The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

Election 2019 – 11 Dec

It’s the last day of the election, and while the scripts from the campaigning parties could have been written a long time ago, there’s still time for last-minute drama. We’ve got Boris Johnson hiding in a fridge, another beloved Christmas film being yoked for political ends, another major poll, and political minds from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers reflecting on the stand-out moments of this election. Be better briefed with The Stooshie – and keep an eye out for our so-late-it’s-early special to be ready for you when you wake up on Friday the 13th.

Election 2019 – 10 Dec

It’s the day that we reflect on the state of politics and of journalism following a story critical of the Conservative government’s record on the NHS, followed by a quickly disproven but widely reported story seeded to the media about Labour violence. Plus, the SNP are dialling back the 2020 independence referendum rhetoric, and Boris Johnson’s bold choice of movie scene to parody. Let political writers from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain it all, and put the day’s news into context for you. Be better briefed this election, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

Election 2019 – 9 Dec

It’s the day that Boris Johnson ratcheted up the rhetoric around immigration, when anti-Semitism again raised its ugly head, when we discuss candidates dodging hustings events, and when tactical voting seems to be looming uniquely largely in the national consciousness. Let political writers from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain it all, and put the day’s news into context for you. Be better briefed this election, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

Election 2019 – 6 Dec

It’s the day that Aberdeen South became a focus for both the Conservatives and SNP, when Boris Johnson decides he’s not going to be interviewed by Andrew Neil, and when Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, who has been interviewed by him in this campaign, cancels an interview with our own Daniel O’Donoghue — which presumably proves he’s a tougher interviewer than Andrew Neil. All this plus the stand-out moments from this week’s campaign from political journalists across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers, all put into context for you. Be better briefed with The Stooshie.

Election 2019 – 5 Dec

The Stooshie team debate the latest issues dominating politics today, including Susan Deacon's resignation from Scotland's police watchdog, more on Scotland's performance in the PISA education rankings, the anti-Semitism row which led to the resignation of SNP conduct committee member Denise Findlay, and a look forward to polling day — which is now just a week away.

Election 2019 – 4 Dec

It’s the day when an Institute for Fiscal Studies report suggested that the SNP’s manifesto would push an independent Scotland into more austerity than it would face under a Conservative UK government, when we can reflect on last night’s Scottish leaders’ debate on STV, and when an overheard conversation between some world leaders was none too complimentary about Donald Trump. Let writers from The Courier, The Press & Journal and the Evening Telegraph explain all the day’s political news, and put it all into context for you.

Election 2019 – 3 Dec

It's the day that President Trump visits the UK for a Nato summit and says he wouldn’t touch the NHS even it was handed to his administration “on a silver platter”, when the Scottish leaders are due to go head-to-head in an STV debate, and on which Nicola Sturgeon insists that a drop in education levels, as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment, is no big deal. Plus, we have footage from last night’s feisty hustings at the University of St Andrews. Let political journalists from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain the day's political news and put it all into context for you.

Election 2019 – 2 Dec

It’s the day after the weekend when parties reacted to a terror attack on London Bridge and a royal rumour swept across social media, and on which we anticipate the visit of Donald Trump. Political journalists from across the DC Thomson Media newspapers explain all this and more for you.

Election 2019 – 29 Nov

It’s the day that anti-Semitism went from being a global and national conversation to being a very local one, and when the conversation about last night’s climate change leaders’ debate on Channel 4 moved from the environmental issues to one about the debates and broadcasters themselves. Richard Rooney, DC Thomson Media’s Group Digital Editor, takes the chair, and invites voices from across our newspaper folio – including from The Courier, the Evening Telegraph and the Evening Express – to explain and contextualise the day’s election news.
Plus, you can join The Courier’s Political Editor, Paul Malik, in St Andrews on Monday for a hustings event with North East Fife MP candidates. There are still a few tickets available at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2019-general-election-hustings-tickets-80439423481

Election 2019 – 28 Nov, with special guest Kezia Dugdale

It’s the day that Boris Johnson may not show up to what’s being called the world’s first leaders’ debate on climate change, but his party is predicted to win with a comfortable majority by a major YouGov poll commissioned by The Times. For analysis of this and more of the day’s political news, The Courier’s editor David Clegg is joined not just by writers across the DC Thomson Media newspaper portfolio, but also by a special guest. Kezia Dugdale is the former Leader of the Scottish Labour Party, and is now Director of the John Smith Centre for Public Service at the University of Glasgow, and the insight she shares not just on this election but on the overall state of politics today is fascinating.