Politics Galore! A Scottish Politics Podcast

This week we welcome Alistair Stewart of Orbit Communications back to the podcast to talk about the SNP/Green deal and Scotland’s approach to international affairs. Enjoy!

We're back - and how! This week, we're pleased to welcome Eve Livingston to the podcast to talk about her fantastic new book "Make Bosses Pay: Why We Need Unions" (from Pluto Press). Enjoy!

End of term random ramblings that take us to discussing who the next SNP leader might be... and who it shouldn't be! We break for the summer so see you in the autumn. Have a good one.

This week, WiPA Scotland chat with Scottish Greens Co-Leader and newly elected MSP Lorna Slater on experiences of entering Holyrood, the cooperation agreement talks, the green agenda, and circus skills!

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This week, some comparative politics between Sweden and Scotland with Prof. Jonas Hinnfors, Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenberg and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Stirling. Enjoy!

This week we talk to Graham Atkins of the Institute for Government about their recent report ‘Devolved Public Services: The NHS, schools and social care in the four nations’. How is Scotland doing in the UK context? Listen in & find out! You can find the report here: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/devolved-public-services

This week WIPA discuss Covid, the new Scottish Cabinet, Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement of priorities for her ‘first 100 days’, cross-party cooperation, an SNP/Green coalition and our new Scottish parliamentarians.

This week, Gordon MacRae of Shelter Scotland explains what the housing pledges in the SNP & Green manifestos might mean for affordable housing in Scotland in this Scottish Parliamentary session. Enjoy!

This week, we dissect the Scottish election results with Graeme Downie, Director, Orbit Communications inc. how radical might the Greens be & what chance of a second independence referendum? Enjoy!

This week: the Scottish election, dental policy, means testing, candidates to watch (Andy Wightman, Peter Krykant & Bonnie Prince Bob)and a VERY special announcement! Enjoy!

This week, Professor Sir John Curtice of Strathclyde University and What Scotland Thinks & What UK Thinks on the Scottish election. Need we say more? Enjoy!

This week, it's more random ramblings on the Scottish election including manifestos, the dominance of the independence question and a penny bag of Scottish political all sorts. Enjoy!

This week, a random pick 'n' mix of reflections on the election in Scotland so far. Inspirational? Depressing? Listen in and all will be revealed... enjoy!

In a bumper edition this week, as he steps down as an MSP, we talk to John Finnie, about public service, moving parties over NATO, the equal protection law and being a parliamentary parent. Enjoy!

In this episode, we welcome Labour MSP Neil Findlay and talk about his experiences in the Scottish Parliament, his campaigning work on trans-vaginal mesh and life after Holyrood. Enjoy!

This week we interview the outgoing Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament, Ken Macintosh MSP, on his long career in politics and the development of the Parliament since its inception in 1999. Enjoy!

This week we talk to outgoing MSP Gail Ross about her time in the Scottish Parliament and the ups and downs of being the elected member for the largest mainland constituency in Scotland, and of family, the Faroes & the future. Enjoy!

This week, in celebration of International Women's Day, we hand over the podcast to Women in Public Affairs Scotland (with WIPA organising committee members Kimberley Somerside, Clare Slipper & Debbie McCreath) who are talking Covid-19 lockdowns; the Scottish Climate Change Plan & IWD itself inc. Choose To Challenge. Enjoy!

This week we talk to Emily Gray, MD of Ipsos Mori in Scotland, about their latest poll on voting intentions and what it tells us about where we're heading as we move towards the 2021 Scottish election.