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May 23, 2024
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The Holyrood Sources podcast analyses Scottish politics through the experiences of those who have lived and breathed it as Special Advisers to the Scottish Government, SNP and opposition parties. Join hosts Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein (Chief of Staff to the First Minister, 2007-2014) and Andy Maciver (Former Head of Communications for the Scottish Conservatives) as they take you inside Scottish politics. Their insight is second to none - they've been there, lived it, and maintain remarkable connections to Scotland's politicians and the world of Scottish politics.
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The End of the Campaign: Poll Trends, Key Moments & Surprises
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May 06, 2026 |
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One Week To Go: The Path to Bute House and the 'Scunner Factor'
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Why This Election Campaign is "Dispiriting"
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Reform-Labour "Deal", Manifesto Analysis & The Truth About Battle Buses
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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SNP Leads Labour in 2026 Poll: Is a majority within their reach?
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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The Interviews: Malcolm Offord
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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The Interviews: Alex Cole-Hamilton
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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The Interviews: Anas Sarwar
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Apr 05, 2026 |
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The Interviews: Russell Findlay
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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The Interviews: Ross Greer
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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The Interviews: John Swinney
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Scunnered or Stable? | The Final Day, Part 2
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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The End of an Era? Live from the Scottish Parliament
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Education Special: Is Scotland's School System Failing?
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Election Trends, Meet the Candidates and should the Government help with energy costs?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Crisis in the Middle East - Scotland Perspective and SNP Hold Firm in New Poll
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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SNP Majority in May? The End of the Alba Party, and Faith in Politics
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Scotland’s "Sweetie Jar" Economy: The IFS Warning & Business Rate Crisis
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Anas Sarwar’s Gamble, Your Questions Answered and Remembering Jeane Freeman
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Anas Sarwar Calls for Keir Starmer to Resign
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Tactical Boost for the SNP, Is Scotland Bad for Business, and Remembering Jim Wallace
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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100 Days to the Scottish Election: Reform Tax Cuts, SNP vs Starmer & Labour’s NHS Pitch
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Scottish Voters Focus Group: Swinney, Sarwar, Starmer & Farage Assessed
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Farage, Starmer & Badenoch in Scotland as Poll Redraws Holyrood
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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UK Elections 2026 Preview: Reform UK, Labour, SNP & Plaid Cymru
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Hogmanay Special
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Christmas Special 🎄 | Swinney, Sarwar, Reform UK & the Future of Independence
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Angela Constance and the Resident Doctors
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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New Scottish Poll SHOCKS Labour: Reform UK Surges to 2nd
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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DEFECTION: Malcolm Offord Explains his move from Tory to Reform UK
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Scottish Reaction to Rachel Reeves’ Budget – Starmer Crisis & SNP Boost?
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Budget Shockwaves: Two-Child Cap, Oil & Gas Crisis & Reeves Booed at Business Dinner
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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It's Budget Day and the future of the Scottish Conservatives with Maurice Golden MSP
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Scotland’s Win, Exxon’s Exit & Party Support Ceilings... Plus, Pam Duncan-Glancy
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Civil War Inside Labour & BBC Crisis, Bias & The License Fee
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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What Rachel Reeves’ Budget Means for Scotland... plus Assisted Dying amendments
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Brollygate; Who Controls Scotland’s Election Narrative?
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Independence Helps Russia? And Labour Meltdown in Wales
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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SNP Conference: John Swinney’s “Secret Plan” and the Battle for 2026
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Is Badenoch finished? Swinney heckled... Plus Greer and Mackay on Scottish Greens
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Labour Party Conference | Reform UK, Anas Sarwar’s Scottish Labour Strategy
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Scottish Labour’s Shadow Government
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Healthier, Wealthier, and Better Educated... with Malcolm Offord
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Sep 17, 2025 |
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Swinney in the Oval Office & Starmer's Reshuffle... with Ayesha Hazarika
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Offshore Wind & Fuel Poverty | The Future of Energy Part 2
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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North Sea Oil: Jobs vs Net Zero? | The Future of Energy Part 1
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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“Drill Baby Drill?” Oil & Gas, Renewables, Consumers & Communities
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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The SNP, Reform UK and 2026 – David Linden, SNP candidate
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Nicola Sturgeon’s Memoir... analysed by Geoff Aberdein
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Nicola Sturgeon’s "Frankly" & Scotland’s Elected Mayors
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Scottish Politics Needs Big Ideas... So Where Are They?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Kate Forbes Quits Scottish Politics
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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"The UK Is Finished" - Historian James Hawes
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Swinney’s Independence Plan...Will it backfire?
