Month: February 2021

Show Notes It'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 ...

Peter Brown argues that tax, invested well, is part of what being a civilised nation is and offers two ideas on radically simplifying taxation as a part of what we ...

I think Patrick Harvie is a fine politician (his speech in George Square in 2019 was superb) who spends far too much of his time trying to get people expelled ...

Glasgow Disability Alliance has released its manifesto calling for Scotland’s political parties to urgently address disabled people’s rights and experiences of inequality. “Poverty, cuts to vital services, spiralling unemployment and ...

THE CATALAN ELECTIONS (Sunday 14 February) recorded strong gains for the pro-independence movement, albeit on a low, pandemic-impacted turnout. The Republican Left (Esquerra Republicana) inched ahead of Junts Per Catalunya, ...

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“YOU KNOW WHAT some people call us – the Nasty Party,” said Theresa May, almost two decades ago, but the quote stuck. The Conservative Party has undergone regular image makeovers ...

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 ...

This morning I cast my votes for the ranking of SNP list candidates in the Central Scotland region. A chorus of voices on Twitter said "why bother, James, the whole ...

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