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Title: [SCOT goes POP!] Lisa Keogh, candidate for the Alba Party in the Arbroath West, Letham & Friockheim ward, is today's guest on the Scot Goes Popcast
Post by: ALBA-Bot on Mar 26, 2022, 06:38 AM
Lisa Keogh, candidate for the Alba Party in the Arbroath West, Letham & Friockheim ward, is today's guest on the Scot Goes Popcast
For Episode 15 of the Popcast, I'm joined by Lisa Keogh, who is standing for election to Angus Council at the Scottish local elections in early May. She'll already be well known to many of you, because she made UK-wide headlines last year after Abertay University took disciplinary action against her for simply expressing gender critical views in an online seminar. She was eventually exonerated, but not before her final exams were badly disrupted by an investigation that needlessly dragged on for weeks. In the podcast, she discusses...
* The events of the fateful seminar.
* How "the process was the punishment", even though she was cleared.
* How vexatious disciplinary action of this type is intended to scare people into self-censorship.
* The importance of upholding free speech, even when you find someone's views alien and offensive.
* Her misgivings about Facebook's decision to change its rules and allow violent speech in relation to the Ukraine war.
* Why tackling poverty and "standing up for the little guy" will be her number one priority in the election campaign.
* The challenges of explaining the Single Transferable Vote electoral system to voters.
You can listen to the episode as a traditional podcast via the embedded Soundcloud player below, or via the direct Soundcloud link, or you can watch it in video form via the embedded YouTube player. The Popcast is also available on Stitcher and Spotify.