Bits and Pieces Podcast August 2023

Regular presenter Fiona is joined by guest presenter Lynne Dougan for a round up of interesting snippets from August 2023.  Themes covered are:

00:00:33 - Glasgow UCI championships

00:09:58 - Bibby Stockholm scandal  and the "othering" of asylum seekers by the right wing press

00:21:15 - Hugh Grant takes down the UK press

00:22:07 - Junior doctors pay settlement - BBC vs STV versions

00:27:23 - It's GERS week with Richard Murphy

00:30:33 - SNP MPs standing down, Mairi Black owns Oliver Dowden

00:33:20 - EU or EFTA?  Views from Philippa Whitford, Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp and Keir Starmer

00:38:28 - energy policy and economic strategy, Humza Yousaf, Ian Blackford and Gordon M-K

00:56:40 - Corrie Wilson on uniting Scotland

01:03:00 - Dust If You Must (RIP Irene Hamilton)

01:04:26 - upcoming events

01:06:11 - sign off

Ian Blackford's paper "Roadmap for a Scottish Green Industrial Strategy" can be downloaded from his website 

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