Nov 22 2012 42 mins
For Episode 13 I spoke with Robin McAlpine who, amongst other things, is the editor of Scottish Left Review and the director of the advocacy group The Reid Foundation.
Democracy was a big theme in the discussion and we spoke about the importance of mapping out the stages of the independence process and how democracy is key in every part of that. We also talked about the weakness of local democracy in Britain in general and Scotland in particular and how this is something that needs changing.
Furthermore, we talked about the hollowing out of democracy that has been successfully carried out by the neoliberal institutions and why Scottish Independence will help to at least improve this situation.
A very interesting point on why it is crucial not to allow cultural arguments to be removed from the Independence debate is in there somewhere as well.
www.reidfoundation.org
http://www.scottishleftreview.org/
Democracy was a big theme in the discussion and we spoke about the importance of mapping out the stages of the independence process and how democracy is key in every part of that. We also talked about the weakness of local democracy in Britain in general and Scotland in particular and how this is something that needs changing.
Furthermore, we talked about the hollowing out of democracy that has been successfully carried out by the neoliberal institutions and why Scottish Independence will help to at least improve this situation.
A very interesting point on why it is crucial not to allow cultural arguments to be removed from the Independence debate is in there somewhere as well.
www.reidfoundation.org
http://www.scottishleftreview.org/
