Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

Fresh from the SNP's Autumn conference, Craig Dalzell chats with Tim Ridout about his own two conference motions, both of which were passed overwhelmingly.  Whether this will result in action from the SNP leadership remains to be seen, but Tim's proposals certainly seem to resonate with the SNP's rank and file membership

This week's guests are three young activists who were busy calling out polluters during COP.  Host Marlene quizzes them on how it feels to take direct action such as disrupting a meeting (maybe doing a little research?) and their hopes and fears for the future.    

Dr Mark McNaught's guest this week is Believe in Scotland's Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp.  Fresh from organising the delivery of an 8 page pro-independence newspaper to a million homes in Scotland, Gordon sets out his thoughts on GERs, the Wellbeing economy, likely future indyref campaign tactics and some tantalising glimpses into polling information that gives us great cause for optimism.

The role of particular scientists in opposing policies to slow and halt global warming has been extensively documented. The role of economists, however, has received less attention. Until now. We are joined by Ben Franta as part of our Road To Cop 26 series to talk about big oil and the role the industry played (supported by Economists) to deny the impact of fossil fuels in warming the planet and to delay climate action. This is a fascinating discussion that covers some very Scotland specific issues. Our old friend Sir Ian Wood gets a mention or two. Read Ben's latest paper here: Weaponizing economics: Big Oil, economic consultants, and climate policy delay https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

Welcome to episode 5 of "There is no planet B",  our series of conversations with climate activists.   In this episode host Marlene Halliday chats with activist Ruth Watson about the alternative COP that took place in Kirriemuir throughout the Glasgow COP26 fortnight. The video version of this interview is also available on Independence Live's Youtube channel.

Round up of the most interesting jigsaw pieces this month, which was of course dominated by COP26, although there were plenty of other items too. 00:35 Nicola Sturgeon speech at Strathclyde Uni - Scotland's COP26 ambitions 08:33  Rhoda Grant MSP /Emma Roddick MSP - land reform and the threat of the "green lairds" 20:56   Nicola Sturgeon interviewed by Christianne Amanpour at COP26 about Scotland's climate change targets 31:06    Michelle Thompson MSP asks deputy FM John Swinney a question about the Supreme court judgement on Rights of the Child bill  34:00    Anthony Salamone at an AIM meeting on EU flexibility on issues of debt, currency and deficit of aspiring future member states 39:54    Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Global Assembly at COP26 47:49    Robin McAlpine chats to Marlene Halliday about the need for "a coalition of the willing" to combat climate change 51:57    Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce discuss the electrification of Scottish rail services Catch the regular broadcast of the Indy Jigs

In episode 4 of our series of conversations with climate activists, host Marlene Halliday chats with Justin Kenrick of Extinction Rebellion about the role of grassroots activists in pressing governments to tackle the climate emergency.  This is the podcast version of the original livestreamed interview which took place during the COP26 conference in Glasgow, and is also available to watch on IndylveRadio's Youtube channel.

Indylive.radio are grateful to Yes Inverclyde for letting us share their meeting with Neil Gray MSP introducing the report of the Social Justice committee, a radical new proposal which could be as significant as devolution in Scotland's journey.  

Concluding part of Marlene Halliday's conversation with Robin McAlpine, Head of Strategy Development at Commonweal.      

Welcome to episode 2 of our new series to tie in with COP26.  In this episode presenter Marlene Halliday continues her conversation with Commonweal's Head of Strategic Development Robin McAlpine. Topics include the need for a "coalition of the willing" to encourage trade with environmentally responsible countries and also some novel ideas on public transport options of the future, and much more. Find out more about Common Weal from their website https://commonweal.scot  

AS COP26 descends on Glasgow with the world eagerly awaiting the outcome, Indylive Media present a new series of conversations with climate activists. In this first episode, Robin McAlpine, Director of Strategic Development at Commonweal, joins presenter Marlene Halliday as they share their feelings about progress - or lack of it - and their hopes for the outcome of COP26. Robin has worked for 25 years in journalism, public affairs, political strategy and policy. He writes for a wide range of sources on Scottish politics and is the author of several books. 

