Yes Cowal Scottish Independence Podcast

Building a Democracy for the 21st Century On 26th April the Electoral Reform Society held a conference in Edinburgh called A Scottish Spring with a range of excellent speakers covering topics such as the rise of polarisation in democracy, Scottish public opinion, Civic and local democracy in Scotland , engagement and debate. Indypodcasters Fiona and Marlene were there and very much enjoyed the discussions and presentations.   It was a full day event so we weren't able to film every session in its entirety but these are some of our particular highlights of the day: 00:03:00  Willie Sullivan, ERS Senior Director in conversation with Professor Nicola McEwen, Director of the Centre for Public Policy 00:15:16  Marlene's question 00:16:40  Mark Diffley provides an overview of Scottish public opinion including exclusive polling commissioned for the conference 00:31:00  Esther Roberton, former Co-ordinator of the Scottish Constitutional Convention on the aspirations for the Scottish Parliament and how well it has liv