The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

Week 12, 2022: The big budget unveiled

It’s the week in which the chancellor said he’s saving loadsa money from our personal finances. But was it just a drop in an ocean of household debt? The Scottish Government were on the receiving end of a scathing report about efforts to build just two ferries, adding yet more criticism to their handling of big projects. And another council candidate’s social media history comes back to haunt them in a shocking way.
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Week 11, 2022: Scottish Conservative conference special

It’s the week in which Boris Johnson comes to Aberdeen, but Douglas Ross loses his voice. We look at the bigger picture facing a Tory party trying to show unity while papering over some big divides. Scotland’s Covid rules are changing, but is everyone happy at the speed Nicola Sturgeon’s moving? And bigotry raises its ugly head as public figures are caught up in claims of anti-Scottish sentiment, Anglophobia and racism.
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Week 10, 2022: U-turn if you want to...

It’s the week in which Douglas Ross decided ‘now is not the time’ to fire prime minister Boris Johnson, despite saying he stands by what he said over the ‘partygate’ scandal. Labour finished off their first in-person conference, as Tories prepare for theirs, with Mr Johnson now in line for an appearance in Aberdeen.
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Week 9, 2022: Anas Sarwar interview special

Courier editor David Clegg talks to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar on the eve of the party’s conference in Glasgow. The MSP sets his sights high one year in to the job with a prediction on the next Holyrood election, he outlines where he needs to do better, and reflects on a personal experience of racism in Scotland.
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Week 8, 2022: War comes to Europe

Covid rules are being lifted as Scotland heads to a ‘new normal’, but events from beyond the borders dominated a dark week for international politics. Putin ordered a brutal invasion of Ukraine, bringing war to Europe once again. Meanwhile, Alex Salmond ‘suspended’ his Russia Today show after a furious backlash.
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Special edition: Should young people stand for election?

We take a deeper look at the row over young people in politics in this mid-week special, with the extended interviews from the episode that aired on Friday. We hear from Emma Roddick, Scotland's youngest active MSP, as she reveals how was belittled by fellow politicians for being a young, disabled woman.
Plus we hear about the exodus of political talent facing local authorities if they fail to make council business more accessible to working-age people, and analyse the barriers stopping younger activists from running for public office.
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Week 7, 2022: Too young to stand for election?

It’s the week in which Boris Johnson escaped scandals and a police probe at Westminster by making a dash to Scotland. Councils began revealing the extent of cuts and council tax rises to come, and there was a row over young people putting themselves forward for May's local elections.

Week 6, 2022: Show me the money

It’s the week in which budgets were set, a council tax rebate was hatched and politicians fell out over what do with massive energy firm profits. Boris Johnson’s new PR ‘guru’ managed to create even more embarrassing headlines, and the country thought once again about how pensions might be paid after independence.
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Week 5, 2022: It’s oil right now, in fact it’s a gas.

It’s the week in which we learned our energy bills are about to get a lot worse, the chancellor said he’d mitigate the damage if we pay him back, and the cost of living crisis shot to the top of everyone’s agenda. Shetland, at the forefront of energy production, meanwhile looked to a post-oil future. And our squeezed household finances were stretched by new legislation to fit new smoke alarms.
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Week 4, 2022: How Boris Johnson is shaping the Scottish independence debate

It’s the week in which the police finally picked up an investigation into allegations about lockdown behaviour at Downing Street, the prime minister continued to bat away calls to resign, Nicola Sturgeon reignited the independence debate and everyone waited, and waited, for Sue Gray’s report.
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