Latest Scottish independence Podcast Episodes
Jam Today
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - February 09, 2021 16:09 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe just can't escape the continuing saga of the internal SNP leadership spat with the appearance yesterday of Peter Murrell before the Holyrood parliamentary inquiry committee and Alex Salmond's no show today. Just what does the whole sorry affair say about the nature of public debate...
St Brigid's Day
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - February 01, 2021 16:22 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsToday saw the removal of Joanna Cherry from her front bench role in Westminster . This came hard on the heels of the controversial leaking of the procedures of yesterday's meeting of the SNP. Alex Salmond is also due to appear at the Holyrood inquiry into the Scottish government's ...
Borders and Polls
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - January 26, 2021 14:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe Sunday Times published its poll showing the majority of Scots want independence and suddenly the rest of the UK(okay England) has woken up to the reality of what we've known in Scotland for some time now. We examine the Tory government's Five Point Plan to "save the union" and t...
Tired of waiting
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - January 19, 2021 14:24 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIt's all change with Scottish Labour as Richard Leonard departs. Will it be Monica Lennon or Anas Sarwar who become the new captain of what appears to be sinking ship? The Alex v Nicola saga rumbles on.We ask if it's possible not to take sides? Over the USA Joe Biden has unveiled th...
The invisible rope
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - January 12, 2021 14:03 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe storming of the Capitol in Washington by enraged Trump supporters was somehow both shocking and inevitable. We look at the events of January the 6th within the context not only of the day itself but also the entire four years of the Trump administration, and speculate on what hav...
A change is gonna come
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - January 05, 2021 13:32 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe're back after our festive break and the three big stories of 2020, Covid,Brexit, and the future of the UK still dominate the political stage. Boris Johnson made a foray onto the Andrew Marr programme on Sunday and this shambolic interview, on both his and Marr's behalf, provides us...
The happiest time of the year
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - December 15, 2020 14:51 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe can't escape the two major stories of the year, Covid and Brexit, in this week's edition of the podcast. Yet another deadline for reaching a deal with the EU has passed and yet another last minute extension to negotiations was agreed. Has this all been brinkmanship designed to ma...
The name of the game
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - December 08, 2020 15:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsYes Alba name stooshie Johnson's premiership coat on a shaky peg? BiFab administration a sign of SNP lack of an industrial strategy? Kate and Will's trip to Scotland.A misguided tour?
All Change
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - December 01, 2020 15:16 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe SNP annual conference. All change or more of the same? Did Nicola Sturgeon nail her conference speech? The SNP NEC election results. Who's in, who's out? The Pat Finucane inquiry, what next?
Reasons to be cheerful
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - November 24, 2020 13:18 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAstraZeneca & Oxford University vaccine breakthrough Trump accepts election reality, finally. Massive hike in UK defence spending Pete Wishart's Plan B? Selfies for Europe Small Axe & lovers rock
True colours
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - November 17, 2020 14:02 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWas Boris Johnson's latest devolution disaster gaff the nail in the coffin for the Union? Is indyref2 2021 simply wishful thinking? Is Alyn Smith's wheesht for indy plea another symptom of an increasingly centralised SNP power structure? Did the Daily Mail tip over into overt racism with its late...
Spread the faith
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - November 10, 2020 14:08 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWhat hope for the Biden presidency as the Republicans and Trump dig in? Will Boris Johnson announce a no deal Brexit this weekend? What now for a UK US trade deal? Major's two referendums, a unionist Trojan Horse? The silence of the SNP Media Team goes on
Hey Joe
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - November 04, 2020 13:38 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThe race to become US President Scots furlough fiasco Identity politics SNP conference agenda leak
Lesley the Grinch
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - October 27, 2020 12:53 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsCancelled Christmas panic. Marcus Rashford, free school meals, and Tory intransigence. The SNP Rural Stimulus Plan. The Conservatives plan to take on the SNP and "save the union" The US Presidential Election Awards season
The in crowd
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - October 20, 2020 11:19 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsJohn Sentamu snub and the House of Lords *That* Andrew Wilson interview in the Sunday Herald A new Tory strategy to stave off Scottish independence? Kate Forbes and Miriam Brett on Question Time The Dub's amendment defeated
Wheesht fir indy
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - October 13, 2020 14:08 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsNicola v Alex. The gloves are off Candidate wars in Edinburgh Central Resilient Scotland pledge Douglas Ross. The rebel without a cause. Westminster power grab and Andrew Bowie
Hard times
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - October 06, 2020 15:03 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsBoris Johnson. Blowing in the wind? The Lib Dems. Blowing with the wind? Nicola Sturgeon.Covid restrictions, what next? Rishi Sunak. PM in waiting? Plus Mossmorran flaring, Covert Human Intelligence Sources Bill, and Mike Brearley.
