The LRB Podcast

How radical is Scotland?

May 16, 2023

44:28

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Politics of Scottish Leftness

4min

The SNP's Strategy for Getting to Independence

4min

The SMP's Success After Brexit

5min

The History of the Scottish Left

3min

The Disadvantages of the Liberal Democrats in Scotland

5min

The Left-Wing Politics of the SNP in the 60s

3min

The S&P's Failure to Create Economic Suverance

4min

The Left's Frustration With Labour's Success in Scotland

5min

10.

The S&P's Discipline Under Nicholas Sturgeon

4min

11.

The Risky Game of the S&P

6min

Rory Scothorne joins Tom to discuss the evolution of Scottish politics over the past century or so, and how best to understand a country that’s shifted from a centre right electoral majority in the 1950s to a Labour stronghold in the 1980s, to being governed by the SNP since 2007. Is Scotland’s left-wing tradition a myth? And with the loss of Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader, and the recent scandals hitting the party, what are the prospects for Scottish independence?

Read Rory's piece in the LRB: https://lrb.me/scothornepod

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