📽️ Scotland and the World! What would Scotland's relationship with Europe and the rest of the world look like if we had voted YES in 2014?
@JoanMcAlpine
: An Independent Scotland would 'inspire' the rest of the world
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
Alex Salmond takes aim at BBC Scotland over it's reporting of riots taking place across England 👇
🗣️ "Is it really too much to expect to have a media in Scotland that reports SCOTLAND and doesn't want to merge us in with the worst aspect of other societies?"
In the third in the series on leading UK political
#blogs
, we interview Scottish blogger Stuart Campbell on the origins of
@WingsScotland
, his scathing interrogation of the mainstream media + plans for
#WeeBlueBook
v2.
📺 ON:
FB
YT
🔥
@FergusEwingSNP
: "To quote their former leader Robin Harper, he said they've lost the plot... I'm not sure they ever possessed the plot in the first place"
There's no love lost between SNP Rebel, Fergus Ewing, and the
@scottishgreens
📺 Watch at 9 pm:
💬
@DougChapmanSNP
: "Everybody in the SNP knows, everybody in the Yes movement knows that we've had mandate after mandate without any real change"
Chapman argues that if the UK Government don't grant a referendum then the SNP should withdraw it's MP's from Westminster 🔥
Dr Craig Dalzell gives his thoughts on last year's
#ScotWind
auction 👇
🗣️ "While that auction did bring in £750M... Scotland could have been looking at an auction fee... up to about £16 Billion"
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
🏴🗣️|
@thecommongreen
A message from
@AlexSalmond
👇🏴
🗣️ "The hard truth is that the SNP had better very quickly go back to the drawing board on their electoral strategy"
📺 WATCH more:
#SalmondSpeaks
💬 "They've scrapped deposit return, they've scrapped HPMAs, they're going to lose the court case on Gender Recognition"
Should the Scottish Government listen to
@FergusEwingSNP
a bit more? 🤔
📺 Full Episode:
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
In the final part of a series on how
#Brexit
is viewed from Brussels, this week’s edition of the
@AlexSalmondShow
features Europe’s most experienced parliamentarian
@ElmarBrok_MEP
discussing how Brexit is transforming the perceptions of
#Scotland
’s place in
#Europe
📺 RT & Online
📺 A message from
@AlexSalmond
to all those that questioned why he was debating with Unionists and Brexiteers at the Edinburgh Fringe 👇
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
🗣️ "I find myself even more frustrated today looking at the success story of Ireland"
Terry Ewing reflects on his time in Ireland and how that has impacted his views on Scottish Independence.
Watch in full ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
Professor
@RichardJMurphy
sets out the competitive advantage Scotland’s renewable energy sector has over all of Europe, with a willing customer to the south - England
Watch his full interview on the New Economics of Scottish Independence
📺On Air+Online
In this edition, we focus on the highly successful marketing of
#Scotland
, particularly in the fields of tourism and food and drink.
@AlexSalmond
talks to campaigners, practitioners, and academics.
“Nobody ever trusts the British Government, they are always double dealing and their history in Ireland has been one of double dealing for a thousand years”.
Hear more from
@AlMcDonnellSB
in his interview with
@AlexSalmond
📺 On Air+Online
THIS WEEK on
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
Has Cancel Culture reared its ugly head at the Edinburgh Festival or has it been a triumph of free-flowing expression of ideas?
Tune in at 9pm tomorrow
We hope you enjoyed tonight’s tribute to the late, great Winnie Ewing.
If you missed tonight’s programme you can watch it again via the link below 👇🏴
📺➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
🗣️ "It was quite extraordinary, it was an extremely warm reception which warmed my heart"
-
@AshReganALBA
on what it felt like walking out in front of the ALBA delegates for the first time
Full Episode:
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
🎬
@AlexSalmond
interviews actor
@MacfadyenAngus
on his hopes for a patriotic surge following the release of his new film, which shows
#RobertTheBruce
renewing the struggle for Scottish Independence
📺 OnAir+Online
TV
@RT_com
FB
YT
Former MSP
@AlexNeilSNP
on what he thinks Winnie Ewing would be warning the National Movement 👇
💬 "Make sure you don't make the same mistake the Labour Party made in Hamilton and ignore the people"
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
📺 On
@AlexSalmondShow
tomorrow, in part 2 of a 3 part series on Ireland,
@AlexSalmond
speaks with Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, the Irish leader who was one of the key participants in the Good Friday Agreement, twenty years ago
#Brexit
This Thursday begins a three part series examining the rise of the island nation of Malta, the smallest country in the European Union which now boasts the biggest economic growth.
