Holyrood Sources

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On a special Q&A episode of the Holyrood Sources podcast, Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein and Andy Maciver answer some of your questions!

Was Andy Burnham playing politics with the timing of the Jackdaw announcement?
Is the argument that Jackdaw will help reduce carbon emissions in the long term actually misleading?
Is there a wider problem with the civil service in Scotland? How is it fixed?
And how does Scotland make an economic case for independence?

Hear all this, and more (including the story of when Geoff dressed up as Ginger Spice...!) on this week's episode of Holyrood Sources.
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On a special episode of the Holyrood Sources podcast, recorded in the afternoon of Wednesday the 28th October, Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein and Andy Maciver break down John Healey's first ever Budget... what does it mean for Scotland... did it all feel a bit underwhelming?

Stephen Boyd, Director of the IPPR Scotland joins the podcast to add his perspective.

Later. Geoff, Andy and Calum discuss the Sunday Times report that suggests that the Scottish Government continues to pay salaries worth a total of £27 million of public sector workers whose role's no longer exist....

And ,are free schoolbags a good idea... or are they a waste of money that could be spent on other aspects of education?
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The UK government has approved extraction from the Jackdaw gas field near Aberdeen What does this mean for Scotland's economy and the future of North Sea oil and gas?

In this episode of Holyrood Sources, Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein and Andy Maciver breakdown the big political stories in Scotland this week, .We speak with Prof. John Underhill, Director for Energy Transition at the University of Aberdeen about what this decision actually means for UK gas supply, scope 3 emissions, domestic jobs, and the new North Sea Energy Wealth Fund. Will Rosebank be next?

As Amanda Bland resigns from Reform UK, rendering Labour the second-largest party in Holyrood.. Is Reform's Scottish insurgency already falling apart?

Did John Swinney deliver the detail Scotland needed in his conference speech, or was it high on rhetoric and low on public service reform?

The BBC Scotland channel is moving online-only, as part of the corporations latest round of cost-cutting measures. What does this mean for Scottish broadcast media, regional journalism, and public service broadcasting?
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Calum and Geoff are live from the pub at SNP conference. They take the temperature of the party ahead of John Swinney's speech this weekend and are joined by party representatives, pollsters and experts to diagnose the health of the SNP going into 2027. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.