• The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

  • By: DC Thomson
  • Podcast

The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

By: DC Thomson
  • Summary

  • Insight and analysis with a Scottish focus from political commentators from The Courier, The Press & Journal, the Evening Telegraph and the Evening Express.
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Episodes
  • Dundee and Angus College plans - and the university funding crisis
    Nov 27 2024

    We are joined by The Courier’s Dundee Area Editor Laura Devlin to discuss her exclusive on Dundee and Angus College’s £265 million transformation plans.

    The college’s ambitious plans involve creating two new campuses, in the City of Discovery and Angus, and expanding its third campus at Gardyne.

    We also discuss some of our exclusive coverage on the funding crisis hitting Scottish universities, including Dundee and RGU.

    And we look at SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn’s decision to ditch his double jobbing plan.

    Finally, we discuss calls for a general election – after a new petition attracted almost three million signatures.

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    25 mins
  • SNP justice secretary on prisoner release
    Nov 20 2024

    Scotland’s justice secretary, Angela Constance, explains plans to release more prisoners earlier in their sentences.

    We hear about aims to improve prisons in places such as Inverness, as well as her hopes to focus on community-based justice.

    The team wraps up a week of SNP intrigue sparked by our exclusive coverage of Stephen Flynn’s ambition to sit at Westminster and Holyrood.

    And we look at Scottish Labour’s change of plan on the the UK party’s approach to winter fuel payments, just as the snow starts falling

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    21 mins
  • SNP election drama and oil in the dock
    Nov 13 2024

    We discuss our exclusive on SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn hoping to move to Holyrood.

    We hear from energy historian Ewan Gibbs on lessons from the past on a “just transition” for oil workers.

    And we hear climate lawyer Tessa Khan as the Court of Session looks at the future of the Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields off the Scottish coast.

    Finally, we look at the annual ambulance service review and hear from its chief executive on the strains in the NHS.

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    25 mins

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