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Power of History. Colonialism. IndyPodcasters. Elspeth King

The Power of History

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The Power of History – A Tribute to Elspeth King.

This special bonus episode pays tribute to the late Elspeth King, one of Scotland’s most influential curators and historians.

The Power of History. A Tribute to Elspeth King.

Originally recorded in 2020, this conversation explores the absence of Scottish history in the national curriculum, the importance of heritage in shaping identity, and the power history holds in understanding who we are.

Elspeth King’s passion for preserving and promoting Scotland’s cultural history shines through every moment of this interview. As we mourn her passing, this episode serves as both a reminder of her remarkable legacy and a call to keep Scottish history alive in our schools, museums, and communities.

  • The talk was done via Zoom with Glasgow Pensioners for Independence during the covid lockdown.
  • One of the ideas which Elspeth touched on is that of Internal Colonialism. That idea was explored with Alf Baird by the IndyPodcasters in Doun Hauden – A Psychology of Nationhood and Scotland the Colony?
  • Although by no means everyone agrees that Scotland is an actual colony, it is a being pursued in recent and ongoing approaches to UN by the Salvo Group.

Best ways to support Pensioners for Independence

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We are passionate supporters of Scottish independence. Currently we are running twice weekly stalls in Glagow City centre, and a fortnightly stall in Milngavie. Our Glasgow and Edinburgh Groups organise regular meetings with guest speakers. Get in touch, we are always happy to see new folk at our stalls and meetings.

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Ivan McKee, SNP MSP. Pensioners for Independence. Scottish Independence Podcasters.

Ivan McKee, SNP MSP

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Glasgow Pensioners for Independence meet SNP MSP, Ivan McKee at the Bacchus Bar in Glasgow for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of Scottish independence.

The conversation covers many pressing political topics, but the key theme that kept resurfacing was the SNP’s upcoming 2025 party conference – specifically the debate on whether a majority victory at the next election should constitute a mandate to seek a second independence referendum, echoing the “precedent” set by Alex Salmond’s 2011 overall majority.

IVan McKee. SNP. Holyrood 2026. Pensioners for Independence

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Audio Version:

Key topics:

  • 01:41 Ivan McKee opening remarks
  • 11:05 How can we get messages out with a hostile media
  • 12:43 What happened to the rebuttal unit?
  • 15:03 Won’t both votes SNP let unionist parties in?
  • 16:14 Constituency seats vs list seats
  • 18:53 What do we do if Westminster say no?
  • 21:34 Why does SNP not support the ICCPR petition?
  • 24:19 How safe is the Scottish NHS from Westminster privatisation?
  • 26:18 Is US style fascism coming here?
  • 29:25 Why is a majority of SNP+Greens not acceptable?
  • 33:30 All indy parties should include independence in their manifesto
  • 35:09 How will the situation in Northern Ireland affect independence?
  • 36:10 What is the Plan B if Westminster refuse to negotiate?
  • 39:27 Reflections after the event

ICCPR. Claiming our Rights. Scottish Independence Podcasts

ICCPR – Claiming Our Rights

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The UN International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) was signed and ratified by the UK Government in the 1970s. But it has never been incorporated into law anywhere in the UK.

Andy Anderson and Leah Gunn Barratt of Respect Scottish Sovereignty are convinced that these rights should be incorporated into Scots Law. Would that strengthen our democratic institutions? Might it help forge a path to Scottish independence?

The Scottish Independence Podcast team asked Andy and Leah into their studio to take a closer look at the likelihood of these outcomes.

Key themes include:

  • 01:00 Overview of Human Rights legislation
  • 03:30 Why should we incorporate ICCPR?
  • 06:00 Petition before the Scottish Parliament
  • 08:50 Example – Switzerland
  • 10:30 Example – Taiwan
  • 13:15 Example – South Korea
  • 16:30 Scottish Referendums Act 2020
  • 19:14 Popular initiatives
  • 25:27 UK Supreme Court
  • 27:48 So what could Scotland do differently?
  • 32:41 Does Article 1 apply to Scotland?
  • 44:27 UN Convention of the Rights of a Child (UNCRC)
  • 49:21 People power!
  • 52:51 Our Conclusions

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Best ways to support Pensioners for Independence

We are passionate supporters of Scottish independence. Currently we are running twice weekly stalls in Glagow City centre, and a fortnightly stall in Milngavie. Our Glasgow and Edinburgh Groups organise regular meetings with guest speakers. Get in touch, we are always happy to see new folk at our stalls and meetings.

Subscribe to our Newletter. You can sign up using the form at the rhs side of this page. And if you’ve enjoyed a post here on the website, please share it, tell your friends and family.

