A Scottish Citizens' Convention

Scottish Independence Podcasts

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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