Planet Holyrood - The Scottish Politics Show

Oct 31 2024 90 ep. 33 mins 25

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Welcome to Planet Holyrood, our weekly look at the key events in Scottish politics. Hosted by Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon, guests will chew over what has been happening at Holyrood and Westminster.

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Planet Holyrood - The Labour Budget, are workers worse off?

Oct 31 2024 27 mins

Rachel Reeves has announced £40bn worth of tax rises on businesses and the rich to help repair the UK's "broken" public services. In her first Budget speech, the Chancellor confirmed today she will not increase national insurance, VAT or income tax for working people. But hiked employers’ national insurance contributions by 1.2 percentage points - insisting it was “the right

Planet Holyrood - The life of Alex Salmond

Oct 17 2024 31 mins

Alex Salmond, Scotland's First Minister between 2007 and 2014, passed away from a heart attack after giving a speech in North Macedonia on Saturday. He was widely judged to have led a successful SNP Government before winning a landslide Holyrood election in 2011 and securing an independence referendum. He subsequently led a new party, Alba. Chris McCall, Hannah Rodger and Douglas

Planet Holyrood - Winter Fuel Payment row, Starmer in Scotland and Operation Branchform latest

Oct 10 2024 37 mins

Anas Sarwar’s refusal to criticise Rachel Reeves over the Winter Fuel Payment cuts risk making him look weak and damages his campaign to be the next First Minister. On the SNP camp, "he clock is running" to prosecute Nicola Sturgeon's husband in connection with the alleged embezzlement of party funds, a defence advocate has said. The Daily Record's political editor Paul Hutcheo

Planet Holyrood - Tory batshit party conference | Russell Findlay's first outing at FMQs | Keir Starmer's freebie repayment 'admission of guilt'

Oct 03 2024 33 mins

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Digital Editor on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the Conservative Party conference and their leadership contest. Tory leadership contender Kemi Badenoch appeared to criticise statutory maternity pay as she said the Government was doing “too much” in

Planet Holyrood - Labour Party winter fuel cut rebellion and Keir Starmer ‘King of Freebies'

Sep 26 2024 26 mins

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Political Editor John Ferguson and Scottish Express Editor Ben Borland on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the hot talking points at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool. This week Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves continue to come under criticism for their negative narrative, claiming ‘things are go

Planet Holyrood - Scottish Independence Referendum ten years on: Is Scotland better off now and why did Yes lose?

Sep 19 2024 36 mins

Daily Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon is joined by Sunday Mail Editor Lorna Hughes and Scottish Express Digital Editor Douglas Dickie on the Planet Holyrood podcast to discuss the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum ten years on. Is Scotland better off after having a referendum or has it just been a lost decade? Why did Yes lose, was it the economy or did the Daily Record

Planet Holyrood Special - SNP MP Pete Wishart admits Daily Record 'The Vow' front page was 'game changing' in the Scottish Independence referendum

Sep 17 2024 41 mins

The Daily Record's Paul Hutcheon speaks to Perth and Kinross-shire MP Pete Wishart, who has written a book from diary entries during the lead-up to the Scottish Independence referendum ten years ago. Wishart, a Perthshire MP since 2001, looks at media coverage, grassroots movements, speeches and rallies – and a sense that Scotland’s political landscape was set to change foreve

Planet Holyrood Special - Alex Salmond and Tommy Sheridan speak to the Daily Record on indy dream

Sep 12 2024 50 mins

In a rare joint interview, political veterans Alex Salmond and Tommy Sheridan cast their memories back to the 2014 independence referendum ahead of its ten-year anniversary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planet Holyrood - Winter Fuel Payment row | Glasgow and the Commonwealth Games | Keir Starmer in London

Sep 12 2024 31 mins

Paul Hutcheon is joined by John Ferguson and Douglas Dickie to discuss Winter Fuel Payments, the possibility of the Commonwealth Games returning to Glasgow and Keir Starmer facing Scottish lobby in London. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Planet Holyrood - SNP week from hell with cuts, Swinney's limp Programme for Government and Neil Gray's Oasis mess

Sep 05 2024 37 mins

Paul Hutcheon is joined by Hannah Rodger and Ben Borland to look at the week in Scottish politics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices