Planet Holyrood - The Scottish Politics Show
Welcome to Planet Holyrood, our weekly look at the key events in Scottish politics. Hosted by Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon, guests will chew over what has been happening at Holyrood and Westminster.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 136
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Planet Holyrood - Edinburgh Council leader Cammy Day resigns | Scotland’s education mess | Scottish Labour support lowest in three years
Daily Record Deputy Political Editor Chris McCall is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland on the Planet Holyrood podcast
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00:30:33 |
Wed 11 Dec 2024
Planet Holyrood 04/12/24 - Budget special as SNP announce child benefit lift and NHS increase
Paul Hutcheon, Hannah Rodger and Douglas Dickie give a run-through of the Scottish Government's budget.
The SNP Finance Secretary also announced an additional £2 billion for Scotland's struggling NH…
00:29:01 |
Wed 04 Dec 2024
Planet Holyrood 27/11/24 - How will John Swinney get his Budget through? | Rise of Reform in Scotland
In the latest episode of Planet Holyrood, Paul Hutcheon, John Ferguson and Ben Borland discussed whether the SNP would get a helping hand from the Lib Dems or the Greens to push their budget through …
00:27:20 |
Wed 27 Nov 2024
Planet Holyrood - Anas Sarwar promises to reinstate Winter Fuel Payment as Flynn row rumbles on
Scottish Labour have been forced into a pitch for Holyrood 2026 which is essentially “Vote Scottish Labour to reverse UK Labour policy” – a message that could confuse voters, with John Swinney consid…
00:32:05 |
Wed 20 Nov 2024
Planet Holyrood - SNP double jobbing discussed as Stephen Flynn goes for Holyrood | Sturgeon and Yousaf aim for Parliament return | Neil Gray football car controversy
SNP leadership succession begins as Stephen Flynn goes for Holyrood
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00:32:37 |
Wed 13 Nov 2024
Planet Holyrood - Donald Trump's US election victory | Lessons for Keir Starmer on economy and immigration | Importance of celebrity endorsements?
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Digital Editor Douglas Dickie on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss Donald…
00:30:12 |
Wed 06 Nov 2024
Planet Holyrood - The Labour Budget, are workers worse off?
Rachel Reeves has announced £40bn worth of tax rises on businesses and the rich to help repair the UK's "broken" public services.
In her first Budget speech, the Chancellor confirmed today she will …
00:27:56 |
Thu 31 Oct 2024
Planet Holyrood - The life of Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister between 2007 and 2014, passed away from a heart attack after giving a speech in North Macedonia on Saturday.
He was widely judged to have led a successful SNP…
00:31:27 |
Thu 17 Oct 2024
Planet Holyrood - Winter Fuel Payment row, Starmer in Scotland and Operation Branchform latest
Anas Sarwar’s refusal to criticise Rachel Reeves over the Winter Fuel Payment cuts risk making him look weak and damages his campaign to be the next First Minister.
On the SNP camp, "he clock is run…
00:37:00 |
Thu 10 Oct 2024
Planet Holyrood - Tory batshit party conference | Russell Findlay's first outing at FMQs | Keir Starmer's freebie repayment 'admission of guilt'
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Digital Editor on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the Conservative Part…
00:33:49 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
Planet Holyrood - Labour Party winter fuel cut rebellion and Keir Starmer ‘King of Freebies'
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the hot talking p…
00:26:45 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood - Scottish Independence Referendum ten years on: Is Scotland better off now and why did Yes lose?
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Editor Lorna Hughes and Scottish Express Digital Editor Douglas Dickie on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the 2014 Scottish…
00:36:30 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood Special - SNP MP Pete Wishart admits Daily Record 'The Vow' front page was 'game changing' in the Scottish Independence referendum
The Daily Record's Paul Hutcheon speaks to Perth and Kinross-shire MP Pete Wishart, who has written a book from diary entries during the lead-up to the Scottish Independence referendum ten years ago.…
00:41:34 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood Special - Alex Salmond and Tommy Sheridan speak to the Daily Record on indy dream
In a rare joint interview, political veterans Alex Salmond and Tommy Sheridan cast their memories back to the 2014 independence referendum ahead of its ten-year anniversary.
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00:50:02 |
Fri 13 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood - Winter Fuel Payment row | Glasgow and the Commonwealth Games | Keir Starmer in London
Paul Hutcheon is joined by John Ferguson and Douglas Dickie to discuss Winter Fuel Payments, the possibility of the Commonwealth Games returning to Glasgow and Keir Starmer facing Scottish lobby in L…
00:31:08 |
Thu 12 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood - SNP week from hell with cuts, Swinney's limp Programme for Government and Neil Gray's Oasis mess
Paul Hutcheon is joined by Hannah Rodger and Ben Borland to look at the week in Scottish politics
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00:37:14 |
Thu 05 Sep 2024
Planet Holyrood - Tough talking points of upcoming SNP conference | Sir Keir Starmer’s ‘pain’ speech | Scottish Conservative leadership contest
Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Editor Lorna Hughes and Scottish Express Content Editor Douglas Dickie on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the talking point…
00:35:36 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Planet Holyrood - SNP decimated in Scotland and Tories wiped out but what comes next from new PM Sir Keir Starmer and his triumphant Labour Party
Lorna Hughes is joined by Hannah Rodger and John Ferguson to examine the fallout from the general election results and to assess the big winners and losers as the political landscape in the UK sees a…
00:45:08 |
Fri 05 Jul 2024
Planet Holyrood - Your thoughts on the election, campaigning apathy and Boris is back
Lorna Hughes, Hannah Rodger and Andrew Quinn get together for the last Planet Holyrood before the polls open. We discuss what matters to you, our listeners, whether politicians should be out and abou…
00:31:09 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Planet Holyrood - Friday night dinner, the postal vote issues and Reform's trojan horses
Lorna Hughes, John Ferguson and Douglas Dickie chew the fat after a busy day on the campaign trail with Starmer's Friday plans coming under scrutiny, the postal vote issues continuing and Reform clai…
00:33:49 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
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