Anger is an energy

Michelle Thomson grabbed all the headlines with her "No indyref in 2023" statement at the Big Indy Debate but there was a lot more to the event,and what she and the other panel members said,than that. We also look at the energy crisis and the failure of the Scottish Government to create the promised National Energy Company.

Show Notes

Michelle Thomson grabbed all the headlines with her "No indyref in 2023" statement at the Big Indy Debate but there was a lot more to the event,and what she and the other panel members said,than that.
Hard questions were asked,and candidly answered, on the fluctuating support in the polls for Yes,currency,borders,and the EU. There were also some surprising revelations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXHdzhoO3bM
We also look at the energy crisis and the failure of the Scottish Government to create the promised National Energy Company. This despite memebers at the recent SNP conference voting to establish just such a body. Holyrood also saw the rejection of a Labour amendment to the Net Zero Nation Motion supporting the setting up of a non profit,publicly owned, energy company, by a voting alliance of the Greens,SNP,Lib Dems,and Tories.
On the positive side there is cross party,other than the Tories this time, support for the recently announced change in drug policy where folk found in possession of small amounts of Class A drugs will see them given a police warning rather than a court conviction.
As is our usual we vanish down our usual highways and byways on other related,and not so related, matters including the unveiling of the Jim McLean statue at Tannadice and the Scots Language Awards

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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.