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August 16, 2024 Battle of Falkirk Commemoration
The Battle of Falkirk took place on 22nd July 1298 and was a tragic loss for the Scots under William Wallace. His comrade Sir John de Graham, or Graeme, died in the battle and is buried at Trinity church in Falkirk.
The De Graeme Society organise an annual commemoration of the battle and the brave Scots who gave their lives defending our freedom.
This year's event, whilst a moving occasion, was also a family friendly day out with medieval market, battle re-enactments, performers, a town Crier and all sorts of other activities to engage, entertain and educate Scots in our own history.
Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene went along to Falkirk and this is their souvenir of the day.
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28 min
August 09, 2024 A Scottish Citizens' Convention
Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp is our guest for the second episode in our new series of podcasts on the theme of A National Conversation for Scotland.
Gordon is head of campaigning organisation Believe in Scotland and he joined Indypodcasters Marlene and Fiona in the studio to talk about ambitious plans for a Scottish Citizens' Convention.
Topics covered include:
00:00:27 What is a Citizens' Convention?
00:06:16 Timescale and other Challenges
00:09:28 Not an Indy Trojan horse
00:13:02 Not a Citizens' Assembly
00:16:17 Who runs the Indy Movement?
00:19:45 A Broader Conversation
00:24:00 A Deeper Conversation
00:33:14 Political Reactions
00:37:12 Trusting the Trustees
00:41:58 Creating solutions?
00:49:00 Holyrood 2026

You can find Believe in Scotland's proposal paper here: https://www.believeinscotland.org/delivering_independence_via_a_new_style_citizens_convention/
Coming up: 17th August: Campaign Day in Inverness
21st August: Scottish Independence Congress meeting
18th September: 7pm Rally at Holyrood
  You can find out more about Believe in Scotland events here: https://www.believeinscotland.org/events

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Music:
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1 hr
August 02, 2024 Leanne Wood: A Blueprint from Wales?
Part 1 of our new podcast series A National Conversation for Scotland .
Following the shockwaves from the General Election result, we decided to revisit the topic of a national conversation for Scotland, starting with a fresh look at the conversation we had with Leanne Wood about the Welsh Constitutional Commission.
In this episode we revisit that conversation and consider what ideas and opportunities can be applied in Scotland too.
Main themes:
00:04:46 A healthy debate
00:10:09 A democratic revolution
00:17:39 Silence from Westminster
00:20:24 Practising for a Constitution
00:28:10 Crux of the Report
00:33:55 A Voice for the People
The Final report from the Welsh Constitutional Commission is here https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2024-07/independent-commission-on-the-constitutional-future-of-wales-final-report.pdf
Believe in Scotland's Citizen's Convention proposal is here https://www.believeinscotland.org/delivering_independence_via_a_new_style_citizens_convention
The Scottish Independence Forum website is here https://independenceforum.scot/
This conversation was originally part of a longer podcast in our Mibbes Aye series which you can find here https://youtu.be/LaoS2TmY21o?si=otiV9AdDbjmjDL3A
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
41 min
July 26, 2024 Robert the Bruce: A Man with a Plan
This month saw the 750th anniversary of the birth of one of Scotland's greatest heroes, Robert the Bruce.
In this episode, filmed mainly on location in Bannockburn, we draw from three different accounts of the Bruce's most famous battle and attempt to pinpoint the most likely sites of the different phases of the battle. We also examine the military and strategic genius of a man whose plans for every eventuality were so thorough they even included his own escape from Hell! We also reveal secrets hidden in the last verse of Burn's famous poem Scots Wha Hae.
You can also find our Battle of Loudoun Hill episode here
Check out our Scottish History playlist on our Youtube channel @indypodextra here
Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod and Epic Celtic Music
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33 min
July 19, 2024 Tis But A Flesh Wound
Following the election results earlier this month, indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene invited guest and friend of the podcast Lynne Dougan into our studio for a chat. Lynne was at the count of the Alloa and Grangemouth constituency and gives us some behind the scenes insights as to what goes on through the night of an election.
This episode was originally broadcast live on our YT channel and you can also watch it here
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37 min
July 12, 2024 Women O' Independent Mind
Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene were delighted to take part in a panel discussion which took place after Edinburgh Women for Independence group's AGM in June.
The format was:
00:01:09 Sam Page from Yes for EU on the topic of reasons to rejoin the EU
00:08:42 Ruth Ritchie on behalf of Believe in Scotland on the topic of grassroots activism
00:16:42 Marlene Halliday from Pensioners for Indy talking about the generation gap in independence support
00:24:30 Fiona McGregor talking about how and why we started this podcast
00:31:23 Q and A session
You can find the podcast episodes mentioned in the discussions here:
Yes 4 EU workshop - https://scottishindypod.scot/mibbes-aye-show/scotland-in-the-eu/
Pat Kane discussion - https://scottishindypod.scot/mibbes-aye-show/over65s-why-still-not-yes/
You can find out more about Edinburgh Women for Independence on their website https://www.edinburghwfi.com/
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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod

