The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

Week 6, 2020: The budget – overshadowed by scandal

It was supposed to be the week in which we discussed the SNP’s budget, and so we moved our usual recording slot from after First Minister’s Questions on a Thursday to today, to give us time to pore over the figures. As it happened, there was much more to discuss than the Scottish government’s spending plans, as it emerged just before Finance Minister Derek Mackay was due to deliver his budget that he had been sending inappropriate messages to a 16 year-old schoolboy. Join journalists from across the DC Thomson Media folio of newspapers, and from all across the country, to help you understand all this, plus the ferries scandal, rumours Ruth Davidson is on the honours list, and more. 
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Week 5, 2020: ‘Yes’ leads in poll on the week the UK leaves the EU

It’s the week in which a YouGov poll puts ‘Yes’ in the lead for the first time since 2015, and in which the UK is leaving the EU. Plus, an interview with a senior Labour figure who has identified the issues the party faces in Scotland (even if he isn’t quite bold enough to propose solutions), concerns around the Tay Cities Deal, and an ugly fishing analogy that stinks so much even EU fishermen don’t want it. 
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Week 4, 2020: A crumbling police station, and the mood in Brussels with a week to go till Brexit

It’s the week in which The Courier exclusively reported that the ceiling at Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf’s local police station fell in just three hours after he dismissed as hyperbole claims that Scottish police stations are falling apart; the issue of police funding was therefore raised in First Minister’s Questions, and we can share some of that exchange with you. Elsewhere, political editor Paul Malik has been in Brussels; he reports on the mood in the EU capital as we count down the final few days of our EU membership, and has been asking what the process would be for a newly-independent Scotland to fast-track its entry back into the EU. 
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Week 3, 2020: Boris Johnson says no to indyref2

It’s the week that was dominated in Scottish politics by one thing: Boris Johnson said no to a second independence referendum. Unsurprisingly, the SNP don’t accept that, but can Nicola Sturgeon really claim education is her top priority when it seems like all her fight is for indyref2? Plus, the latest on races to be leader of the Scottish Labour and Conservative parties – including an astonishing assertion from Labour’s Lisa Nandy that Scotland could look to Catalonia for lessons in how to handle a push for independence. Join journalists from across the DC Thomson Media folio of newspapers, and from all across the country, to help you understand the implications of what’s happening in Holyrood, Westminster and beyond. 
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Week 2, 2020: New year, new MPs – same old, same old?

The Stooshie – like the UK Parliament – is back. But while we’re switching to a weekly podcast (with perhaps some extra episodes sprinkled in as events warrant them), and while Westminster got a whole load of new faces in the new year, some of the issues that dominated the podcast at the end of last year stubbornly persist. Join journalists from across the DC Thomson Media folio of newspapers, and from all across the country, to help you understand the implications of what’s happening in Holyrood, Westminster and beyond.
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Election 2019 – what’s next?

So that’s the 2019 General Election done – and journalists from across DC Thomson Media, including our Head of Newspapers, come together in this episode to reflect on what it means for Scotland and the rest of the UK in the year or two ahead. Indyref2, Brexit, who will oppose the Conservatives in Westminster and the SNP in Scotland? In many ways, this is the beginning rather than the end.
But it’s the end, for now, of The Stooshie. We started this podcast for the election, and we want to do more with it in the future, but we’re going to pause and have a think about what the best format and frequency is. You can help with that! Email podcasts@dctmedia.co.uk to tell us what you liked and what you didn’t like about The Stooshie, and we’ll make you something great. Until we meet again, and on behalf of the whole team across DC Thomson Media, thanks for listening.

Election 2019 – Results Special 🗳

It’s the day that the Conservatives have secured a comfortable majority in Parliament, but with big SNP gains in Scotland, it looks like 2020 will be about independence north of the border as much as it is about Brexit or anything else. Recorded at 4am on Friday morning, this special edition of The Stooshie brings together journalists from across DC Thomson Media, joining The Courier Editor David Clegg from polling stations across the country, to put the results into context for you. Be better briefed with The Stooshie, from DC Thomson Media.

Election 2019 – Polling Day

It’s polling day, and we discuss the results of the exclusive last-possible-moment poll conducted for us by Survation, and explain what happens next. Plus, make sure you subscribe to The Stooshie, and spread the word, because we're recording a results special overnight which will be ready by the time you wake up on Friday morning. Who did well, who got trounced, what shape our Parliament will be, if deals need to be done, and what it all means for you. Be better briefed, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

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.