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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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Fire in Iceland

Published: December 17, 2024 13:59

Iceland has a stunning landscape with glaciers galore … but is more properly fire island. Lava, earthquakes eruptions and volcanoes dominate life and world headlines. Before Christmas 2023, an eruption forced people from their homes in the fishing port of…

Award Season

Published: December 10, 2024 14:40

The latest Norstat poll for the Sunday Times put support for independence at 54% and the SNP on track to be the largest party after the 2026 election and a pro independence majority  at Holyrood. It also showed a startling drop off for Labour and the…

Cap In Hand

Published: December 5, 2024 15:14

Lesley reflects on Alex Salmond's memorial service in this week's episode. How was the service itself? Can it prove to be a significant moment in unifying the struggle for Scottish independence?Wednesday saw the first Scottish Budget since the return of a…

Show Us The Money

Published: November 26, 2024 14:10

MPs are scheduled to vote on the Private Members’ Bill proposed by Kim Leadbeater, the Labour MP, to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults on Friday.However a cross party group has co-sponsored a so-called “fatal motion amendment” that could…

Cute Moves

Published: November 19, 2024 13:41

Anas Sarwar has announced a U turn on Scottish Labour's stance on Winter Fuel Payments. If they form a Holyrood government in 2026 he has pledged to reverse the cuts and reintroduce the payments to pensioners on a universal but means tested basis. What…

What Happened?

Published: November 12, 2024 14:40

It's the aftermath of the US Presidential Election and there are lots of questions.Did Trump win or did the Democrats lose?What do Trump's first appointments tell us about what to expect from his administration?Will the next four years totally redefine the…

Remember Remember

Published: November 5, 2024 14:03

We pick over the detail of last week's UK Budget. Did it signal the "end of austerity" as Anas Sarwar claims? What's the reality of the increase in the Scottish Block Grant? What impact will it have on December's Scottish Budget and what challenges does it…

A Square Go

Published: October 29, 2024 14:02

As the US Presidential election enters its final days Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Garden where speaker after speaker spewed racist, misogynist bile. Has this harmed or enhanced his campaign in those seven vital swing states where the…

A Waste Of Energy

Published: October 22, 2024 13:21

Lesley's back from her trip to Iceland with lots to talk about and share including disturbing news about The Gulf Stream.https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/09/atlantic-ocean-circulation-nearing-devastating-tipping-point-study-findsThere seem…