Politics Galore! A Scottish Politics Podcast

Tonight: Nicola Sturgeon's recent appearance before the Committee Convenors Group at the Scottish Parliament and the SNP General Election Manifesto - and how they are related.

It's UK General Election a-go-go! Nuff said.

Tonight, the attractions of policy and the problems with politics with special guest, Kirsten Hogg. Enjoy!

A freewheelin' podcast tonight where we reflect on how we feel about being in amongst Scottish politics as the General Election looms and what it looks like to us. Subjective? Yup. Entertaining? Hope so!

It's the general election so we talk about every politicians' favourite political football, the NHS. Which is devolved to the Scottish Parliament. So isn't actually a thing in this election. Except it always is 'eh? Anyway, it's about Audit Scotland's latest report.

We're back after Scottish Parliament recess with (drum roll)... the UK General Election! What else? Enjoy!

The Anatomy of a Campaign: podcast co-host David McColgan talks us through the multi-award winning campaign that he spearheaded to see CPR taught in every Scottish school. Free!

This week, we've Mags Hall, environmental activist & Scottish Green Party staffer at the Scottish Parliament, who, as you'll hear, brings dedication, enthusiasm & an incredible amount of (presumably renewable) energy to tackling the climate emergency. Enjoy!

For one night only! If you have a political problem, maybe Nathan Sparling of HIV Scotland, late of the SNP at Holyrood & Westminster, can solve it. A fascinating interview with a true political insider and part-time agony-aunt drag queen! Enjoy!

This week; campaigning councillor Claire Miller, from Edinburgh, redefines what it means to be green as we talk about what her business background does for her politics and her work on transformational transport & city centre housing. Enjoy!

We're back! We start with the Programme for Government at the Scottish Parliament and spin off into the state of the parties, with elections in mind... and some other Westminstery stuff. Enjoy!

At 20.20 on 20 June in 2019 it's 20 years of the Scottish Parliament! In a podcast that is...oh, 35 minutes long. Well, anyway, hindsight is 20/20 vision and so we talk about the last two decades of Holyrood in all its rags and its riches. Enjoy!

Tonight we welcome the remarkable Lorna Slater: Scottish Green Party activist; engineer & in business with Orbital Marine; talking green politics, women in politics & all sorts of other inc. further plugs for Caroline Criado Perez's book! Enjoy!

This week we welcome journalist Eve Livingston. We talk about her work and the social justice, equality & other political issues that drive her including the representation of women in politics, equal pay, drug treatments and trans rights.

The EU Elections aftermath: what it means for Scotland's immediate political future and where it leaves the Scottish political parties. Plus Tory leadership race chuckles. Enjoy!

This week: Is there a cunning SNP plan behind Green MSP John Finnie's stage 2 'workplace parking levy' amendment to the Transport (Scotland) Bill for have we just drunk too much coffee? YOU DECIDE! By listening. Oh, and some EU Elections stuff too. Enjoy!

In a podcast that will warm the cockles of (Housing Minister) Kevin Stewart's heart, we talk housing in Scotland plus a bit of Brexit and more with Callum Chomzcuk of the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland. Enjoy!

This week: the Scottish age of criminal responsibility rises to 12 but is it enough?; who's for elected committee convenors in the Scottish Parliament? and if there's a climate emergency what, other than retaining ADT, will the Scottish Government do about it? Enjoy!

Political Potlatch! The six tests & the indyref2 SNP currency hoo-haa; the crazy world of Westminster: Williamson sacked, Onasanya recalled; Wishart for Speaker and finally; Return of the Ruth. Enjoy!

What else this week after Nicola Sturgeon's announcement? Indyref2 plus a little bit about EU elections. Enjoy!