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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