October 24, 2025

Ivan McKee SNP meets Glasgow Pensioners for Indy

47 minutes

🎙️ Pensioners for Independence Meet SNP’s Ivan McKee

In this lively episode, we join Pensioners for Independence as they sit down with 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 SNP victory at the next election should constitute a mandate to seek a second independence referendum, echoing the "precedent" set by Alex Salmond’s 2011 SNP majority.

Tune in for insights on strategy, party policy, grassroots activism, and the path forward for Scotland’s independence movement from the perspective of both elected representatives and passionate citizen campaigners.

Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene also add their own thoughts at the end in the light of the SNP conference decision to back the "SNP majority" proposal

Key topics:

00:01:41 Ivan McKee opening remarks

00:11:05 How can we get messages out with a hostile media

00:12:43 What happened to the rebuttal unit?

00:15:03 Won't both votes SNP let unionist parties in?

00:16:14 Constituency seats vs list seats

00:18:53 What do we do if Westminster say no?

00:21:34 Why does SNP not support the ICCPR petition?

00:24:19 How safe is the Scottish NHS from Westminster privatisation?

00:26:18 Is US style fascism coming here?

00:29:25 Why is a majority of SNP+Greens not acceptable?

00:33:30 All indy parties should include independence in their manifesto

00:35:09 How will the situation in Northern Ireland affect independence?

00:36:10 What is the Plan B if Westminster refuse?

00:39:27 Reflections after the event

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