Nae buts. Nae bens
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - September 29, 2020 11:58 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIs Sweden the best Nordic model for Covid response? Does land ownership reform need to wait for independence? Believe in Scotland .Another talking shop or a the way ahead ? Baron Moore and Paul Dacre. The new media overlords or stalking horses?
Follow the leader
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - September 23, 2020 12:38 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsA tale of two leaders, two governments and two speeches. We analyse the very different styles, and substance, Nicola Sturgeon and Boris Johnson's announcements on new measures to combat Covid. Keir Starmer relaunches Labour as under new leadership
Power plays
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - September 15, 2020 13:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe're back after the two week break and what a time to make our return. It was a massive day in Westminster with the Second Reading of the UK Internal Market Bill. Much rhetoric on the Union, breaking international law, threats of Tory rebellion, and, for us in Scotland, the whiff of what a...
A chap at the door
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - August 25, 2020 12:11 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsMercy Baguma was a refugee seeking asylum in Glasgow who had no recourse to public funds. She was utterly reliant on support from friends and charities. Mercy was found dead next to her starving wee boy on Saturday. We make no apologies for beginning this week's podcast with our thoughts on th...
Turn, turn, turn
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - August 18, 2020 12:39 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsWe're back after our two week hiatus just in time for the Holyrood inquiry into the mishandling of the investigation into complaints against former FM Alex Salmond, and the airing of, the much trailed, Kirsty Wark documentary, The Trial of Alex Salmond . I don't think either of us really wanted ...
Proxy wars?
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - August 04, 2020 13:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSometimes there's absolutely no doubt what will be the first item in the podcast. And this week we had to begin with the SNP NEC decision which resulted in Joanna Cherry withdrawing her candidacy for the Edinburgh Central constituency at next year's Holyrood elections. We try and work our way ...
Gut instincts
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - July 28, 2020 13:08 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs the English media treated Boris Johnson's flying visit to Orkney with virtual contempt we ask what way will unionism jump.Will it be up front confrontation as Ruth Davidson puts the boot in or Michael Gove's soft soaping? The PM may also have bitten off more than he chew if he decides to ta...
Wakey Wakey
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - July 21, 2020 13:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this edition of the podcast we welcome Les Huckfield as our special guest.Les, a former Labour MP, government minister,and MEP is now a supporter of Scottish independence. As well as finding out why he made that political journey we use his expertise and insight into Westminster to ask him ...
Party Fears.Too many ?
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - July 14, 2020 12:55 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs the UK government performs, yet another, volte face, this time on mandatory face coverings. We ask how, given their track record, the Tories can be trusted on the post Brexit trade deals they're negotiating. Lesley also questions if Scotland ,even if independent , could be insulated from the ...
Part Fears.Too many ?
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - July 14, 2020 12:55 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsAs the UK government performs, yet another, volte face, this time on mandatory face coverings. We ask how, given their track record, the Tories can be trusted on the post Brexit trade deals they're negotiating. Lesley also questions if Scotland ,even if independent , could be insulated from the ...
Trust matters
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - July 07, 2020 12:27 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this week's podcast we return to some of the key subjects we've been looking at over the past four years. National Trust Scotland has found itself at the centre of controversy this week with its announcement of redundancies and the involvement of its controversial president, Neil Oliver,in ...
Why not
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - June 30, 2020 13:46 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsIn this week's podcast we turn our indy left gaze on the current pelters for Boris Johnson over his,so called,Speed Deal for post Covid economic recovery and compare this with the plaudits for Nicola Sturgeon,even with the "provocative" possibility of border controls. We seem to be sticking to...
The Outsiders
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast - June 23, 2020 13:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsThis week's look at politics from a left/indy perspective has a definite outsiders theme. The Scottish Advisory Group on Economic Recovery published its report with an official fanfare yesterday. But, although it uses all the buzzwords like resilience and fairness, is it yet another piece of t...
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