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 The Scottish Independence Podcasts team produce a NEW podcast episode every Friday search for Scottish Independence Podcasts wherever you get your podcasts. Remember to like and subscribe! Buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/scottishindependencepodcasts You can also nominate us as your good cause on Easyfundraising.org.uk Contact Us: indypodcasters@gmail.com Visit our website https://scottishindypod.scot for blogposts, newsletter signup and more episodes Subscribe to our Youtube channel @scottishindypodExtra for more of our video footage and clips Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod