Politics Galore! A Scottish Politics Podcast

We're back post @scotparl recess and in Episode 10 we welcome the mighty political nouse of Alastair Ross (@AlastairRoss) to the podcast, talking Scottish Budget and the state of the parties in Scotland. This one's a cracker! Enjoy!

This week we have a full length interview with Edinburgh Conservative Councillor Ashley Graczyk, who, after being newly elected in 2017, was described by the Scottish Daily Mail as "a noticeable presence in the Edinburgh City Chambers". Enjoy!

This week David is away but public affairs expert Callum Chomczuk of Pagoda PR is here in his stead. We talk about deal making and Stage 1 of the Scottish Budget, the brand new (hours old!) Domestic Violence (Scotland) Act 2018 and the state of the Scottish parties, with some doubtless unwise forays into election predictions. Enjoy!

This week we feature an interview with Ethan Young from Inclusion Scotland, who's working to make politics and parliament more accessible for disabled people in Scotland. We also touch on diversity and equality in the Scottish Parliament and discuss innovation by its Cross Party Groups.

This week we talk about James Kelly MSP's packed and controversial member's debate on the Scottish Sport Association in the Scottish Parliament and about the Local Government and Communities Committee's thoughtful and frank take on the progress (or lack of it) on Scotland's City Region deals. Enjoy!

In this week's episode we talk about the reform of the Scottish Parliament that will take place in the first half of 2018 and how we think the year might pan out in Scottish politics, with our guest Graeme Downie of top independent Scottish public affairs & PR firm, Orbit.

In a bumper Christmas 'cast before we break for the holidays we talk Scottish Budget, Brexit and Alabama as Caron Lindsay, Editor of Lib Dem Voice, takes us across borders and over the sea, and we feat. an interview with political monitoring guru Kirsty Peebles of News Direct on the imminent arrival of new lobbying law in Scotland.

Episode 3 feat. guest Susan Smith of Third Force News & talking Scottish Parliament Committees on Local Government, Subordinate Legislation, Post-Legislative Scrutiny, Ruth on the DUP, the Leonard-Led-Labour-Leap, ALEO tax breaks and a realignment of realignments in Scottish Politics plus Self Directed Support & Zero Tolerance. Enjoy!

Episode 2 feat. guest @leahfranchetti & talking @ScotParl @SP_HealthSport & 'that letter' to @JohnSwinney from @SP_EduSkills!

This week we discuss #Budget2017, Kez in the jungle, Alex on Russia Today and feature an interview with Kirstein Rummery Prof. of Social Policy of Stirling University. Enjoy!

Intro to Politics Galore! by Andrew Jackson