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from Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson
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You last listened January 20, 2025
It's a bumper episode this week as we try and navigate our way through the news.
First up, BBC Scotland has launched Scotcast a brand new podcast. We give our considered verdict on this latecomer to the Scottish podcast scene,
Its maiden episode focused heavily on the opening of Scotland's first Drug Consumption Room/ Overdose Prevention Centre. How was it covered? In the political argy bargy Whose voices are being heard? Whose are not?
https://www.drugscience.org.uk/the-case-for-overdose-prevention-centres-in-the-uk-an-evidence-based-approach
https://www.drugscience.org.uk/the-uk-s-first-unsanctioned-overdose-prevention-site-a-proof-of-concept-evaluation
It also dealt with both the ending of the marriage between Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell and the fall out over Nicola's recent comments on the behaviour of the late Alex Salmond. We follow suit.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24855211.ex-scottish-labour-leader-calls-awful-nicola-sturgeon-coverage/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24850845.alex-salmonds-widow-says-attacks-distressing/
Lesley recently wrote a column questioning John Swinney's saying, “I don’t think people would understand what I was doing if I refused to meet with the president of the United States.” Lesley reckons the First Minister has misread the mood of the Scottish people when it comes to the Donald.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24843677.john-swinney-remember-scots-really-think-donald-trum/
There are strong suggestions that Dominic Cummings is the eminence grise behind Elon Musk's recent fetid tweets on UK politics and the Labour Party in particular. We ask why Musk is so fixated on Britain and what is the odd symbiotic relationship between him and the BBC?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/business-and-finance/2025/01/elon-musks-secret-weapon
Sticking with Labour there's trouble afoot with both the latest YouGov opinion poll and the volatility of the UK economy.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/51329-first-yougov-voting-intention-since-2024-general-election-shows-a-close-contest-between-labour-and-reform-uk
We also look at the LA wild fires,Trump's fuelling of the flames with disinformation and the climate change as their root cause.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/09/california-wildfires-why-are-they-happening-and-is-climate-change-to-blame
Along the way there's chat about the UK's toxic relationship with processed foods, terrible puns, a tour of "The Testament of Gideon Mack" and a multi-million pound Gaelic noir series "An t- Eilean"-BBC Alba tonight 9pm
Lesley's best selling book "Blossom" also gets a few mentions.
Follow these links for more information on all of the above- except Pat's puns.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/eat-smart-secrets-of-the-glucose-goddess
http://www.dogstartheatre.co.uk/
https://lesleyriddoch.com/books-mobile
First up, BBC Scotland has launched Scotcast a brand new podcast. We give our considered verdict on this latecomer to the Scottish podcast scene,
Its maiden episode focused heavily on the opening of Scotland's first Drug Consumption Room/ Overdose Prevention Centre. How was it covered? In the political argy bargy Whose voices are being heard? Whose are not?
https://www.drugscience.org.uk/the-case-for-overdose-prevention-centres-in-the-uk-an-evidence-based-approach
https://www.drugscience.org.uk/the-uk-s-first-unsanctioned-overdose-prevention-site-a-proof-of-concept-evaluation
It also dealt with both the ending of the marriage between Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell and the fall out over Nicola's recent comments on the behaviour of the late Alex Salmond. We follow suit.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24855211.ex-scottish-labour-leader-calls-awful-nicola-sturgeon-coverage/
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24850845.alex-salmonds-widow-says-attacks-distressing/
Lesley recently wrote a column questioning John Swinney's saying, “I don’t think people would understand what I was doing if I refused to meet with the president of the United States.” Lesley reckons the First Minister has misread the mood of the Scottish people when it comes to the Donald.
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/24843677.john-swinney-remember-scots-really-think-donald-trum/
There are strong suggestions that Dominic Cummings is the eminence grise behind Elon Musk's recent fetid tweets on UK politics and the Labour Party in particular. We ask why Musk is so fixated on Britain and what is the odd symbiotic relationship between him and the BBC?
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/business-and-finance/2025/01/elon-musks-secret-weapon
Sticking with Labour there's trouble afoot with both the latest YouGov opinion poll and the volatility of the UK economy.
https://yougov.co.uk/politics/articles/51329-first-yougov-voting-intention-since-2024-general-election-shows-a-close-contest-between-labour-and-reform-uk
We also look at the LA wild fires,Trump's fuelling of the flames with disinformation and the climate change as their root cause.
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/01/09/california-wildfires-why-are-they-happening-and-is-climate-change-to-blame
Along the way there's chat about the UK's toxic relationship with processed foods, terrible puns, a tour of "The Testament of Gideon Mack" and a multi-million pound Gaelic noir series "An t- Eilean"-BBC Alba tonight 9pm
Lesley's best selling book "Blossom" also gets a few mentions.
Follow these links for more information on all of the above- except Pat's puns.
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/eat-smart-secrets-of-the-glucose-goddess
http://www.dogstartheatre.co.uk/
https://lesleyriddoch.com/books-mobile