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Zonal Pricing, Trump’s Visit & Why Scotland Can’t Build
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Swinney Should AVOID Trump, says Ross Greer
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Crisis in Police Scotland
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Sir John Curtice - How did Swinney and Sarwar perform?
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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John Swinney & Anas Sarwar | The Battle for Bute House
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Will John Swinney deliver independence?
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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By-election Aftermath... and Reform UK defector
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Labour WIN Hamilton by-election
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Farage in Scotland and Labour's By-Election Shambles
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Will Reform UK win an MSP in Scotland?
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May 28, 2025 |
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Betrayal? The EU reset and Scottish fishing
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May 21, 2025 |
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Michael Shanks, Energy Minister, on the North Sea Transition
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May 17, 2025 |
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How close is Scotland to legalised assisted dying?
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May 14, 2025 |
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One Year to Election Day
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May 08, 2025 |
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Blair's Net Zero Attack & Local Elections
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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What is a woman? With Susan Smith
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Questions, answered
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Tory Defections and Alba’s Vision… with Jamie Greene and Kenny MacAskill
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Can the SNP win the Hamilton by-election?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Ivan McKee: Reforming the Civil Service
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Sturgeon "Relieved", Sarwar's Change of Mind, Ross Aims for Westminster
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Getting Scotland working
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Sturgeon Quits, Labour & Welfare, Liz Smith MSP
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Scotland's role in a coalition of the willing
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Labour Debrief, MSPs Standing Down
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Anas Sarwar & Jackie Baillie
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Labour's Promises and Your Questions Answered
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Sarwar's Dilemma; Swinney's Past
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Getting Stuff Done - the budget and coalitions
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Anthony Scaramucci... on Trump and Scotland
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Optimistic Vision, Trump's Inauguration, Coalition Benefits
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Reform UK Defection... and Coalition Polling
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Jan 19, 2025 |
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Exclusive: Scotland-wide Polling... with Prof Sir John Curtice
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Exclusive: The First Minister and Deputy First Minister
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Scotland’s Ageing Population… and how to pay for it
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Christmas Special 2024
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Humza Yousaf, WASPI vs Sarwar and the A9
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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“Hope” for 2026 & Talking to Trump
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The Scottish Government's Budget - Analysed
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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The Scottish Budget Preview
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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The Rise of Reform UK in Scotland
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Double Jobbing & Vote Labour to Stop Labour
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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Stephen Flynn's MSP Bid: The Dual Mandate
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Trump and Problems for Scottish Labour
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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The UK Government Budget
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Salmond Protocol; MSPs in the USA; Education staff on strike
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Remembering Alex Salmond
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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The Islands Tour: Lerwick
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Housing, Climbing The Tory Mountain and The Zeitgeist
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Michael Moore, Former Secretary of State for Scotland
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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A New Proposition for Independence and the Parliament?
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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IndyRef 10 Years; Devolution 25 Years - Brian Taylor and Bernard Ponsonby
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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IndyRef 10 Years; Devolution 25 Years - Alex Salmond
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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IndyRef 10 Years; Devolution 25 Years - Jack McConnell
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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IndyRef 10 Years; Devolution 25 Years - The Origins
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Salmond and Sturgeon, Greens vs SNP
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Cuts or Savings? The Programme for Government
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Scottish Conservative Leadership Special
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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SNP Conference: Kate Forbes, Michelle Thomson, John Boothman
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Sarwar, Swinney and Salmond - How to Win in 2026
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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A Quiet Summer... with Angus Robertson
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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The Islands Tour: Kirkwall
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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The Politics of Riots, Results and Murdo Fraser Enters The Race
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Who Should Lead The Scottish Conservatives?