#SetNotification
on Facebook, below...
📺 OnAir + Online
TV:
@RT_com
FB:
This week, Sir Jackie Stewart talks about his F1 career and his life's work on campaigns tackling dyslexia and now the "race against dementia."
Alastair Campbell states his case on how and why the PM should call a halt to Brexit.
#AlexSalmondShow
RT, 0730, 1830 and 2330 GMT
What would Scotland look like today if we had voted for Independence in 2014? 🤔
The first episode, in a four part series, is on an Independent Scotland’s Economy - the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
📺 WATCH:
Have you seen the
@WingsScotland
interview on the
@AlexSalmondShow
yet? It's not to be missed!
WATCH NOW 📺 Online:
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📢
First in a series on the top 10 UK political bloggers:
@AlexSalmond
interviews
@CraigMurrayOrg
, former British Ambassador & now influential blogger.
Whether you think he is right on or far out, watch his amazing story.
📺 ON
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📽️ How would Scottish society look today if we voted YES in 2014?
Robin McAlpine: Independence would rid Scotland of our ‘colonised’ mindset
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
Catch the second part of the riveting interview with
@CraigMurrayOrg
, former British Ambassador - now one of the UK's top ten political bloggers.
📺 WATCH ON:
FB:
YT:
Catch up with Part One of the show:
Don't forget to tune into the second episode of
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
where we pay tribute to the true radical spirit of Scotland, Dr Winifred Margaret Ewing.
Tonight at 9 pm
#MadameEcosse
This week we celebrate
#Burns
featuring a book by
@BrianMcGeachan
on working class hero Jimmy Reid, while fellow Burnsians
@billykayscot
& singing legend Sheena Wellington join Alex to discuss the life of Jimmy Reid & the works of The Bard
📺On Air+Online
Former
@Plaid_Cymru
Leader,
@Dafydd_Wigley
says, if Wales can’t be part of a united Europe within the UK, the case for Welsh independence will grow. We will also see Scotland ditch Westminster rule and the reunification of Ireland.
Watch 📺 On Air+Online:
🔥 "I sincerely hope that people in Scotland who voted Labour will think hard about this"
@RichardJMurphy
doesn't hold back in his criticisms of Labour's plans to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners 👇
Tomorrow at 10 am:
Join
@AlexSalmond
, Bernard Ponsonby and stars of the YES Campaign as they reflect on the referendum 10 years on and outline their hopes for the future 👇
🗓️ Sat 14:09:24
⏰ 6pm - 10:30pm
📍 Glasgow Science Centre (IMAX)
🎟️ Tickets:
“We’re kidding ourselves by saying on the one hand open up the pubs...and on the other hand, we’ve got a virus in circulation. The two are not compatible”. Watch public health expert
@doctorshaib
&
@AlexSalmond
📺 OnAir+Online …
OR
🔥 "What a historical insult to the country... it was only ever underneath the coronation chair in Westminster Abbey... to symbolise English overlordship over Scotland"
👀 Tune in tomorrow morning at 10 am
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
🗣️
@KennyMacAskill
: "One of the first things you can do is deliver a social tariff... to try and ensure that the vulnerable and the poorest are protected from energy costs"
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
With any
#Brexit
trade deal still not over the line,
@AlexSalmond
speaks to
@AngusMacNeilSNP
, Chair of the U.K. Parliament International Trade Committee
📺 Watch On Air+Online;
.
@RishiSunak
is being touted as the next PM, but
@RichardJMurphy
thinks his replacement for furlough is an unemployment creation scheme and could lead to 5 million out of work.
Will the Chancellor’s political stock sink as the jobless total rises?
