Politics Galore! A Scottish Politics Podcast

This week: Is new campaign #ScotlandIsNow too 'political'? Plus latest ONS poverty statistics: what do they really tell us and what kind of policy response is needed?

On not-Brexit-after-all-day we catch up on the delay to the Scottish Government's '(un?)named person' plan and the Scottish Parliament's new sexual harassment policy, the only proposal to stop things happening that we can all agree on. Enjoy!

This week; land reform: MSP Andy Wightman's recent Scottish Parliament members' debate; reports from Community Land Scotland and the Scottish Land Commission and what does it all mean for the person in the street, lane or open ground miles from anywhere. Enjoy!

This week: Brexit, Indyref2 and the state of the Scottish parties & Scottish politics with one of Scotland's premier plugged-in politicos: Alastair Ross. Enjoy!

David's away so we welcome guest co-host Peter McColl and talk about the so-called 'Green Deal' that got the Scottish Budget through and the state of the parties in Scotland. Enjoy!

Tonight: Is Anna Soubry now Mrs TIGgywinkle? We talk The Independent Group and Scotland. Is the car park tax actually real and will it grind hard-working Scots to penurious dust? Not if you vote Conservative in 2021 apparently. Lastly, Shamima Begum: nothing to do with Scotland... or is she? Enjoy!

This week we talk sustainable development and open government with Ruchir Shah of SCVO. Enjoy!

This week: Ross Greer v. Piers Morgan; HMA v. A. Salmond; the Scottish Budget process v. fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of Scottish parliamentary democracy. Enjoy!

This week Graeme Downie from Orbit Communications joins us to peer into the abyss of a Scottish politics outside Brexit and Alex Salmond's troubles and ask: is there NOTHING ELSE happening and, if there isn't, what should?

This week we talk about Neil Findlay MSP's Member's Bill: "Proposed Restrictions of Outside Remuneration etc. of MSPs" i.e. potentially banning second jobs or other outside earnings for those elected to the Scottish Parliament. Enjoy!

In our first podcast of 2019 we juxtapose the Alex Salmond allegations with the provisions of the Transport (Scotland) Bill currently before the Scottish Parliament and discuss what this unlikely pairing tells us about the state of Scottish politics. Enjoy!

We reflect on 2018, the Parliamentary gloom, the political doom but also the causes for optimism. Enjoy! And Merry Christmas, Happy Hogmanay and a Prosperous New Year for 2019!

Tonight we talk Brexit (after this week's Westminster farrago); the Scottish Budget and a second independence referendum (indyref2) with special guest host, Peter McColl. Enjoy!

This week we have an interview with Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton with a focus on his leading work to improve mental health services in Scotland. Hope you like it!

2018 is the Year of Young People and we're delighted to welcome Shaun Cairns of the Scottish Youth Parliament to the podcast. This is a great interview! Enjoy!

Health and Social Care Integration is a flagship Scottish Government policy currently under Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Jeane Freeman MSP, but according to Audit Scotland's latest report the wheels on that bus just aren't going round. Whit's gaun oan? Listen and learn! Enjoy!

In a special extended podcast we talk to the brilliant James McEnaney, whose adventures on a motorbike across Scotland are as nothing compared to his courageous battles through the hostile jungles of Scottish education policy and Freedom of Information law. Enjoy!

To make up for the technical hitch of a fortnight ago an extended podcast tonight with the especially erudite & enthusiastic expert on all things innovative & creative when it comes to participative democracy: Oliver Escober! Enjoy!

Technical difficulties overcome, we're back and talking about the vision for education and health in Scotland - or possible lack of either inc. the recent work of the Scottish Parliament's Education & Skills and Health & Sport Committees and of Audit Scotland on the NHS. Enjoy!

Technical Glitch. No podcast this week. by Andrew Jackson