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The Scottish Independence Podcast is the first and oldest podcast documenting the Scottish Independence movement. Interviews with activists, politicians, artists, writers and more, and occasionally a comedy episode.
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ScotIndyPod 187 - Odes To Our Adversaries 34:45

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Just occasionally in all the years I've been doing this, mostly for laughs, I've made a few little, ahem, tributes, to some of our political adversaries. The 187th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a run through of some of the best of these, because I think most of us are in need of a laugh at the moment. Hope you enjoy. These podcasts are independently minded and independently funded, you can help to keep them going by making a donation. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast/ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 186 - Tory Lies, Trump, Empire 28:21

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The 186th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is amongst other things, a mix of some bad excuses. There's a bad excuse for a Prime Minister, a bad excuse for a President of the United States, and a few bad excuses for the behaviour of the British Empire. Along with that, there are people trying to expose those excuses, and how they got on with it. Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast/ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 185 - Billy Kay on Scotland and Identity 1:02:05

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The 185th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is a talk by Broadcaster, writer and activist and former guest on the show, Billy Kay, about Scottish identity. Have you ever noticed when you go abroad that the locals always seem to know what happened in 1437 in every wee nook and cranny of their town. Have you also noticed that this often isn't the case in Scotland? Why would that be? Kay explores this idea in the talk, but also provides some great stories from Scottish history, and there are a few revelations as well. For example, which UK Prime Minister may well have supported Scottish Independence? Which SNP MSP alledges that she was followed around the Houses of Parliament in the dark by Scottish Labour MPs. Also, there's something about the special branch meddling in the Scottish Independence Movement. All that and more, hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/billykayscot https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast/ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 184 - How Has Any of This Changed? 25:37

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The Queen, God, the EU (in and out), your mate's dug, Alpha Centauri, cherry tomatoes, wind, Nigel Farage, xylophones, Bungle from Rainbow - whatever it is, if you listen to some people, it's a reason against Scottish Independence. The latest they are using is the virus, so for the 184th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast I have taken some pieces of talks from before the coronavirus and I'm asking to you to think about if they still apply, or even, are they more urgent questions than before? And it finishes with an idiot for good measure. Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast https://twitter.com/mgreenwell http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 183 - Tories Out 15:28

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For episode 183 of The Scottish Independence Podcast I'm taking you back to that wonderful world of a dew months ago in which the only things we had to worry about were Tory lies causing unnecessary death and hardship, and a babbling manboy in the White House. Oh wait, both of those things still apply. Anyway, it's a collection of whoppers, evasions and other nefarious activity from the Tories, just in case you ever forget what they are like. Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast https://twitter.com/mgreenwell…

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ScotIndyPod 182 - The Clyde-Built Constitution 1:32:23

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"A mendacious drunkard's promise, made to convince his wife not to leave him", yes you guessed it, The Vow. However, the 182nd episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is, thanks to Independence Live, a talk given by Mark McNaught with an intro by John Drummond (former convenor of the Independence convention). It's about the importance of making a draft consitution for Scotland BEFORE a second referendum. It also gets into the problems with the constitutional situation in the UK "Arguably the most incoherent and feudal political system on Earth". The project, which seems to be on hold at the moment, can be found at Scottishconstitution.com Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 181 - The Declaration of Arbroath 7:58

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Obviously you weren't expecting there would be any UK wide celebrations of The Declaration of Arbroath, were you? However, the indy movement has stepped up and we've had the documentary by Lesley Riddoch and Charlie Stuart, and there will be an illustrated version too. For my own part, I decided just to read the whole thing, not the few quotes we usually hear, and make it available as audio, so here it is. Obviously I read the translation from the National Library of Scotland, not the original Latin. Doing it, it was easy to see how it is in part a plea, partly a statement of intent, in one part an offer, and in another part a threat. A truly interesting document. A pity that no one in British broadcasting seems to think so (I know there are other things going on right now, however if they had had any intention of doing anything it would have been planned and done before the coronavirus outbreak). Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos https://twitter.com/mgreenwell…