52 min
July 05, 2024 Dissolving the Union with Graeme McCormick
Why did Graeme McCormick decide to stand in the SNP leadership contest and why did he then withdraw his candidacy to allow John Swinney to be elected unopposed?
We last chatted to Graeme McCormick in September 2023 about his proposals to dissolve the UK union and how that might come about (you can listen to that episode here https://www.podbean.com/eas/pb-axz4k-14a2c72 )
Since then, Graeme has stood for the Presidency of the SNP but was beaten by Mike Russell. He brought his case to the SNP's independence strategy conference which Humza Yousaf held and most recently, announced his intention to stand in the latest SNP leadership contest. In the event, John Swinney was elected unopposed.
But just why did Graeme withdraw his candidacy? And where does he think the independence campaign needs to go next?
This is a podcast version of an episode of the TNT show on Independence Live's Youtube channel. As a live broadcast, their episode was plagued with technical issues which we have edited out.
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33 min
July 02, 2024 Election Special: The Final Countdown
As we enter the last week of the General election campaign trail, Marlene and Fiona chat to Indy supporters at the Bannockburn rally - and find a mixed set of views!
We also consider what the turnout might be and whether people are sufficiently disenchanted with the election campaign that they will abstain, or spoil their ballots and what practical effect this has.
We spill the beans on the cost of that GB Energy logo!
We had a good chat with Bill Bonnar, the Scottish Socialist Party candidate standing in Rutherglen and asked just why smaller parties stand in first past the post elections they have no hope of winning. The John MacLean lecture we mentioned in the discussion is here https://youtu.be/F6xJPWf14K0?si=skAqf_WjxTydvE2A
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
49 min
June 28, 2024 Manifesto Madness
As the party manifestos start to appear, Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene are joined by guest Marion Robertson to pick out the bits we like from the manifestos on offer.
Note that the first half of this episode was recorded before the official launches of the Scottish Greens and Alba manifestos, links to both are below.
Main themes are:
00:00:30 ISP (Independence for Scotland Party)
00:01:37 Scottish Greens
00:07:53 Alba party
00:15:37 SSP (Scottish Socialist Party)
00:20:29 Tory/Reform
00:23:26 Campaign checkpoint
00:27:38 SNP
00:35:03 Labour's response
00:48:00 Starmer - first steps and two faces
00:51:49 GB Energy
01:02:24 The Union's last gasp

Scottish Greens manifesto now published, available here https://greens.scot/Manifesto2024
Scottish Socialist Party policy statement available here https://scottishsocialistparty.org/4-july-general-election-drive-out-all-shades-of-tories-for-socialist-change/
Alba Party policy statement available here https://www.albaparty.org/where_we_stand
SNP manifesto here https://www.snp.org/manifesto/

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Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Industrial Cinematic by Kevin MacLeod

1 hr 4 min
June 21, 2024 Over 65s: Why still not yes? With Pat Kane
Musician, author and journalist Pat Kane is our guest in this episode when we discuss why over 65s are still not convinced by independence.
Pat suggests the answer might lie in our musical influences - are former hippies, punks and post punks more likely to challenge the status quo?
Themes included in our discussion are:
00:02:43 Musical influences on attitudes
00:04:47 Post-war British consensus
00:06:24 Rise of Scottish music and culture in the 80s and 90s
00:07:10 Social class component shaping attitudes
00:09:26 Sterlingisation and continuity
00:10:28 Climate crisis and security
00:12:02 Community resilience and the role of elders
00:13:49 The long haul to indy
00:14:56 Cosmo - localism
00:16:16 War time experiences
00:19:45 Hippies, punks and post punks
00:23:17 Citizen self determination
00:25:40 Spirit of 2014
00:30:05 Community development
00:38:10 Project fear revisited
00:43:20 Our Third Act
Pat's think tank - https://www.thealternative.org.uk/
More about Pat Kane https://www.patkane.global/who-is-pat-kane
You can watch the video version of this podcast at https://youtu.be/dKRGiOhcbSU
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Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
53 min