#36: Robin McAlpine

In Episode 36 of Apolitical we welcome Robin McAlpine as our fifth guest of Season 2. Robin is the Director of Common Weal and has written for a variety of publications, including Bella Caledonia and CommonSpace, on a wide range of topics. Amongst the topics we discuss with Robin on the podcast are: • His introduction to politics and political activism; • His time at Westminster, working for the Labour Party; • Losing his faith in the New Labour project; • The independence referendum campaign and how it changed things; • Common Weal and how it came about; • Where power lies and how to change that; • Progressive taxation; and • Where the independence movement stands today. Please join us in discussing these issues or any other raised in the podcast below, or find us on Twitter at @apoliticalpod . You can

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This episode was published on Mar 1, 2016.

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