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The Future of Scottish Conservatives...with Liz Smith and Murdo Fraser
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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The Islands Tour: Stornoway
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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New MPs and Labour's First week... with Angus Macdonald & Sam White
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The General Election: Flash Reaction
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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The General Election: Last Orders
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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To Bet Or Not To Bet
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Manifestos, Scottish Tories and should polling stop?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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Growing Scotland's Economy: Holyrood Sources Live
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The SNP/Labour Poll Gap Closes...with Emily Gray
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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An Invitation to you: Growing Scotland's Economy
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Douglas Ross U-Turns and will run to be an MP
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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The Leaders Debate... We Discuss
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Deputy Leaders analyse the debates and campaign
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Election Bulletin 1: What You Might Have Missed
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May 31, 2024 |
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Polls, Diane Abbott and Campaigning Tales... with Allan Faulds
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May 29, 2024 |
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Snap Election Snap Analysis
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May 23, 2024 |
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An Election? And Progressive Taxation...with Laurie Macfarlane
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May 22, 2024 |
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Swinney's First Week, Mayors and Independence Extremists
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May 15, 2024 |
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John Swinney's Cabinet
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May 08, 2024 |
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What's Next? (Swinney, Forbes, Faith, Unity)
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May 03, 2024 |
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John Swinney or Kate Forbes...with Gina Davidson
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May 01, 2024 |
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Humza Yousaf Resigns: The Opposition Reacts
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Votes of No Confidence...with Ross Greer
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Humza Yousaf Dumps The Scottish Greens
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Embezzlement Charges, Climate Targets, and The Bute House Agreement
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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By-Elections, The Cass Review and Holyrood's Rural Caucus
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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25 Years of Devolution: Susan Deacon
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Wood-burners, Labour leads, and Hate Crimes Q&A... with Michael Foran
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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3000 Hate Crime Reports in 24 Hours
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Hate Incidents and Humza Yousaf's First Year
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Live: 25 Years of Devolution (Part 2)
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Live: 25 Years of Devolution (Part 1)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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From Holyrood to Westminster... with John Lamont
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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What's the plan, SNP?
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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The Budget... with Catherine Macleod
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Scottish Conservative Conference: Douglas Ross, Claire Coutinho & Andrew Bowie
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Mar 02, 2024 |
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Conservative to Labour... with Iain Anderson
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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The Politics of Ceasefire, Yousaf in Aberdeen, The Nine
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Scottish Labour Conference: feat. Anas Sarwar
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Feb 17, 2024 |
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Big Announcement + Scottish Labour... with Jim Murphy
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Reshuffle: Humza Yousaf's Cup Final
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Expectation Management
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Energy Debate: Live
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Covid WhatsApps, Budget Aftermath and Energy Special
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Election Strategies... with Stephen Gethins
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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2024: The Leaders' Pitches
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Alba and Lib Dems in 2023
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Jan 07, 2024 |
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Labour's 2023
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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2023 and the SNP
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Political & Podcast Moments and 2024
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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The Budget
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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The scunner factor...with Douglas Ross
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Alistair Darling, Education & Budget
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Your questions...answered.
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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The "Toughest Two Weeks"...with Ian Murray
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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iPad-gate, Lord Cameron and Ceasefire
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The Same, but Different... with Ash Regan
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Open for Business... with Alex Cole-Hamilton
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Holyrood Sources So Far
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Partnership and Devolution... with Jackie Baillie
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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SNP Conference: Humza Yousaf's Speech
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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SNP Conference: The Pub
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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Middle East responses and SNP Conference
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Rutherglen & Hamilton West By-Election
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Lego-brick Democracy... with Andy Wightman
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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IndyRef: Johann Lamont & Stephen Noon
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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IndyRef: Blair McDougall
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Sep 19, 2023 |
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IndyRef: Blair Jenkins
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Collegiate colleagues? With Michelle Thomson
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Programme for Government... instant reaction
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Parliament, IndyRef and Tax...with Meghan Gallacher
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Labour and SNP Draw Level
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Humza Yousaf: Live
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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One Week till Humza Yousaf
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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A Sticky By Election
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Special Announcement
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Electoral cul-de-sac... with Fergus Ewing
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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The Perception of Competence... with Stephen Flynn
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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MSPs in Recess
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Best of (some of) the Guests
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Brexit, Indy Convention, Recess
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Sturgeon, Labour, Energy... with Kezia Dugdale
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Jun 20, 2023 |
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Exclusive: Alex Salmond
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Advice... from Jack McConnell
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Cooperation and Collaboration...or not
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May 31, 2023 |
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Your Qs: Election Strategy, The Greens, Indy Convention
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May 24, 2023 |
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Can we make politics better? With Adam Tomkins
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May 17, 2023 |
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Exclusive: Polling on IndyRef and party support
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May 09, 2023 |
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Joanna Cherry: free speech, independence, the SNP
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May 03, 2023 |
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Does Labour deserve to win? With Anas Sarwar
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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Opposition then and now...with Ruth Davidson
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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Crisis Comms and Campervans
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Jeane Freeman: The Greens, NHS and Respect
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Exclusive: Kate Forbes
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Humza Yousaf: The First Few Days
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Humza Yousaf Elected: Snap Reaction
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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The Defining Moment of Devolution
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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SNP Leadership: What we've learned so far
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The First TV Debate
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Is Windsor an Indy Win? Plus the FM's In-Tray
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Scotland's Next First Minister
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Feb 24, 2023 |
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Welcome to Holyrood Sources
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Feb 23, 2023 |