The only podcast you need to keep your finger on the pulse of Scottish politics. Each episode, as well as an in-depth interview and top national and international politics headlines, political journalists from The Press & Journal, The Courier, Evening Express and Evening Telegraph discuss and explain the week’s biggest stories from Holyrood, Westminster and beyond. Be Better Briefed, with The Stooshie.
Episodes
Friday Feb 24, 2023
SNP leadership contest latest, and we hear from Humza Yousaf’s local voters
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Our team assess Kate Forbes' turbulent campaign to be first minister.
We hit the streets of Glasgow Pollok to find out what locals think of their Dundee-based MSP, Humza Yousaf.
And we look at Ash Regan's intriguing pitch for impatient independence supporters.
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Stooshie Special: Labour Party Conference
Friday Feb 17, 2023
Friday Feb 17, 2023
An inside look ahead of the Labour Party Conference held in Edinburgh.
Courier political editor, Derek Healey is joined by political reporters, Rachel Amery and Justin Bowie to unpack Scottish Labour's influence now that Nicola Sturgeon has resigned as First Minister.
Justin also takes to the streets of Edinburgh to find out what the public think of Labour's position in Scotland.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Stooshie special: Nicola Sturgeon resigns as First Minister
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
A shock resignation from Nicola Sturgeon earlier today has caused ripples across Scottish politics.
Courier political editor, Derek Healey is joined by Rachel Amery and Calum Ross to unpack her biggest triumphs and tribulations and examine what this means for the future of the SNP.
Friday Feb 10, 2023
’Bad law’ at Holyrood
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Professor James Mitchell tells us how the Scottish Parliament has struggled with big-ticket law making. Gender reform has been blocked and other proposals could hit the rocks.
In our interview, he warns the Supreme Court cannot just become Holyrood's revising chamber.
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Brexit three years on
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Brexit is three years old. Is this time to celebrate or commiserate?
We listened to one Aberdeenshire fishing industry figure who says the 'poster boys' have been let down.
And we discuss the latest economic pressures hitting health boards including Grampian and Tayside.
Friday Jan 27, 2023
What is happening to the NHS?
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
We look at NHS Tayside where proposals emerged to cut back beds to save cash.
Labour's Michael Marra talks to us about the political pressure on Nicola Sturgeon.
And we look at shocking levels of bullying in secondary schools as politicians face calls to act.
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Life after oil and gas?
Friday Jan 20, 2023
Friday Jan 20, 2023
We speak to Guy Ingerson, a former oil and gas employee who went green. He questions the view that Aberdeen and the north-east really wants to cling onto oil and gas. Younger people are crying out for change, he says.
We also catch up with campaigners trying to save St Fittick's park near Torry from development as part of the shift to low-carbon industry. Can you fix the world by destroying more countryside? Our team also discusses the controversial UK Government block to equally controversial gender reform laws in Scotland.
Friday Jan 13, 2023
US pastor in Aberdeen on Trump’s ’dangerous’ legacy
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
We speak to Jared Stacy, an ex US pastor who moved to Aberdeen after the insurrection, on the lessons we can learn from Trumpism in the UK.
Mr Stacy is now studying at Aberdeen university for a PhD on conspiracies linked to Trump and paranoia. Could it happen here?
We also discuss the announcement of freeports in Scotland, and what they might mean for communities and the economy.
And we take stock of the political stewardship of the NHS in Scotland.
Friday Dec 16, 2022
End of year politics quiz!
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Our resident quiz master takes the politics team on a trip down memory lane in a wrap of 2022.
From Covid rules in spring to elections and multiple prime ministers, it's been a rollercoaster year for Scottish politics.
Test your memory and see how you do.
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Gordon Brown is back to reform the UK but are voters listening?
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Gordon Brown has drawn up his blueprint to reform devolution across the UK. We discuss the plans and hear from unconvinced Dunfermline SNP MP Douglas Chapman, who wishes independence was offered as an alternative.
We also discuss the new leader of the Westminster SNP group, Stephen Flynn.