Our thoughts on the opening salvoes of the 2021 Holyrood election campaigns.
Show Notes
We're definitely smack in the middle of the 2021 Holyrood election campaigns with the first leaders debate on the BBC, the drop of leaflets from the parties through our letter boxes, and the appearances of the party leaders on radio and TV.
We step back from this bombardment,focusing on personalities and process,and ask if this has drowned out policy, particularly from the pro independence parties on what an independent Scotland could and should look like?
However we do also look at the performances of all the party leaders so far.
Along the way there's discussion on who's actually trying to "game the system" on the unionist side- yes you Douglas Ross- the potential impact of the Galloway vanity project, football managerial double acts, and the social history of the Masters golf championship in Augusta Georgia.
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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.