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The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

By: DC Thomson
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 Insight and analysis with a Scottish focus from political commentators from The Courier, The Press & Journal, the Evening Telegraph and the Evening Express.DC Thomson Political Science Politics & Government
Episodes
  • How a Dundee debt-busting scheme is trying to tackle poverty

    How a Dundee debt-busting scheme is trying to tackle poverty
    Jun 18 2025

    Dundee and the wider Tayside region has served as the pilot for a scheme to tackle public debt. National charity Aberlour have been helping families in poverty unable to pay their rent or council tax. But how has the project worked for the local community, and can it actually save taxpayers’ cash?
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    24 mins
  • Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay interview

    Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay interview
    Jun 11 2025

    Scottish Conservative chief Russell Findlay joins us ahead of his party’s conference in Edinburgh this weekend.

    He speaks candidly about his first year in the job and addresses Tory council defections to Reform.

    We also hear exclusively about his party’s proposals for an emergency law to fast-track A9 dualling.
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    21 mins
  • Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer in Scotland

    Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer in Scotland
    Jun 4 2025

    Two political heavyweights started the week in Scotland, and we went to speak to both.

    In Aberdeen, Nigel Farage unveiled his latest north-east defector from the Tories. And in Glasgow, Keir Starmer outlined the impact of his defence spending plans.

    We look through the developments - including a weird Reform attack on the media - to see what it means locally. And we look at the timing as voters in a crucial Holyrood by-election prepare to cast their ballots.
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    25 mins
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