📺
🚨 SOLD OUT
👏 Thank you to everyone who purchased a ticket! We look forward to seeing you tonight!
⏲️ Doors open at 6 pm
📍 IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre
📺 What if Scotland voted for Independence in 2014? The Economics
@AlexSalmond
speaks to
@DrJim_Walker
to analyse how Scotland would look today if it had voted for Independence in 2014.
Why has the UK struggled to contain
#Coronavirus
when the tiny Faroe Islands have succeeded?
We hear from public health expert
@doctorshaib
on the UK’s test & trace record to date.
📺 OnAir+Online
OR
📺 WATCH: Alex gives his thoughts on the state of Westminster and Holyrood as they both go into recess 👇
🗣️ "The thing to remember for all of us is that the real fight, the real fight, is for Scotland"
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
🏴🗣️
Coming up tomorrow on The
#AlexSalmondShow
Hogmanay Special: Joining Alex and Tasmina on set are
@JudyMurray
,
@Des_Clarke
,
@GerardmBurns
and legendary Scots singer Sheena Wellington. And a surprise Hogmanay message at the end of the show....
A message from
@AlexSalmond
👇
🗣️ "We can banish fuel poverty amid our energy plenty and we can use our energy plenty to repower and reindustrialise Scotland"
Full Episode ➡️
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
St Andrew’s Day sees the publication of a new book exploring the quest for Scottish independence. Historian, Owen Dudley Edwards tells Alex why Scotland’s identity has survived 400 years of monarchical & then political Union with England.
📺On Air+Online:
In our latest episode,
@AlexSalmond
interviews Professor
@RichardJMurphy
of
@CityUniLondon
, and we discuss the new thinking that can boost the economic case for
#Scottish
independence🏴
Be sure not to miss this week’s show!
WATCH📺On Air+Online
Colonel Wilkerson - Nuclear weapons really bother me. Arms control has just fallen apart. I’m hearing generals today say they are war instruments that are feasible. This is nonsense.
WATCH📺the full interview - On Air+Online:
…
Former Scottish Parliament Presiding Officer, Sir George Reid, says that as an independent country, Scotland would be an equal partner that could agree common policies with the rest of the UK
Watch his full interview with
@AlexSalmond
📺 On Air+Online
Footballer
@MarcusRashford
has for many been the real leader of the opposition.
@RichardJMurphy
discusses with
@AlexSalmond
how the England forward has held the UK Gov to account & replaced the Labour Party as the voice for the vulnerable
📺On Air+Online
✊ The Politics of Protest!
Alex is joined by legendary campaigner Tommy Sheridan to discuss the Poll Tax, the Iraq War and now the Slaughter in Gaza 👇
📺 Saturday at 10 am
#ScotlandSpeaks
|
@citizentommy
We examine the “war of the statues” now raging world-wide, with Scotland’s leading historian Prof Sir Tom Devine, while Prof John Robertson casts a sceptical eye over the mainstream media reporting of the issue.
📺 OnAir+Online OR
On the eve of
#StAndrewsDay
, we examine the case for making
#Scotland
’s National Day, a public holiday. Guests consider whether the international movement for a
#FairSaturday
will provide the trigger to make Scotland’s National Day a day of celebration.
This week we ask leading economists
@realVickyPryce
and
@GeorgeKerevan
, whether a prolonged world
#recession
is now inevitable and what new
#economic
thinking will meet the challenges of the post pandemic age?
📺 OnAir+Online: OR
🤔 Why is the Tory blackhole digging a political blackhole for the new Labour Government?
This week, Alex speaks to Professor
@RichardJMurphy
to find out.
📺 Tomorrow at 10 am:
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
🗣️ "In Scotland we are condemned, unless we change things very quickly, to being a land of energy plenty which is beset and layered and covered in fuel poverty"
Full Episode:
#ScotlandSpeaks
with
@AlexSalmond
As
#Afghanistan
recedes from media headlines, Alex speaks to two women whose lives have been irrevocably affected
@HammasaK
an Afghan refugee and journalist
@yvonneridley
who was captured by the Taliban on the eve of the NATO invasion
📺On Air+Online