Independence Forum Scotland (IFS)

Leah is a well known activist and blogger who is involved with various Indy initiatives & John is involved with Energy Scotland https://www.energyscotland.org. They will be discussing various issues regarding the energy sector in Scotland and the latest events that affect Scotland. We are here for TNT Show. Ep208. With guests Leah Gunn Barrett & John Proctor.

Superb Independence Live TNT Show last night with Leah Gunn Barrett and John Proctor discussing energy, democracy and much else. A must-watch!
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YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra Wha's Like Us

Does #culture matter? We think so, especially if that culture has been suppressed over 300 years. This week's podcast is another session from the #IFS conference, discussing positive signs that we are reclaiming our culture
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YouTube video by Scottish Independence Podcasts: IndyPod Extra Sacrifice Your Heating Bill and Other Good Ideas

What would you sacrifice for a wellbeing economy? Let's start with massive heating bills - and many more good ideas from the Independence Forum Scotland conference @williamduguid1.bsky.social @thecommonweal.bsky.social

Watch the wellbeing and UBI session here:

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YouTube video by The Scotland Channel STRAIGHT TALK WITH GUEST TIM RIDEOUT

Another excellent video from
@thescotlandchannel.bsky.social, with Tim Rideout of our member organisation The Scottish Currency Group explaining why, after independence, the pound sterling should be very much in Scotland's rear view mirror.
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The Economics of Independence for Scotland and Wales - Scotonomics The Economics of Independence for Scotland and Wales focusing on Monetary Sovereignty and acting as a currency issuer.

Cracking couple of events coming up from Scotonomics and @yes.cymru, firstly in Glasgow on 11 July, then in Cardiff on 18 July.
Why monetary sovereignty is more than having your own currency - plus an exploration of Modern Monetary Theory.
Glasgow info and tickets:
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Summer Convention 2025 - Independence Forum Scotland Envelope Youtube Icon-twitter-x Created with Fabric.js 5.2.4 Summer Convention 2025 – An Eventful Day in Perth The weather outside may have been dreich, but the mood indoors was extremely positive as over 100 delegates filed into the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June for the second gathering of Independence Forum Scotland’s Convention on Scotland’s […]

'The weather outside may have been dreich, but the mood indoors was extremely positive as over 100 delegates filed into the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June for the second gathering of Independence Forum Scotland’s Convention on Scotland’s Future.'
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75% of Finland is a forest owned by huge cooperatives & that's key to equality. Last century Finnish pulp powered the European newspaper industry & all benefited - not one laird. It's one story we hope to tell in a new film this September. Crowdfunder live now www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/finland---...

Edward Heath blocked US use of UK bases to defend Israel in 1973.

Harold Wilson resisted US pressure to send troops to Vietnam.

From the ’50s to early 2000s, the UK imposed full arms embargoes on Israel for breaking international law.

We can choose not to be America’s poodle.

There were a couple of very good talks about basic income at the recent @indyforumscot.bsky.social event. One by Craig Dalzell @thecommongreen.scot and one by Annie Miller champion of Basic Income @basicincomeaction.bsky.social They’ll be out soon on @scottishindypod.bsky.social

National Convention - Independence Forum Scotland Envelope Youtube Icon-twitter-x Created with Fabric.js 5.2.4 National Convention The next meeting, the Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, will take place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturd...

Interesting speakers on poverty and energy at Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June 2025. Free but register independenceforum.scot/national-con...

A still from the Independence Forum Scotland spring Convention, held at the Greyfriars Charteris Centre, Edinburgh, in March. A World Cafe group gathers around to listen to Craig Dalzell of Common Weal discussing energy.

There are still a few places left at our Summer Convention on Scotland's Future at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June, 10:00 to 16:00. Admission is free and it promises to be a cracking day.
Read all about it in William Duguid's National article:
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UK lobbyists, East Lothian Council and English Labour are working to overturn Scotland's nuclear power ban A place to come and read about why the sovereign People of Scotland, in order to thrive and realise their potential and that of their land and resources, must restore their sovereignty and end the failing union with England.

'Nuclear power is another issue crying out for Direct Democracy, where the Scottish People, not special interests who are in bed with the politicians, have the power to decide via a referendum whether they want it or not.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via 'Dear Scotland'
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Energy Special Podcast Podcast Episode · The Lesley Riddoch Podcast · 27/05/2025 · 40m

Energy Scotland will be giving an update on its activities at our Summer Convention in Perth on Saturday 14 June.
Here's Lesley Riddoch discussing district heating, locational pricing, high prices, grid connections, and pylons with Rhys Stanwix and Dave Pearson of ES.
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National Convention - Independence Forum Scotland Envelope Youtube Icon-twitter-x Created with Fabric.js 5.2.4 National Convention The next meeting, the Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, will take place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturd...

You can find a link to the booking form for the Summer Convention in Perth on Saturday 14 June, so eloquently described by William in the YouTube video linked previously, on the IFS web site here.
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Independence Forum Scotland is holding its Summer Convention on Saturday 14th June in Perth. Marlene talks to William Duguid about the themes of the day & why IFS have chosen them. William also describes IFS approach to these events and their plans for the future. The event is FREE! It’s being hel Independence Forum Scotland : Summer Convention

Here's William Duguid, one of the organisers of our Summer Convention in Perth on Saturday 14 June, speaking to Marlene Halliday of the Indy Podcasters about the event.
(There are still places available, by the way - use the links in the following post in the thread.)
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Burning Down The House Of Cards — Common Weal Rachel Reeves appears to be ready to remove banking regulations put in place after the 2008 Financial Crash, and setting us up for a repeat of it in the future.

