made,and how The National has been getting on.
As well as that, we tried to get our heads around some of the unusual media appointments that have been made recently, and what could or should be done about the media in Scotland more generally.
And of course, I asked Richard why he supports Independence for Scotland.
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A secret recording of former Daily Mail political editor Alan Roden’s successful job interview at the Scottish Labour branch office has been released by online whistleblowers Pishyleaks. Here is the transcript…
Lab Guy One – What makes you suitable for this job?
Roden – I hate the SNP.
Lab Guy Two – So do we, we like that. But what message would you try to communicate to the public?
Roden – I hate the SNP.
Lab Guy One – So do we. In what way would you try and get that message over?
Roden – I’d try and get articles planted which tell people why they should hate the SNP. In case I didn’t mention it, I hate the SNP.
Lab Guy Two – So do we, we like that. But do you hate the SNP as much as we do?
Roden – Double, with bells on. For years I’ve been at the Daily Mail. That’s what we publish there…hate. It’s particularly great if, like me, you really hate the SNP.
Lab Guy Two – We do. We’ve been running the ‘we hate the SNP’ campaign for years now and, as you can see, it’s been going really well for us, but sometimes it’s good to have a plan B, what’s yours?
Roden – We could get Gordon Brown to make a speech. He could make some false promises and then explain how we all hate the SNP.
Lab Guys Together – Hired!
