Alistair McConnachie of pro-UK unionist campaign group and think tank, A Force For Good (AFFG), guest Avellina Balestri, and viewers discuss:
0:00 Welcome.
4:37 Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes resigns!
9:19 Here are the 22 SNP MSPs standing down so far.
10:35 John Swinney's "mandate" for a second referendum is different from Sturgeon's.
23:50 The Bradbury Pound, of 7 August 1914.
30:34 We need a "British Central Bank" ATM system.
33:22 GUEST: American historian and musician, Avellina Balestri: Background to the 1745 Jacobite Wars; not just a Catholic v Protestant or England v Scotland conflict; Col James Gardiner; The Army under Marlborough was "unifying" even before political unification happened; the Scots and the "Act of Security"; Gardiner's early religious awakening; "warrior mystic"; the Battle of Prestonpans 21-9-1745; "Gardiner fought and fighting fell"; his memorial obelisk; religious letters.
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Avellina Balestri is at: https://www.youtube.com/@avellinabalestri

Her book "All Ye That Pass By: Book 1: Gone for a Soldier" is available at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Ye-That-Pass-Soldier/dp/B0D9QMCS6N/

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This is the 148th episode of "Good Evening Britain" broadcast on Wednesday 6th August 2025.