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Aye Right Radio Podcast

360 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -

Mostly Scottish politics

Mostly opinions by Norrie Stewart, Jimmy Hutton, Stewart Lochhead, Phil Attridge

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Episodes

Aye Right Radio Podcast #26 Season 2

February 09, 2020 17:24 - 22 minutes - 14.7 MB

The lads are a bit unhappy with the way Gordon Brewer's Scottish politics Sunday is treating the present Scottish government. His Joanna Cherry comments in particular.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #25 Season 2

February 07, 2020 15:39 - 40 minutes - 26.3 MB

This podcast somehow became mostly about Derek Mackay and the scandal surrounding his actions. How it has become an attack on the SNP leadership, Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie go at it hammer and tongs it's fair to say there is some disagreement.

Aye Right Radio Podcast FMQs 06-01-2020

February 06, 2020 15:35 - 30 minutes - 14.1 MB

"First Minister Sturgeon faces an exhausting session under attack for the behaviour of her now former Finance Secretary Derek McKay and many NHS issues, principally mental health."

Aye Right Radio Podcast #23 Season 2

February 04, 2020 16:18 - 43 minutes - 28.4 MB

Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie ask if the Westminster elite are trying to cut out any comment from the first Minister or maybe it's just from all SNP MPs and MSPs. They then move on to discuss the last three polls showing a lead for the Scottish independence side.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #22 Season 2

February 01, 2020 11:50 - 40 minutes - 25.8 MB

A fiery episode of the podcast on Friday perhaps reflecting the wider Yes movement's attitudes to Nicola Sturgeon's speech on Friday. Brexit takes a backseat while Stewart, Jimmy and Norrie try to make sense of the SNP strategy to gain us an independence referendum.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #21 Season 2

January 30, 2020 14:39 - 37 minutes - 24.4 MB

The boys review first ministers questions taking particular delight in Richard Leonard's contribution and move on to yesterday's votes on flags and Scotlands right to decide its own future. We then discussed Nigel Farage's antics at the EU Parliament yesterday and close with the same Parliament's rendering of auld lang syne.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #20 Season 2

January 29, 2020 16:15 - 37 minutes - 24.3 MB

Norrie, Jimmy and Stewart discuss prime ministers questions, flags and will Labour vote for against or abstain on a second independence referendum at Holyrood.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #19 Season 2.

January 27, 2020 15:14 - 42 minutes - 27.2 MB

Stewart, Norrie and Jimmy discuss George Kerevan article in today's national how "This is how much England’s changed and why the SNP must change too". This leads us into chat about the Home Office taking two hours to refuse the 94 page Scottish government argument for a separate Scottish Visa and the recently published progress Scotland poll showing 61% support for Holyrood making the decision on a second independence referendum.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #18 Season 2

January 26, 2020 15:12 - 43 minutes - 28.1 MB

Norrie Jimmy and Stewart chat about Sunday politics shows, Gordon Brewer in particular and Norrie apologises to Robin McAlpine. We range wide on Henry VIII powers Tory tactics in Scotland to undermine the SNP and a few other topics drop in.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #17 Season 2

January 24, 2020 16:46 - 37 minutes - 24.3 MB

Norrie, Jimmy and Stewart discuss Robin McAlpine's latest report on the route to a second independence referendum. No everyone agrees with what he says.

FMQs 23rd January 2020

January 23, 2020 14:03 - 18 minutes - 8.5 MB

Todays FMQ topics were…. mushrooms and water in police stations, a cliché meter, a peroration, student debt, formula milk, offshore jobs, Edinburgh City Bypass, police mental health, toxicology service, unpaid carers allowance

Aye Right Radio Podcast #16 Season 2

January 22, 2020 15:15 - 29 minutes - 18.9 MB

Jimmy, Norrie and Stuart discuss the Tory strategy of SMP bad at Prime Minister's questions. We then move on to the question of legal/illegal referendums in the hope that Nicola Sturgeon will be announcing one in the coming days.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #15 Season 2

January 21, 2020 15:40 - 37 minutes - 24.5 MB

What will Nicholas Sturgeon announce in approximately two weeks and what will Westminster do about it. Who should lead the next yes campaign. Spoiler not Patrick Harvey.

Aye Right Radio Podcast FMQs 16-01-2020

January 16, 2020 17:41 - 32 minutes - 15 MB

Ranting and controversy plus the usual incisive FMQs review... Norry and Stewart and Phil bravely explain the shenanigans at Holyrood. Jackson Carlaw whispers about how awful education is. Richard Leonard gets tag twisted. Wille Rennie is ignored. Alison Johnstone tears into the evil Lisa Nandy. Our Phil explains trans/womens rights. Finally FM Nicola Sturgeon slays all her foes.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #14 Season 2.

January 15, 2020 16:06 - 41 minutes - 27.4 MB

PMQs and Ian Blackford path to a second Indyref all quite heated. Norrie, Jimmy and Stewart.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #13 Season 2.