Chaired by Corrie Wilson for Voices for Scotland, this is a wide ranging discussion on the subject of currency in an independent Scotland.  Participants are Peter Ryan, Dr Tim Ridout, Kairin Van Sweeden and Robbie Mochrane.  There are many aspects on which the participants do not agree with each other and it is refreshing to have respectful debate on these points. The video version of this discussion is also available on the IndyliveRadio youtube channel

Glasgow Pensioners for Indy have a lively and informative chat with SNP President Mike Russell on a range of topics including campaigning for and winning Indyref2 and the importance of an interim constitution and how that might come about

We are grateful to the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) for sharing the meeting of their climate change group with guest speaker Dr Keith Baker, expert in fuel poverty, energy policy and built environment asset management. Keith is also a member of Commonweal's energy working group. Topics covered in this discussion include: 1. Energy Performance Certificates 2. Using real time data 3. Geothermal heating 4. The National Energy Company 5. District Heating Systems 6. Ground Source Heat Pumps 7. Property Energy Efficiency Targets 8. Incineration plants 9. Smart Meters 10. Hydrogen as fuel

Welcome to the Indy Jigsaw Podcast, a monthly selection of the best clips from indylive.radio's weekly politics show,  building up the picture of an Independent Scotland piece by piece. This episode features Lesley Riddoch, James Hawes, Dr Philippa Whitford, Tony Guiliani, Lorna Slater, John Swinney, Joanna Cherry and George Kerevan. You can catch the Indy Jigsaw weekly radio show at Noon on Tuesdays on Indylive.radio and there are video versions of many of the clips on Indylive.radio's Youtube channel in the Indy Jigsaw Playlist   

Organised by the Edinburgh Yes Hub, the Big Indy Debate took place at the Queens Hall in Edinburgh on 21st September.  It was an excellent evening's entertainment with music and satire as well as debate.   The core of the event was a debate panel chaired by Lesley Riddoch.  Panel members were Robin McAlpine from Commonweal, Colin Fox from SSP, Michelle Thomson SNP MSP, Gillian Mackay Scottish Green MSP, Selma Rahman Edinburgh WFI and Mike Small from Bella Caledonia. This podcast focuses on the questions for the panel and their answers. The whole event is available to view on Independence Live's Youtube channel.    

Novelist and popular historian who has also written screen adaptations for two of his works. "'Speak for England' foreshadowed Farage, May and Brexit with such unnerving accuracy it deserves some kind of prescience prize" (Observer 23.4.2017).  

This week, Craig talks to David Patrick, author of recently published book Front-Page Scotland which looks at how stories about Scottish independence were reported in the newspapers throughout the 2014 independence referendum campaign. They discuss how the framing of stories on topics such as economics depended largely on whether the points favoured one side of the campaign or the other, which topics were given a disproportionate amount of time in coverage and which people and personalities saw more coverage than others. Finally, they discuss lessons to be learned from the last campaign that could be applied now such as how activists can better examine news stories to assess if the issues are being reported fairly.

The Green Savings Bond. There are a whole host of ways that a government can take to encourage a shift to a greener economy. The Green Savings Bond, the latest idea from the Westminster Government, is not one of them.    Over the summer UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a plan to direct £15B of funding towards green projects to help decarbonize the UK economy.  To achieve this he has chosen the good old Bond market, but with a wee twist, rather than using the traditional bond market where institutional investors look to hedge their riskier investments, by buying risk-free bonds from the government, he is after the publics’ savings.  In the most basic terms, the Green Savings Bond scheme will direct some of the great British public’s savings towards green projects.  So we have the headline: £15B of funding towards green projects. Sounds good, doesn’t it? But we all know never to believe the headline.  That £15B of funding towards green projects is across two years and will only be invested if the great

Nicola Sturgeon's speech from the SNPs virtual conference Sept 2021