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Has he condemned the US to recession? How did he come up with tariffs he placed on each country? Has he lost the support of the billionaires whose businesses are dependent on freedom of trade?
Amidst this Trumpian economic doom and gloom Lesley highlights the work of We Don’t Have Time. To listen to the views of its CEO Ingmar Rentzhog click this link
https://app.wedonthavetime.org/posts/6a458e55-a614-4886-b348-242282e514c7
Trump also welcomed Netanyahu to the White House where the two leaders openly discussed, once again, the ethnic cleansing of Gaza. We look at this plus the massacre of Palestinian paramedics and the cover up by Israel that unravelled in the light of video footage recorded by one of the workers murdered by the IDF. We also examine the links between the UK Labour Party at the highest level and Labour Friends of Israel and question the influence of the LFI over UK government policy.
On the domestic front there’s the announcement by Patrick Harvie that he won’t be standing for co-leadership of the Scottish Greens. Lesley speculates on who might run in the upcoming election and what the contest could say about the relationship between the party and its MSPs and the party’s direction of travel.
Lesley also pays tribute to Christina McKelvie and Willie Wilson both sad recent losses.
Christina and Willie were stalwart proponents of Scottish independence and this week saw two polls which showed increasing support for Welsh independence. We discuss.
Finally while in Donegal Lesley saw at first hand the effects of radical, progressive land reform and asks when will Scotland take note.
What is The Lesley Riddoch Podcast?
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.