January 14, 2020 15:26 - 39 minutes - 26.5 MB

The aye right team discuss Boris Johnson's letter regarding his no to Indy ref two its implications for democracy and what routes are left to pursue a second independence referendum. The Labour leadership campaign gets a very small mention.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #12 Season 2

January 13, 2020 15:06 - 28 minutes - 18.6 MB

Stewart, Jimmy and Norrie today have another quick look at Alistair Jack's undemocratic position regarding what constitutes a mandate for a second independence referendum. Somehow we managed to forget all about the Labour leader ship PPL results from Westminster.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #11 season 2

January 12, 2020 15:28 - 42 minutes - 28.1 MB

Today Jimmy, Norrie and Stuart discuss the suspension of democracy in Scotland after Alistair Jack the Tory Secretary of State for Scotland stated no mandate was attainable for a second independence referendum. Gerry Hassan's Sunday national article also led to some heated discussion.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #10 Season 2

January 10, 2020 15:08 - 31 minutes - 20.9 MB

Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie jump about a bit today a few jokes about the Royal household's predicament, Richard Leonard Scottish Labour leader (branch manager) on his proposed conference to decide on support or otherwise for Indy ref two.. We also dip our toe into White House press conferences and Michael Howard suggestion that our judges should come out of the House of Lords rather than the law courts themselves.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #9 Season 2

January 09, 2020 15:13 - 33 minutes - 22.1 MB

Mostly a review of first ministers questions from Holyrood today with a few comments on standards in international diplomacy and at Westminster.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #8 Season 2

January 08, 2020 15:36 - 28 minutes - 19.2 MB

Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie cover Prime Minister's questions, Scottish questions and Andrew Neil roasting Andrew Bowie plus a few bits and bobs of interest

Aye Right Radio Podcast #7 season 2

January 07, 2020 15:21 - 33 minutes - 21.7 MB

Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie discuss Patrick Harvey's veiled threats to the Scottish budget process. Which ties in nicely with our discussion about the ramifications for Scottish councils and the Scottish government with the delayed date of 11th of March being announced by Savid Javid the Tory Chancellor. Last but not least we ask what the chances are of a second independence referendum for Scotland in 2020.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #6 season 2

January 06, 2020 15:01 - 32 minutes - 21.3 MB

Would Donald Trump take you out with a drone strike if you beat him on the golf course? Or is he just fantasizing about being head of a Mafia family. How far will the present Tory government go to avoid press scrutiny, Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie try to shine a light on these questions.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #5 Season 2

January 05, 2020 15:24 - 40 minutes - 26.3 MB

Norrie Jimmy and Stewart wade through the second half of the decade 2015 to 2019 trying desperately to remember the good points but mostly finding the bad points. By God Scottish Labour had a lot of branch managers during the decade.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #4 Season 2

January 04, 2020 15:07 - 25 minutes - 16.9 MB

We look at the first half of the decade of 2010 to 2019, we found doing the whole decade in one sitting was gonna be a bit onerous so we've split into two separate podcasts. The first half you find here covers 2010 till 2015.

Aye Right Radio Podcast 2020 #3

January 03, 2020 14:21 - 39 minutes - 25.6 MB

Jimmy Norrie and Stewart discuss president Trumps latest drone strike in the Middle East and its ramifications for world peace. And as if that wasn't enough we throw in 10 minutes of ranting about Edinburgh Council's organisation of the New Year festivities and Underbelly's abuse of the citizens of Edinburgh.

Aye Right Radio Podcast Review of 2020

January 02, 2020 17:11 - 30 minutes - 19.4 MB

Norrie, Stewart and a tiny wee bit of Jimmy discuss what we can look forward to perhaps dread would be a better way to put it in 2020. Including Brexit, Putin, Turkey, Libya, Indy ref two and Brexit Boris.

Aye Right Radio Podcast Review 2019

December 31, 2019 17:04 - 29 minutes - 19.3 MB

Norrie Jimmy and Stewart get together have a look at the lows and highs of 2019.

Aye Right Radio Podcast What Next for Indy #3

December 19, 2019 16:31 - 27 minutes - 18.1 MB

Jimmy and Norrie discuss the Queen's speech, today's first ministers questions and the various bits of paper the First Minister has sent down to Boris for his perusal. There is a bit about the Labour Party in there to all crammed into half an hour.

Aye Right Radio Podcast Will The Queen Spin for Boris

December 19, 2019 10:23 - 4 minutes - 5.21 MB

Sarah Smith on radio four today claims that Queen’s speech will contain the statement that a promise was made that the 2014 independence referendum was once in a generation.