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ScotIndyPod 180 - All You Wanted To Know About Constitutions But Were Afraid To Ask 1:32:02

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The 180th episode of the Scottish Independence Podcast is, thanks to Independence Live, a talk given by John Drummond (former convenor of the Independence convention). In this talk he explains to an audience why he thinks it is a pivotal that we have a constitution prepared and ready to go before a second referendum, and not as something to be decided after. Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast https://twitter.com/mgreenwell http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6_LfMf1z6erDXSCHfw6_Bw/videos…

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ScotIndyPod 179 - Walkin The Dog and April Fools 28:00

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We’re back. A few episodes are ready to go. To start off with, I think we are all in need of a laugh, so here’s something many of the show’s regular contributors and myself knocked up a few years ago for April Fool’s Day. A lot of people on both sides of the debate didn’t realise we were joking. Hope you enjoy.…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 178 - The Brexit Shambles and Beyond 1:29:49

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The 178th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a long in-depth look at the Scottish economy and what may happen after Brexit. It features friend of the show and someone who has been a guest several times, MSP Ivan McKee. Before that however, we've someone getting Farage telt, and after that we've got, just for the change of it, someone saying Scotland won't have any problems getting into the EU at all. He spoke about what I outlined above, and also responded to some criticisms of the growth commission and gave an idea of the thinking behind it. You may or may not agree with everything that is in it (I don't, and some of the audience members at the talk didn't agree either), but it is useful to hear the rationale behind it. Hope you enjoy. http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 177 - Everything In The Balance 39:02

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The 177th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast has quite a varied menu. What is the UK govt spending millions on telling citizens living abroad? Do (Labour) MPs bother to read things before voting for them? There's also a No to Yes convert, some speeches from the recent march in Edinburgh, a confused person and more. And is one of the most famous Scots changing his mind? Hope you enjoy. https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/…

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ScotIndyPod 176 - A Declaration for Independence 2019 12:19

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ScotIndyPod175 - Public Finances in an Independent Scotland 35:15

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The 175th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a short talk given by Craig Dalzell showing, amongst other things, how distorted the GERS figures can be, some of the immediate savings an independent Scotland would make, and some of the instant bumps in revenue it would have. In case that wasn't clear above, that is when we are independent, not now. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/thecommongreen http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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ScotIndyPod 174 -Chuck D & More 15:02

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The 174th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is just a little teaser and a way of saying the podcast will be back for a little summer season and hopefully beyond. Iquote-because-things-are-the-way-they-are-things-will-not-stay-the-way-they-are-bertolt-brecht-23275.jpgn this one we’ve got something on the new cretin/b*stard (delete according to your mood) that has taken over as Prime Minister, there’s a little blast from the past, a live reaction to that thing on Channel 5 and finally the headline guest. Hope you enjoy.…

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ScotIndyPod 173 - Poverty and Human Rights in the UK 58:09

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"I think if you had got a group of mysogynists in a room and said 'guys, how can we make this system work for men and not for women?', they wouldn't have come up with too many other ideas than what is already in place". The 173rd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is the much talked about report by the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, talking about the UK. It's so important I was going to just read the whole thing out and put that out as a podcast but fortunately for me there was a presentation and a Q&A, and here it is. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23881&LangID=E http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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ScotIndyPod 172 - Clive Ponting 1:03:21

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The 172nd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a speech given by Clive Ponting. Ponting is a famous whistleblower who exposed the UK Government over the sinking of The Belgrano, an act many believe to be a war crime. He has also authored a number of books exposing various levels of skulduggery and/or incompetence at Whitehall. This episode comes from a recent talk he gave in which he goes into those things, but also why he now resides in Scotland, why he loves it, and why he supports Scottish Independence. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 171 - Dr Philippa Whitford 1:41:16

