Subscribers - The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Labour slumping disastrously in polls just 11 weeks after its General Election victory. The Tory leadership election becoming a who can move far enough to the Right to defeat Reform contest. Have all the SNP's Christmases come at once or should they beware a do nothing, fingers crossed, complacency?
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24618054.john-curtice-weighs-keir-starmers-performance-far/
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/sep/28/keir-starmer-hits-new-low-in-personal-popularity-ratings
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24610239.moment-uninspired-labour-conference-lit/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg339l7xkr2o

Lesley appeared on Debate Night from Dundee where Kenny Farquharson pushed the need for a settled agreement between the UK and Scottish governments on a mechanism to allow a second independence referendum.
We examine the proposals contained in Glasgow University's "Scotland and the Constitution.Agreeing a Way Forward" report for just such a mechanism based on the Good Friday Agreement and a Northern Irish border poll.
https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/publicpolicy/whatwedo/research/publicationsandreports/headline_1101096_en.html
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24594005.poll-finds-scots-want-second-independence-vote-within-10-years/

Scotland’s minimum price of alcohol went up on September 30  by 15p, from 50p to 65p. Just how successful has  Minimum Unit Pricing  been in combating alcohol related deaths?
https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(23)01584-2/fulltext

We ask, "Who is Russell Findlay?" in the aftermath of his election as leader of the Scottish Conservatives.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24613021.russell-findlay-new-leader-scottish-conservatives/#:~:text=RUSSELL%20Findlay%20has%20been%20elected%20as

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To listen to the marvelous "Hermless" by Michael Marra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5F44WfZoIN4
As a proud "Arab" Pat couldn't resist adding this one-Hamish the Goalie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqoGqoFCi2A
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