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Episode #142 - The High Heid Yin
Episode 142 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast
You can download the episode directly here.
This week, Craig talks to Constitution expert Elliot Bulmer about Heads of State, what they do and how we could select one. The UK is currently undergoing a transition of Head of State for the first time in the lifetime of most of the current population but in other countries, this transition happens frequently. In this challenging and perhaps controversial episode Elliot discusses the pros and cons of various options for an independent Scotland's Head of State such as keeping the monarchy versus transitioning to a Republic. He also discusses whether the Kingdom of Scotland should have a Governor-General, or whether the Republic of Scotland should elect its President in a general election as Ireland does or whether that selection process should be restricted to Parliamentarians as Germany does (and as Scotland selects our First Minister). He also goes into detail about what powers a Head of State should and, crucially, should not have.
Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: https://commonweal.scot/product-category/support-us/
The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at [email protected]
You can also find us on iTunes, Spotify, Castbox, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators.
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Excerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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By Common WealEpisode 142 of the Common Weal Policy Podcast
You can download the episode directly here.
This week, Craig talks to Constitution expert Elliot Bulmer about Heads of State, what they do and how we could select one. The UK is currently undergoing a transition of Head of State for the first time in the lifetime of most of the current population but in other countries, this transition happens frequently. In this challenging and perhaps controversial episode Elliot discusses the pros and cons of various options for an independent Scotland's Head of State such as keeping the monarchy versus transitioning to a Republic. He also discusses whether the Kingdom of Scotland should have a Governor-General, or whether the Republic of Scotland should elect its President in a general election as Ireland does or whether that selection process should be restricted to Parliamentarians as Germany does (and as Scotland selects our First Minister). He also goes into detail about what powers a Head of State should and, crucially, should not have.
Common Weal's work is only possible thanks to our generous supporters who regularly donate an average of £10 per month. If you would like to help us build our vision of an All of Us First Scotland, you can do so here: https://commonweal.scot/product-category/support-us/
The Policy Podcast would like to discuss all of Common Weal's policy papers in detail as well as other major policy stories in and around Scotland so if there are any topics that you would like to see covered or if you have an interesting policy story to tell and would like to be a guest on the show, please contact Craig at [email protected]
You can also find us on iTunes, Spotify, Castbox, Stitcher, Tunein, iHeart Radio and other major podcast aggregators.
You can also add the podcast to your RSS feed using this link: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/264906.rss
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Excerpts from "Hiding Your Reality" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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