Scotland, said the Labour MP Torcuil Crichton earlier this month, is now on the “front line” of NATO’s war with Russia. 

His comments followed the seizure of the Marinera – a Russian-flagged tanker – in the North Atlantic by US forces, with British military support, as the Trump administration continues to enforce its oil blockade on Venezuela. 

The apparent legal basis for the operation, which used Scottish Government-owned airports in Wick and Benbecula, was that the vessel was in breach of US sanctions. 

The Marinera episode, an effective act of state-sponsored piracy on the high seas, has taken place amidst historic shifts – or in Mark Carney’s words, “ruptures” – in the world order. 

On Nest of Fearties, Coll McCail is joined by Jonathon Shafi and David Jamieson to talk about Scotland and the future of Atlantiscism.

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