Scotland & England's Union

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The union between the nations of Great Britain goes back to 1707. On each side of the border, statesmen started to realise that a closer relationship offered solutions to problems both countries were facing: Scotland needed economic security and England needed political safeguards against French attacks.

In this episode, Scottish historian Professor Murray Pittock talks Dan through the benefits and cracks in this 300-year-old union.

Produced by Hannah Ward and edited by Dougal Patmore

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0:00.0	I'm Ellis James and I'm Colin Murray and this is everything to play for and our
0:05.0	latest two-part series is all about Cricket Maverick Kevin Peterson. We'll be talking
0:10.1	about the ashes, highs and lows, K.P. Spats with a cricketing establishment
0:15.4	and a certain text message scandal.
0:17.6	Delighted to announce I'll be using the phrase ebb and flow,
0:20.7	probably more than I should.
0:22.1	Definitely more than you should. Definitely more than you should.
0:24.4	Follow everything to play for wherever you get your podcasts.
0:28.6	This episode is in paid partnership with the Department of Work and Pensions.
0:37.0	Now the things we choose to tell our parents and grandparents can be a bit selective at times.
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0:43.8	decided best just not tell that person about. So okay for me well I got
0:48.8	detained arrested if you like by the police in Nairobi in 1998. It's a long story it was not my fault and
0:56.0	charges were not pressed. I was released. However, my mom and dad do not know that.
1:00.9	If they listen to this podcast they will know that now. I am sorry
1:03.5	mom and dad, I want to repeat, it was not my fault. We've all got something
1:07.2	we haven't told our parents or grandparents about and sometimes it's just easier
1:10.5	that way. But here's something you really do need to let them know.
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1:24.0	We're in a mission to make sure that everyone who is eligible is also in the know.
1:27.2	So we think it is all of our duties to tell the older people in our lives this one thing which could
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