Follow us on Social Media. It all helps to extend our reach and be visible to more people. Just click on the buttons and join our on-line community.

If you can give us a donation, we will put it to good use. You can donate using our PayPal account. Use the button link at the rhs of this page. You don’t need to have a Paypal account yourself to use it.

SNP Independence Strategy Debate. Pensioner for Independence. Scottish independence Podcasts

SNP Independence Strategy Debate

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Posted with permission of Scottish Independence Podcasts.

Independence Strategy

The route to independence concerns everyone in the Yes movement and there is by no means consensus on the path that will lead to success. Pensioners for Independence supports Scottish Independence but we are not party political. We will be dropping in on the various party conferences to see how they propose to get us there.

We start with the 2023 SNP conference. The SNP independence strategy debate was a key – and lengthy – item on the agenda. Here a 1min summary of the proceedings. It might help before you listen to the debate.

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Key Points

Here are the key points from the debate with commentary from the IndyPodcasters. There’s a contents list below to help you navigate through the video. We think the speeches by Tommy Sheppard and Joanna Cherry are particularly interesting. But there are a lot of thoughtful contributions all the way through. And if you think we’ll end up engaging in civil disobedience then make sure you listen to David Buckley.

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Content List:

00:01:16    Humza Yousaf proposes the resolution, followed by Stephen Flynn, seconding.

Followed by key speeches in favour or against the various amendments:

00:17:22    Tommy Sheppard – proposing Amendment A

00:23:22    Tony Guiliano – proposing Amendments B and C

00:29:43    Joanna Cherry – proposing Amendment D

00:37:19     David Buckley – Remitting the resolution back, in other words go back and think again.

00:41:27     Graeme McCormick – Direct negative, vote the resolution down.

00:45:43     Chris Hanlon – proposing Amendment F

00:48:22     Mike Russell, speaking against amendments F and G

Followed by speeches summing up the amendments:

00:51:21     Tommy Sheppard summing up Amendment A

00:53:56      Joanna Cherry summing up Amendment D

00:57:03       Pete Wishart summing up Amendment G

00:59:37      Graeme McCormick  summing up the direct negative

And ending with the final summing up in favour of the resolution

01:02:11      Humza Yousaf summing up

The full SNP independence strategy debate can be watched on SNP’s Youtube channel.

You’ll find podcasts featuring other independence-supporting Parties on Scottish Independence podcast playlist of Scottish Party Politics.

Scottish Independence Podcasts. You’ll find us on our website or wherever you get your podcasts.

Scottish Independence Podcasts

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We have a good relationship with the Scottish Independence Podcasts team.

During the Covid lockdown when we moved to online meetings and talks, we asked them to take on producing podcasts from our events.

If you scroll down through our blog posts on this website you’ll find lots of really good talks and discussions from Glasgow and Edinburgh Groups. Those podcasts are also available on Google, Apple, Podbean and wherever else you get your podcasts. And if we recorded a video then the video is up on their YouTube channel. In all our talks and discussions have had over 5,000 downloads on these podcast channels.

All of that is down to the Scottish IndyPod team. So we thought we’d write this to say thank you and tell you a bit more about them. First thing to say is that they recently published their 800th podcast. And have just passed 250,000 downloads overall. Dedicated is the word that comes to mind!

This is a recent chat they had with Laura Pollock of The National

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You can sign up to their mail-list for advance notice of the podcasts. Click here.

Scottish Independence Podcast YouTube Channel

Although their main activity is creating audio podcasts, they have a YouTube channel called IndyPod Extra where they upload any video footage that they take. Recently they have been tackling the joys of outside recordings. If you go to the channel you’ll find footage from rallies in Skye (wet & windy), Ayr (windy & sunny) and most recently from Edinburgh (sunny and gorgeous). There is some great content and chats, eg two of their collaborators went to Loudoun in Ayrshire with the Saturday Saltire Group and our of that came a great chat about the Battle of Loudoun and Bruce’s victory of the Earl of Pembroke. Click on the image and you can tune into that one: 

Scottish Independence Podcasts

Scottish Independence Podcast Website

They publish a new podcast every Friday. It’s great being able to tune into their weekly podcasts. And as well as making sure those are available widely online, their website operates as a resource and archive. You can browse through the categories on the website. So say you’re interested in defence, you’ll find all the podcasts touching on that topic in one playlist. If you want to find out about ferries or freeports – cos let’s face it, Scottish ferries and freeports are touchy subjects in some quarters – then just click on their Infrastructure Category. Click on the image and have a look.

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Thanks again, IndyPodcasters!