'The ‘patient finance’ model of the Scottish National Investment Bank should be one that thinks in terms of years, decades, even centuries, of stable investment rather than the hours, minutes and even microseconds of the financial world.'
@thecommongreen.scot, via Common Weal
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Robin McAlpine

'The idea that permission for Flamingoland was ever in doubt has kept citizens believing that Scotland was still a functioning democracy. It wasn't, and it isn't.'
Robin McAlpine
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The pathetic UK/EU deal won't help Scotland A place to come and read about why the sovereign People of Scotland, in order to thrive and realise their potential and that of their land and resources, must restore their sovereignty and end the failing union with England.

'Once Scotland is independent, the pros and cons of EU vs EFTA should be publicly debated and then decided by the sovereign Scottish People in a national referendum.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via Dear Scotland
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National Convention - Independence Forum Scotland Envelope Youtube Icon-twitter-x Created with Fabric.js 5.2.4 National Convention The next meeting, the Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future, will take place at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturd...

Our Summer Convention is one of a series. The Perth event on 14 June follows a gathering in Edinburgh in March, with the next meeting in the autumn.
Read about our Convention project here:
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Outline programme for Perth here:
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Just three weeks to our Summer Convention on Scotland's Future, at the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June, 10am - 4pm.
What it is to be a Scot, Energy, Land & Democracy updates, and Poverty & the Wellbeing Economy.
Admission free. All welcome. Book at
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YouTube video by The Scotland Channel UNION MYTH SHATTERED

Latest video from @thescotlandchannel.bsky.social: a film on the Liberation Scotland bid to have Scotland recognised by the UN as a 'non self-governing territory', how things are progressing, and all that might stem from it.
Well worth a watch.
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Salutation Hotel, Perth

You're invited to Independence Forum's Summer Convention on Scotland's Future on Saturday 14 June in Perth.
We'll discuss what it is to be a Scot (born here or not), land reform, energy, direct democracy, poverty and the Wellbeing Economy.
Free tickets here:
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Privatisation, foreign ownership and being in the failing UK are behind Scotland's industrial demise Published in the May 14th edition of The National.

'Privatisation of the UK industrial base has been a colossal failure. It didn’t, as promised, enhance competition, lower costs or deliver a better service, but led to the exact opposite.'
Leah Gunn Barrett, via 'Dear Scotland'
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A Vanguard-class nuclear submarine pictured at Faslane (Image: PA)

'Those who wish to hold fast to the crumbling totem of a British bomb are normally motivated not by real security threats or concerns but by a delusional iteration of British greatness.'
Bill Ramsay of the SNP Trade Union Group, via The National
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Pat Kane does a weekly National column, board member Common Weal, associate at Edinburgh Futures Institute, co-founder of https://thealternative.org.uk & (with a Scottish focus) https://spring.site. Still resolutely indy-minded, but as interested in small-I as large-I independence—and the challenge TNT Show. Ep202. With the multi-talented Pat Kane.

Welcome to our newest member organisation, Independence Live, who've been producing excellent content for many years now.
Here's one of their longest-running shows, the TNT ('The Nation Talks') Show with John Drummond, which this week featured the multi-faceted Pat Kane.
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Refreshing to see a potential party leader in England recognising why Scotland may wish to be independent.

With Reform on the rise, Mr Polanski said, "I think if you are on the right-wing of politics, you only ever need to tell a powerful story. It doesn’t need to be based in facts." A GE warning.

An offshore wind farm

'Rather than bemoaning the inequity of the devolution settlement, the mood was positive and focused on what we in Scotland can and should do to build a positive future.'
John Proctor of Energy Scotland, refecting on our Convention on Scotland's Future in Edinburgh in March.
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Flyer contents: Summer Convention on Scotland’s Future Saturday 14 June 2025 Moncrieffe Suite, Salutation Hotel, 30-34 South Street, Perth PH2 8PH ATTENDANCE FREE – BOOKING ESSENTIAL Including: ‘What Does It Mean to be a Scot Today?’ with Stuart McHardy and Roger Emmerson Updates on Scotland’s Future: Energy, Land and Democracy Poverty & The Wellbeing Economy with Craig Dalzell (Common Weal), Eva Comrie (Lawyer & Activist), William Thomson (Scotonomics), Annie Miller (Basic Income Network Scotland) ‘What Does a Wealthy Country Look Like In the 21st Century?’ Panel Discussion and Q + A with Audience Widening the Horizon – Looking Towards the Autumn Convention More information and link to booking form at https://independenceforum.scot/national-convention/

A flyer for the latest Independence Forum Convention on Scotland's Future, which will be at one of my local stamping grounds, the Salutation Hotel, Perth, on Saturday 14 June.
Their Spring Convention in Edinburgh was pretty good, and this looks like another cracker.
Book now! (QR code in image)

Despite being well known around the world, Scotland is a country with no voice on the international stage unlike far smaller countries such as Malta, Nauru, Luxembourg, Belgium or Andorra. All Scotland's foreign policy is decided by the country which annexed it in 1707, thus depriving the world of t SCOTLAND, THE COUNTRY WITH NO VOICE

Compelling new video from the excellent @thescotlandchannel.bsky.social - 'Scotland, The Country with No Voice in The World'.
Get it shared!
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Answers on a postcard, please, preferably with a stamp of fascistic design.