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The 171st episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is mostly a speech by Dr Philippa Whitford (a previous guest on the show). I'm sure you do, but just in case you didn't know, Dr Whitford MP is an SNP MP but before her time in politics she was a consultant breast surgeon, one who also worked as part of UN mission in Gaza and even a couple of years ago went to the West Bank to operare on four women suffering from Breast Cancer. The speech, principally about the Scottish Health service, was at Clermiston and is reproduced here courtesy of Independence Live. At the end of the speech I left the Q & A section in because most of the questions from the floor were, I imagine, exactly the ones the majority of listeners to this podcast would have asked, and she also gave some good responses. Finally, before that main course of the podcast begins, I put in a little starter when it seemed, just for a second, that the BBC was going to go somewhere it never ever goes. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/Dr_PhilippaW https://twitter.com/liveIndyScot http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 170 - Mike Russell On Brexit & More 1:25:10

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The 170th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is mostly a speech by Mike Russell regarding the (bleak) situation with Brexit and people really should hear it. I am reproducing the talk here and thanks to Newsnet for allowing me to do so. There are also a couple of cameos, Martin Compston gets it right and Ruth Davidson gets it wrong, American Embassy staff paint a frightening picture and John Swinney loses his sh*t. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/Feorlean https://newsnet.scot/ http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 169 - Thomas Muir Lecture 2018 by Gerda Stevenson 54:40

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"I have devoted myself to the cause of the people. It is a good cause. It shall ultimately prevail. It shall finally triumph." – Thomas Muir’s speech from the dock, Edinburgh, August 1793. Courtesy of Phantom Power, the 169th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast features the Thomas Muir lecture for 2018, which was given by Gerda Stevenson with As well as being an actress and a musician, Gerda Stevenson is the author of Quines: Poems in tribute to women of Scotland and in the lecture you can find out which Scottish woman was an inspiration to Walt Whitman and Mary Shelley, and which Scottish woman is known in Serbia as "Our Mother from Scotland"? That and much more. First up however, is an introduction by Murray Armstrong, author of The Liberty Tree, who explains who Thomas Muir was, and why it is important to remember him. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast http://www.gerdastevenson.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/MurrayArmstron3 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVfektAXlCjoMy70ftQBkA These podcasts are independently minded and independently funded, you can help to keep them going by making a donation at http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/…

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ScotIndyPod 168 - Spitting The Dummy & Lovebombs 30:08

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The 168th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a mix of some recent things that you won't want to miss. Here you'll find a psychic that didn't seem to predict the consequences of telling a nation of people to go f*ck itself, or how much of an idiot she would like when she was doing it. There is also a good speech from Westminster which provides good and useful historical information on the history of Scottish home rule. However, given that the speech was delivered in Westminster, it was accompanied by quite a lot of petulant, ill-informed and childish nonsense that came from the government benches. Finally, which Tory MP seems to want a large number of Scottish people to commit suicide? I imagine that some of you reading this are saying "quite a few of them want that" to yourselves, which is possibly true, but one of them said it out loud in public. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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ScotIndyPod 167 - Craig Dalzell on GERS and Currency 37:45

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The 167th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is an interview with Craig Dalzell, Head of Policy and Research at the Common Weal. We had a chat about the usual rammy every time the GERS figures come out (sorry for the swear word that it forced out of me, there is only one in the episode) and then we talked about the new paper the Common Weal have produced How to Launch A Scottish Currency. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/thecommongreen http://www.allofusfirst.org/tasks/render/file/?fileID=D4585A1F-CD21-B22B-C33449D117D4382C http://www.allofusfirst.org/ http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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Scottish Independence Podcast 166 - Pensioners for Indy and more 40:29

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The 166th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast features, amongst other things, an interview with Peter Swain of Pensioners for Independence (courtesy of Independence Live). You'll also find out why I was very tempted to call the episode "Archie, Archie, What's the Score?", even if part of that joke will only make sense if you were born before 1985. I also had to include Boris Johnson, or as he is known in Scotland, Bawjawz, trying to justify some of the worst Tory behaviour. As he does so, he is kind enough to show just how far removed from you and the rest of reality in the process. Finally, there's a semi-unrelated part relating to how the BBC will shut down certain discussions if you go off script. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://pensionersforindependence.scot/ http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast https://www.youtube.com/user/IndependenceLive…

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ScotIndyPod 165 - BBC 1943 or 2030? 5:23

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We're back. Just a little reminder of why...

