The Speakers
Professor
Mariana
Mazzucato
Professor at UCL and Author
A New Scottish Economy
Mariana Francesca Mazzucato is an Italian-American an economist and academic. She is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL) and founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP). She is best known for her work on dynamics of technological change, the role of the public sector in innovation (including modern "mission-oriented" policies), and the concept of value in economics. The New Republic have called her one of the "most important thinkers about innovation". Her latest book titled The Common Good Economy is a must read for everyone in Scotland that supports the creation of a independent new Scottish economy.
Sara Salyers
Constitutional Researcher
Salvo & Liberation Scotland Taking Scotland's case to the UN.
Sara was one of Scotland's most respected BBC documentary producers before leaving the BBC and helping to set up Salvo. From the Claim of Right to the Treaty of Union she has been instrumental in bringing these historic documents to life. However her swan song could well be the case for Scotland's right to Self Determination which has started its journey to the UN and its C24 Committee. Not to be missed.
Iain
Dale
Journalist, Author & Broadcaster
Meet the Authors
Iain Dale hosts a radio show on LBC that regularly attracts 750,000 listeners per week. He has authored some 18 books including his latest titled "Have I Said Too Much?". Which has been endorsed by ex Conservative PM David Cameron. Iain has recently interviewed Nicola Sturgeon, Joanna Cherry KC and Stephen Flynn as part of his Iain Dale Talks at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this year.
Lord Prem
Sikka
Labour Peer
A New Scottish Economy
Lord Sikka is a Labour Party Peer is is a British-Indian accountant and academic. He holds the position of Professor of Accounting at the University of Sheffield, and is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex. Sikka is a co-founder of the Tax Justice Network, and has served as a Senior Adviser to it since its establishment in 2002.[3] Through this he became involved in politics, briefing the Socialist Campaign Group before becoming involved in policy development for Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell, working on issues related to tax, corporate governance and executive pay.
Alex
Neil
SNP The Road Ahead
A Scottish politician and campaigner for Scottish independence. A Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing from 2012 to 2014 and Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners' Rights from 2014 to 2016. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he was the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Airdrie and Shotts constituency from 2011 until his retirement in 2021.
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A SNP politician that's not afraid to call out policy failures and has a clear view of what's needed to help the SNP deliver its core purpose.
Wee Blue Book
Wings Over Scotland
Stuart Campbell is a Scottish blogger, former video game designer and former video game journalist. Born in Stirling, he moved to Bath in 1991 to work for computer magazine Amiga Power as a staff writer, where he gained attention for his video game reviews.
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​Campbell launched Wings Over Scotland in November 2011 with the stated aim of providing a "fair and honest perspective on Scottish politics" with a pro-independence slant, after he "got fed up of just shouting at the TV when Newsnight Scotland was on". While the mainstream media ignored the missing funds in the SNP accounts, Campbell published many forensic stories on the missing funds that could not be traced in the SNP published accounts. This work led to a police investigation after a number of party members raised concerns with the police. The SNP ex CEO Peter Murrell is currently serving a 5 year and 3 month prison sentence for embezzlement.
Ron
Culley
Meet the Authors
A Scottish author probably best known for his books "Firebrand" about the death of SNP lawyer William McRae or "The Last Colony". Ron has just finished writing his new book which will be published in time for Christmas.
Professor Robert Black KC
The Final Word
Professor Robert Black KC has has a stellar legal career. He readily admits to being extremely sceptical of claims that Scotland is a colony. That was until in 2025 he undertook to research the claims. In a bombshell speech at the SSRG Conference last year the Professor laid bare the reality of what followed the signing of the 1706 Treaty of Union. "For England nothing changed but for Scotland everything changed."
Speaker List & those invited:
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Prof Alf Baird
Dr Tim Rideout
Craig Murray
Dr Elliot Bulmer
Eva Comrie
Dr Yvonne Ridley
Ron Culley
Neale Hanvey
Douglas Chapman
Sara Salyers
David Younger
Jim Sillars
Alex Neil
more to follow...
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The SSRG Team:
Dr Mark McNaught
David Henry
Brian Allan
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Political Parties Invited:
SNP, ISP, Scottish Greens, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives.
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