One of the many excellent and fascinating panel discussions held at the Breakup of Britain conference. This discussion poses the question what next for SNP after Sturgeon and Labour under Starmer.  The discussion is chaired by Maggie Chapman, main topics are:

00:00:45  Intro by Maggie Chapman

00:01:40  Jamie Driscoll, Independent Mayor of North of Tyne

00:12:55   Frances Foley, Deputy Director of Compass social  justice campaign

00:22:35    Joyce McMillan, columnist and theatre critic

00:41:00    Alyn Smith, MP

00:55:55    Audience Q and A

The Breakup of Britain conference was held in Edinburgh in November as a tribute to Tom Nairn, who died in January 2023.  Tom was an essayist, political theorist and academic.  He supported Scottish independence and believed that the breakup of Britain is inevitable.

Note: the sound quality on the original recording  via the venue's sound system is a little "clicky" in places, but hopefully this doesn't detract from the content of the discussions

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