Aye Right Radio Podcast What's next for Indy #2

December 17, 2019 16:23 - 27 minutes - 17.8 MB

Norrie and Stewart discuss Nicola's statement to Holyrood delivered today what it means for Scotland what options do our Westminster MPs have to force a second referendum out of Boris Johnson. I segue into Freeport's and Ian Blackford's business interests.

Aye Right Radio Podcast What next for Indy #1

December 16, 2019 14:59 - 27 minutes - 18.4 MB

Jimmy and Norrie discussed the recent Labour moves towards supporting an Indyref2 referendum. And a few observations on the Tories rolling back from election promises.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #27

December 10, 2019 16:20 - 27 minutes - 17.7 MB

Jimmy and Norrie discussed the various dead cats that have been thrown about by the Tory party including non-existent fisticuffs and imaginary taxi pile ons. PS under extreme pressure Norrie forgets what date it is.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #26

December 09, 2019 16:30 - 20 minutes - 13.2 MB

Norrie and Stewart mostly discuss the problems being created within the SNP by factions whose first priority appears not to be independence.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #25

December 07, 2019 16:52 - 31 minutes - 33 MB

The gentlemen discuss the head-to-head debate between Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson was anybody impressed? Can YouGov be trusted as a polling organisation and what does it all mean for Indyref 2 Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #24

December 06, 2019 16:18 - 29 minutes - 30.4 MB

More civil service leaked documents fall into Labour's hands. What does it mean for Northern Ireland and of course Scotland? Why is Boris Johnson hiding behind the sofa when ever Andrew Neil's name comes up? All these questions answered, sort of, by Jimmy Norrie and Stewart.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #23

December 05, 2019 17:47 - 27 minutes - 23.7 MB

Phil joins Norrie and Stewart today to discuss the recent SMP suspensions and resignations from the party. How will it affect the future of the party.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #22

December 04, 2019 16:13 - 29 minutes - 31.4 MB

The boys have a quick gallop through last nights STV Scottish leaders debate wherewith the Greens we ask. NATO is then on the agenda Trudeau needs to be more careful of what he says at these meetings. Finally Stewart drags us into a Chinese Russian alliance territory.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #21

December 03, 2019 16:41 - 29 minutes - 25.5 MB

Norrie Jimmy and Stewart today discuss the new education figures and why do the SNP only get questioned on Holyrood items never on Westminster items. What will happen with the Scottish leaders debate on ITV tonight?

Aye Right Radio Podcast #20

December 01, 2019 14:10 - 26 minutes - 17 MB

Just Norrie and Jimmy today we chat about Boris Johnson's interview with Ma how many seats do we think the SNP will get this general election and will the Tories ever tell the truth.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #19

November 29, 2019 15:57 - 30 minutes - 20.5 MB

Today's podcast sweeps far and wide Nicola Sturgeon on a train bit of FM Q's, latest polls Boris Johnson's dad and of course the ice King himself, all and a little bit of SMP anti-Semitism or is it.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #18

November 27, 2019 15:50 - 26 minutes - 16.3 MB

Jimmy, Norrie and Stewart dissect the latest NHS trade talks leaked document, how did Corbyn do in his head-to-head with Andrew Neil and anti-Semitism what anti-Semitism?

Aye Right Radio Podcast #17

November 26, 2019 15:53 - 25 minutes - 16.8 MB

Andrew Neil, BBC fact checking, Jackson Carlaw and his 2050 independence referendum all covered by Jimmy and Norrie today.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #16

November 24, 2019 14:13 - 31 minutes - 21 MB

A quick trawl through today's political programmes, will Labour really be allowed to implement the policies by the markets and Gordon Brewer forgets to include the SNP in his end of programme couch discussion.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #15

November 23, 2019 16:06 - 28 minutes - 18.5 MB

We discussed the leaders debates from Thursday night on a Newsnight special. Who won who lost what are the ramifications of what was said.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #14

November 22, 2019 16:01 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MB

Jimmy, Stewart and Norrie discussed the Labour manifesto today and a couple of the by-election results round the country. There is also a mention of the leaflet that the Brexit company have published as a people's contract.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #13

November 21, 2019 16:10 - 32 minutes - 28.3 MB

Phil is back to rant about all and everything Stewart attempts to keep control and Norrie make sure everyone knows how Phil is going to vote in the general election

Aye Right Radio Podcast #12 leaders debate

November 19, 2019 21:38 - 18 minutes - 8.62 MB

Jimmy and Norrie brave sleeping sickness to watch the leaders debate and attempt to draw conclusions from soundbites and attack lines.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #11

November 19, 2019 16:10 - 25 minutes - 16.7 MB

Stuart Jimmy and Norrie today discuss the bias in media reporting mostly in favour of the Tory party, there is mention of squirrels and the Spanish Inquisition.

Aye Right Radio Podcast #10

November 18, 2019 17:01 - 23 minutes - 15.9 MB

Stewart Norrie and Jimmy talk about the lack of integrity in Westminster politics and the possible Plan B for Indy ref two.

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