Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce. If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you.
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Debates Deselections and the Donald
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Monday saw the first election debate on STV and the return of Farage as leader of Reform and a candidate in the General Election. Farage captured the headlines across the media but how relevant is he and his party to Scotland? STV's "Leaders' Debate" was an odd affair in that it featured four male MSPs none of whom is standing for election to Westm…
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The General Election campaign is well under way and we look at how it's been going both in Scotland and the UK. Will devolved matters dominate the debate in Scotland. How can the SNP focus voters minds on Westminster issues? Lesley has particular insights on this after her sojourn in Orkney, Shetland and Caithness. Can the Tories recover from the s…
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In this podcast extra we speak with Stewart Kirkpatrick, the former head of digital for Yes Scotland who has launched a survey designed to find out just why the 2014 referendum was lost. Since then Stewart has worked for the petition and campaigns website 38 Degrees before moving to openDemocracy as their head of impact. His experiences there taugh…
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General Election-Podcast Special
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In this special edition of the Lesley Riddoch podcast we give our immediate reaction to and analysis of Rishi Sunak's surprise announcement of a General Election on the 4th of July. ★ Support this podcast ★Par Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce
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The report into the infected blood scandal has finally been published and it makes for damning reading. It found that this "not an accident", and that the government and the NHS had engaged in "downright deception" over decades. We speculate on whose head will roll as a result of the findings and marvel at the fortitude of survivors and campaigners…
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As the dust settles on the SNP leadership question and the Cabinet reshuffle, the focus now shifts to what policies the Swinney government will pursue. Will it be a simple battle between "Left" and "Right"? Growth has been promised but what will this mean in practice and will there be a new openness to ideas outwith the usual lobbying suspects? Cha…
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Humza Yousaf officially resigned as First Minister just before noon this Tuesday. John Swinney was elected unopposed as leader of the SNP after Graeme McCormick dropped out. The theatre switched stage to Holyrood where the formality of his ascendancy to FM was played out. We give our reaction to both of these. What will his election to both posts m…
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In this bonus episode we focus on the news that the field to become the new leader of the SNP and next First Minister seems to be down to just one candidate as Kate Forbes announced that she would be supporting John Swinney's candidacy. We look at John Swinney's speech and analyse both it and Kate Forbes statement and speculate on the significance …
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One topic and one topic alone in this week's episode. We give our immediate reaction to the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. Why did he resign? Who will be the next SNP leader and First Minister? What next for the Greens and Alba? ★ Support this podcast ★Par Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce
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The past week in Scottish politics has been all about fall outs. Who can speak at an independence rally? Which rally should take precedence? Will the Scottish Greens bail out of the Bute House Agreement over the abandonment of climate change targets and the Cass Review? We ask if these disputes mask the dearth of ideas at government level over how …
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In this week's episode we wonder if Iran has fallen into the trap set by an increasingly desperate Netanyahu who was seeing Western support for Israel's actions in Gaza ebb away. Israel has long argued that the whole Gaza war has in effect been “a war against Iran” from the start. An Iran which threatened not only Israel but stability across the re…
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As promised last week we do tackle the Land Reform Bill but not before casting our gimlet gaze over other major issues. Ally McCoist didn't turnup at the Rangers v Celtic match on Sunday so missed out on the opportunity to fall foul of the new Hate Crime Act. However 48000 other Rangers fans did, we revisit the Act in light of what did and didn't h…
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April Is The Cruelest Month
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Humza Yousaf has been First Minister and leader of the SNP for a year. We look back at the past 12 months and ask no matter how effective he has been in steering Scotland through crises which have seen massive strike action in England why do so many folk seem dismissive of his tenure. We also question the timidity of the Scottish Government in chal…
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April the first( Hands up who thinks Gowk's Day was a smart idea?)sees the introduction of the new Hate Crime and Public Order( Scotland) Act. We try and delve beneath the social media sound and fury to look at the reasoning behind the act and its pros and cons. Back at Westminster Stephen Flynn skewered Labour during PMQs with their seeming embrac…
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Humza Yousaf's using the phrase “Tory-free” umpteen times when addressing SNP activists, and telling Scottish Tory MPs: “The SNP is coming for you.” seems to have set off a political storm not just among the usual suspects but such SNP luminaries as Pete Wishart and the Aberdeen Independence Movement. Unwarranted pearl clutching? We discuss. Last W…
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It's Not What You Think
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Back after the two week break when Pat decided to take his holidays at precisely the wrong, political, time. In this "while he was away" episode we kick off with our reaction to the return of George Galloway to Westminster after his thumping victory in the Rochdale by election. As Galloway enters Parliament Lee Anderson departs from the Tory Party …
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Scotonomics Festival-Podcast Extra
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In this podcast extra we speak with William Thomson who along with Kairin Van Sweeden co-founded Scotonomics. It was set up with" a commitment to enhancing economic literacy and fostering discussions that are informed, objective, and accessible to a wide audience, with a particular focus on the economic context of Scotland." A major part of this is…
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