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Brexit brinkmanship.Deal or no deal?
Should the Christmas Covid truce be cancelled?
Scottish drug deaths. Is the Scottish government doing enough? Can it do enough?
Tory stealth legislation
We 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 make us all heave a sigh of relief when any kind of a free trade deal is agreed or will the Tories actually welcome No Deal?
Meanwhile there are increasing doubts being raised at the lifting of Covid regulations over the Christmas period by medical experts. Will Scotland, once again, be caught up in a not fit for purpose 4 nations approach?
While, naturally, all eyes have been focused on Brexit and Covid, what pieces of legislation have the Conservatives been lining up that should concern us all?
Finally the annual set of statistics for Scottish drug deaths have been published. Once again they make hard reading. We ask what the Scottish government can do ,within its limited devolved powers, to tackle this horrific situation.
★ Support this 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.