{"id":4917,"date":"2017-03-22T17:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T17:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/?p=4917"},"modified":"2025-12-27T12:15:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T12:15:28","slug":"debate-on-scotland-the-good-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/2017\/03\/debate-on-scotland-the-good-society\/","title":{"rendered":"The first Sceptical Scot public debate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Join us for a panel discussion at the Traverse Theatre on 25 April about the future of social democracy, healthcare, income equality and education.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaired by David Bell, economics professor at Stirling University, featuring rapper and columnist Darren &#8216;Loki&#8217; McGarvey, public policy specialist Jo Armstrong, social policy expert Maggie Mellon and technology entrepreneur, Ian Ritchie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are delighted that Edinburgh Makar, poet Christine de Luca will also join us to help us cast off for th<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">e evening. Christine is one of the foremost contemporary poets in Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>This would have been&nbsp;the first of a Sceptical Scot series exploring what kind of Scotland we are and want to become. Going beyond the constitutional debate to explore the core issues of what makes a good society and what we mean by a fairer Scotland. What kind of Scotland we become tomorrow requires a clear and honest look in the mirror today. Come and help us shine a light by taking part in an open, generous and non-partisan conversation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>25 April<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6:00pm\u20147:30pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p><strong>Tickets available on the Traverse website online <a href=\"httpss:\/\/www.traverse.co.uk\/?alttemplate=eventdetails&amp;EventId=8801&amp;resize=true\">here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This would have beenl the first of a Sceptical Scot series exploring what kind of Scotland we are and want to become&#8230;What kind of Scotland we become tomorrow requires a clear and honest look in the mirror today. Come and help us shine a light by taking part in an open, generous and non-partisan conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":4918,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125],"tags":[40,41,74,37],"class_list":["post-4917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-devolution","tag-fiscal-framework","tag-health-spending","tag-scottish-education"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17883,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4917\/revisions\/17883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceptical.scot\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}