http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: OT: Break up of Britain 18 November en Thu, 21 May 2026 05:49:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21398#post-371764 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:34:17 +0000 LaidBack 371764@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A good line up of speakers. Fintan O'Toole also was meant to be on this. There's a video of him on the site.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23924227.break-britain-conference-tom-nairn-right/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23924227.break-britain-conference-tom-nairn-right/</a></p> <p><blockquote>The idea that any of us can be “above” nationalism is deceptive. Nairn’s analysis showed why the influence of nationality is ­inescapable.</blockquote> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21398#post-371761 Thu, 16 Nov 2023 12:00:22 +0000 SRD 371761@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Anyone else attending? </p> <p>At the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh on 18th November 2023, we are convening a major event on the future of the United Kingdom, its nations, and the European Union, inspired by the work of Tom Nairn.</p> <p>One of the speakers, Caroline Lucas, the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, calls the event “incredibly timely and important.” Other speakers include The National columnist Lesley Riddoch, writer Neal Ascherson, journalist Isabel Hilton, Clive Lewis MP, The Scotsman journalist Joyce McMillan, author James Robertson, Professor Richard Wyn Jones, former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood and Radical Independence Campaign co-founder Jonathon Shafi – with many more speakers soon to be confirmed.</p> <p><a href="https://thebreakupofbritain.net" rel="nofollow">https://thebreakupofbritain.net</a> </p>