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Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce. If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you.
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A Podcast by Jim & Pat Byrne about everything related to Glasgow West End. Interviews, what's on, reviews, guests and anything else you can think of.
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This episode is devoted almost in its entirety to the far right, Islamophobic, anti-migrant riots taking place across England and in Northern Ireland. Much blame has been laid at the foot of social media but how much responsibility does the press and broadcast media bear for platforming and forwarding far right commentators and views? We also exami…
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The Portree Broadcasting Corporation was a pilot for a series that was never commissioned by BBC Scotland - recorded on Skye and produced by myself in 2004, with the object of letting islanders who never meet one another explore their cultures and take o'er the airwaves for one glorious hour of mayhem. It features Gaelic speakers Prof Norman Macdon…
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Joe Biden has been replaced by his Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Presidential candidate in what seems like lightning speed. We look at how and why it happened , the impact she might have on the Democrats' electoral fortunes, who her running mate might be and the inevitable less than gracious response from Trump and his supporters. …
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The King's Speech. The first opportunity to test the reality of Labour's "Change" mantra. We examine what was in it and more importantly what wasn't. The "nationalisation" of rail was much trumpeted in particular but what's the reality of the claim? How symbolic of Labour's "Don't frighten the horses" approach to government is this policy? How will…
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In this special Lesley reports from her time at the 2024 Orkney Folk Festival. Celebrating its 41st year the programme featured 52 events, including concerts, ceilidhs, lounge performances, workshops, talks and family events, at venues across Orkney. Designed to offer something for everyone with local and visiting artists, as well as contemporary a…
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No matter how it's spun last week's General Election result was a disaster for the SNP. Can a detailed analysis of the drop from 50% of the popular vote in 2014 to 30% and the reduction to just 9 MPs be carried out without descending into bitterness and the rabbit hole of recrimination? Where did the disconnect between half the Scottish electorate'…
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It's been a disastrous night for the Tories and the SNP but a great one for Labour. In this podcast special we give our immediate reaction to the result of the 2024 General Election. What now for the SNP? How significant is the rise in support for Reform? Can Labour live up to the trust placed in them by the voters? ★ Support this podcast ★…
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With less than 48 hours until the polls open we focus on Lesley's interviews with Lorna Slater, Alex Salmond and Stephen Flynn. What did we learn about their party policies and strategies? Were there any unexpected revelations? We also reflect on the drubbing Macron's centrist Ensemble party received in the first round of the French elections. Will…
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For Scotland the men's Euros are over. We try and go beyond the football itself and look at the coverage of Scotland's games ,and if this latest set of defeats at a major competition tells us anything about our Scottish psyche. If the team lost the Tartan Army definitely won the hearts of the German people. What is so special about Scottish fans? I…
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It's half time in the General Election campaign and the manifestos are coming thick and fast. It was Scottish Labour's turn this morning. We give our immediate reaction to the launch event, its narrative and themes , and wonder how, if at all, Scottish it was. Reform have overtaken the Tories in UK polling and look set to damage them in constituenc…
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In this late night episode we give our immediate reaction to the Scottish Leaders' debate on BBC Scotland. We also look back at a week which saw SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn receive rounds of applause in the 7 way UK equivalent particularly when he took on Farage and the great unspoken-Brexit .Meanwhile on Radio 4's Any Questions John Nicol…
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Monday saw the first election debate on STV and the return of Farage as leader of Reform and a candidate in the General Election. Farage captured the headlines across the media but how relevant is he and his party to Scotland? STV's "Leaders' Debate" was an odd affair in that it featured four male MSPs none of whom is standing for election to Westm…
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The General Election campaign is well under way and we look at how it's been going both in Scotland and the UK. Will devolved matters dominate the debate in Scotland. How can the SNP focus voters minds on Westminster issues? Lesley has particular insights on this after her sojourn in Orkney, Shetland and Caithness. Can the Tories recover from the s…
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In this podcast extra we speak with Stewart Kirkpatrick, the former head of digital for Yes Scotland who has launched a survey designed to find out just why the 2014 referendum was lost. Since then Stewart has worked for the petition and campaigns website 38 Degrees before moving to openDemocracy as their head of impact. His experiences there taugh…
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In this special edition of the Lesley Riddoch podcast we give our immediate reaction to and analysis of Rishi Sunak's surprise announcement of a General Election on the 4th of July. ★ Support this podcast ★By Lesley Riddoch and Pat Joyce
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The report into the infected blood scandal has finally been published and it makes for damning reading. It found that this "not an accident", and that the government and the NHS had engaged in "downright deception" over decades. We speculate on whose head will roll as a result of the findings and marvel at the fortitude of survivors and campaigners…
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As the dust settles on the SNP leadership question and the Cabinet reshuffle, the focus now shifts to what policies the Swinney government will pursue. Will it be a simple battle between "Left" and "Right"? Growth has been promised but what will this mean in practice and will there be a new openness to ideas outwith the usual lobbying suspects? Cha…
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