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ScotIndyPod 164 - Some of the Best 29:33

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Around this time of year I usually try to put out something with some of the best bits of the year in a compilation. However, given the early birth of our son Cailean, I haven't had time to scour through the stuff I have saved to put that exact show together again this year. So instead, here is what I thought was the best of this year, along with two of the best of ANY year in the Scottish Independence movement. It's not all happy-smiley, but it is all excellent. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast https://twitter.com/mgreenwell…

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ScotIndyPod163 - They Don't Make This Difficult 10:13

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The 163rd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a thank you for some of the great moments that Scottish Labour leaders have given us in recent years. Today the new empty suit put himself right in the mix with the previous empty suits and dresses, and he is hardly in the job. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/mgreenwell http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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ScotIndyPod 162 - Tories & Trump 28:16

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The 162nd episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is a quick run through of some of the things that Trump and the Tories have been up to. Some listeners may find the amount of Ruth Davidson in it upsetting, however, when she is in it, she is constistently making an arse of herself. She also says some terminological inexactitudes, seems to forget that welfare isn't a devolved matter and more. There is also someone making fun of Trump, but the problem with that is that whatever you say about him, he is easily able to outdo it with what he says himself. LINKS http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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"We hereby constitute the Catalan Republic as an independent, sovereign, legal, democratic, socially-conscious state"

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ScotIndyPod 161 - Christians for Indy 40:30

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I noticed that the only people I hadn't had on the show among the conveners and voting organisations were Elaine C. Smith (I've tried - can't seem to get in touch with her), AyeScotland, Christians For Independence and Pensioners for Independence. I then immediately tweeted out asking if any of those organisations would like to come on the show for a talk about independence. The first I managed to organise something with (and I'll be working on the others shortly) were Christians for Independence. I'm not a religious man myself so I thought it would be interesting to hear their perspective and, as the guest, Dave Thompson - former SNP MSP and convener of the group, pointed out in the show, over 400,000 people regularly attend churches in Scotland every week so is this a demographic the indy movement can afford to ignore? So here is the 161st episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast with Dave Thompson of Christians for independence... Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://christiansforindependence.weebly.com/ https://twitter.com/Christians4Indy http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell…

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ScotIndyPod 160 - Ian Hamilton 49:35

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The 160th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast is an interview with Ian Hamilton QC, probably most know for going down to London with some friends and /taking back/stealing/repatriating/borrowing (delete as you wish) The Stone of Destiny/Scone. I have always wanted to have him on the show but unfortunately it wasn't me that got to interview him, it was instead Mike Small of Bella Caledonia (Bella also has a fundraiser), who has allowed me to make it up into an episode here. We get some great details on the story of the taking of stone and about the independence movement and its history. Hope you enjoy. LINKS http://bellacaledonia.org.uk/ http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://twitter.com/mgreenwell…

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ScotIndyPod 159 - Colin Fox at SNP Edinburgh 37:45

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The 159th episode of The Scottish Independence Podcast features a talk given at the Edinburgh SNP Club last night by Colin Fox of the SSP. Colin always speaks well and this time was no different. As well as being his usual genial self however, he also spoke about some of the difficulties the independence movement is in and how we can get out of them. Hope you enjoy. LINKS https://twitter.com/The_SSP_ https://twitter.com/EdinCentralSNP https://twitter.com/colinfoxssp http://michaelgreenwell.wordpress.com/ https://twitter.com/mgreenwell https://www.facebook.com/TheScottishIndependencePodcast…

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