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 Nov 27, 2020
Week 48, 2020: The implications and controversy of the Spending Review
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
It's the week in which the Chancellor gave his Spending Review – but there were plenty of controversies in the decisions, especially for Scotland. Plus, we look ahead to the SNP conference, and with our regular host absent, Courier Political Editor Paul Malik finally gets his way, and awards his inaugural Stoosh of the Week to Ian Blackford.
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Friday Nov 20, 2020
Week 47, 2020: Johnson’s latest devolution gaffe, plus: vaccines!
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Friday Nov 20, 2020
Another Boris Johnson gaffe kicks off this week’s show, with him having called devolution “a disaster”, but there’s more on the agenda than just that. We update you on the Hate Crimes Bill, explain how the Black Watch gets to fight another day and – oh, the joy! – while there are logistical challenges to rolling out the covid vaccine, that we now have two strong candidates must be the best news of 2020.
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Friday Nov 13, 2020
Friday Nov 13, 2020
Source close to Mark McDonald suggest there’s a link between his resignation – following allegations of sexual misconduct – and the policies that resulted in Alex Salmond’s resignation and prosecution, as the Salmond inquiry rumbles on. Plus, distressing reading from a 500-page report into racism in Police Scotland, and Courier Country locking down further as coronavirus cases rise — but we allow ourselves a little jubilation at the Scotland men’s football result last night!
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Friday Nov 06, 2020
Friday Nov 06, 2020
We are delighted this episode to be joined by the prince of polls, Professor Sir John Curtice, who gives us his inimitable insight into the surge in popularity for independence, the role of the pandemic and our leaders’ handling of it on that swing, the upcoming Holyrood elections, and the results of the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey. We start, though, with an analysis of the race for the US Presidency, and what it means for everyone. A vital snapshot briefing on the world at a crossroads.
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Friday Oct 30, 2020
Special edition: Generation Next
Friday Oct 30, 2020
Friday Oct 30, 2020
The Courier and Press & Journal have been showcasing 35 of the brightest political prospects north of the central belt in a series of interviews and features, and in this special episode of The Stooshie, P&J Investigations Editor Calum Ross sits down – virtually, of course – to talk to five of them, one from each of the major parties. There’s passion, articulacy, kindness, conviction and much more; we challenge you not to feel just a little bit more hopeful about the political future of Scotland – and indeed the world – after you hear this conversation.
Read all 35 profiles at thecourier.co.uk/generation-next
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Friday Oct 23, 2020
Friday Oct 23, 2020
With polls suggesting the independence movement is gathering momentum, this week we’re delighted to welcome two veterans of the first independence referendum. Blair Jenkins, former chief exec of Yes Scotland, and Ramsay Jones, special adviser to David Cameron at the time, join our journalists to discuss why ‘no’ won in 2014, the effect of the UK and Scottish governments’ handling of the pandemic on voting intentions, personalities, the rallying cry of currency, lessons learned by both sides, and much more.
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Friday Oct 16, 2020
Week 42, 2020: Independence Special – with pro-indy polling at 58%
Friday Oct 16, 2020
Friday Oct 16, 2020
With poll after poll after poll showing an increase in support for Scottish independence – and with the latest from Ipsos MORI putting it at 58% – we discuss where the surge in support is coming from, what role the leaders in Holyrood and Westminster are playing, the consistent rise in the pro-indy female vote, and what it all means for Brexit, for Europe, for Scotland – for all of us.
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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
Professor Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University joins the team this week to discuss how the media – and social media – has responded to the pandemic, following the Director of the WHO saying “misinformation about the coronavirus might be the most contagious thing about it”. Plus, a FMQ clash that left Nicola Sturgeon uncomfortable, Brexit, and some revelations from the new leader of the Scottish Conservatives that nobody saw coming.
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Friday Oct 02, 2020
Week 40, 2020: Former senior adviser to Alex Salmond, Campbell Gunn
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Friday Oct 02, 2020
Former senior adviser to Alex Salmond joins The Stooshie this week to talk about the SNP MP who travelled with Covid-19, President Trump’s positive result for the same, but, of course, most of all, Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP itself. Learn from the man on the inside about conspiracy theories, what kind of leaders Salmond and Sturgeon are, and whose head Salmond wants – and he pinpoints the moment when the leaders’ relationship began to fracture.
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Friday Sep 25, 2020
Week 39, 2020: The second wave is officially here
Friday Sep 25, 2020
Friday Sep 25, 2020
It’s the week in which an otherwise pretty dull press release dropped just before we started to record – but it also contained confirmation from all four UK governments that we’re at the start of a second wave of coronavirus. Our journalists focus on the implications of this, the impact of the local lockdowns and guidance across the country, the Chancellor’s new measures to support the economy, and the tough time university students are having.
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