Scottish politics dissected from a left, pro-independence stance. Each week, award-winning broadcaster and journalist, Lesley Riddoch chews over the week’s news with former media lecturer and Dundee United fan, Pat Joyce. If you like intelligent, quirky chat about Scottish society and culture, and Scottish, UK and international politics analysed from a Scottish perspective; this podcast is for you.
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episode 786: Unity Is Strength
Humza Yousaf's closing speech to the SNP annual conference in Aberdeen is the focus of this week's episode.
He began as do we with his response to the developing humanitarian disaster in Gaza and the atrocities carried out by Hamas.
We compare and contrast his measured and humane approach to that of Sir Keir Starmer before going on to give our initial impressions of the speech itself and the measures he announced within it.
Tommy Shephard, one of the key movers behind the new SNP independence strategy took time out of the conference to explain it to us.
Along the way we also examine the SNP in crisis narrative and the defection of Dr Lisa Cameron to the Tories.
If you missed Humza's speech, follow this link
https://youtube.com/watch?v=HdzfYX1NQ2E
He comes on around 4.52