Biden v Boris Belfast/Good Friday Agreement showdown.
Is this the Teflon UK government where no amount of proof of law breaking, incompetence, or corruption sticks? Why is Sir Keir Starmer so ineffectual in holding it to account? Why are the Tories still,despite the mounting evidence of wrongdoing, riding high in national polls?
Show Notes
Will Joe Biden get Boris Johnson telt over breaching the Northern Ireland Protocol at the G7 Summit?
Meanwhile,another week.Another court judgement.Another government minister under scrutiny.The latest in this long line of shame,Michael Gove.
The English High Court ruled that a £560,000 contract to a firm run by former colleagues of Michael Gove and the PM's adviser Dominic Cummings was unlawful.
However,yet again, Sir Keir Starmer missed this political open goal at PMQs.Just what is going on with the leader of the opposition? A man who looked so assured on the front bench before taking over from Jeremy Corbyn.
Sticking with PMQs Ian Blackford focused on government plans to cut foreign aid. A whole set of Tory MPs were set to rebel until their amendment was ruled out of order by the Speaker. It looks as if the cuts will go ahead but what impact will they have on the world's poor?
Andrew Wood ex-SNP now Conservative councillor has started a hare coursing with his proposal that if Scotland becomes independent those areas which voted No should remain the UK. Nonsense clutching at straws or a suggestion that might find favour at No 10?
You may have noticed a spate of Tory politicians becoming involved in sporting and cultural matters. Oliver Dowden, and the PM, condemning the ECB's prompt action over Ollie Robinson's tweets. Lee Anderson, the MP for Ashfield saying he won't support England at the Euros if players continue to take the knee and fellow MP Brendan Clarke-Smith comparing it to giving a Nazi salute. Random interventions or part of a "culture wars" agenda being pursued by the No 10 Policy Unit?
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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.