THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST:

Today I’m picking up on a telling moment in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir where she admits a flaw in her famed emotional intelligence.

I argue that this reveals a more general flaw in Scottish nationalist thinking, one that acts as a brake on SNP advancement.

And I show how it is responsible for the most stupid idea in Scottish nationalism.

What is that stupid idea? Listen and find out!

I covered the same ground in my column in The Times this week. You can read it here:

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/snp-must-realise-not-everyone-is-nationalist-to-the-bone-q2jwd7gsf

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The Jaggy Thistle is a podcast with a focus on Scottish politics and Scottish culture.

The podcast is presented by Kenny Farquharson, an award-winning Scottish journalist who is a political commentator with The Times.

The Jaggy Thistle is also a Substack publication with essays, reportage, analysis and documentary photography.

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You may like this podcast if you are a fan of The Rest is Politics, The News Agents, Newscast, Holyrood Sources, Planet Holyrood, The Stooshie, The Steamie, The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast, Scotcast and Americast.

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