Lesley Riddoch
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Campaign Pains
The General Election campaign is well under way and we look at how it's been going both in Scotland and the UK.
Will devolved matters dominate the debate in Scotland. How can the SNP focus voters minds on Westminster issues?
Lesley has particular insights on this after her sojourn in Orkney, Shetland and Caithness.
Can the Tories recover from the shambles of the first week? How will they solve the black hole of missing candidates? Are they focusing all their attention on capturing Reform supporters?
Labour has received backing from big business but can it withstand pressure from UNITE over watering down its New Deal for Working People?
Starmer has also maintained a distinct fence sitting position over the ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant even after the latest Rafa outrage.
However he's been extremely vocal in demanding that the election debates should be head to head with Sunak, excluding all other parties in particular the SNP.
We ask how fit for the rough and tumble of the campaign trail are both Anas Sarwar and Douglas Ross after less than stellar recent media appearances?
Much has been made of the recent Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce survey on Energy Transition. It's safe to say no political party nor either government comes out well. However there are some nuggets not so far covered by either the press or broadcasters contained within it.
All this plus Bambie Thug, fitba( not Dundee United), and the Orkney folk festival.
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
Episode 821
May 28, 2024
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Відео

YesWeDidnae-Podcast Extra
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In this podcast extra we speak with Stewart Kirkpatrick, the former head of digital for Yes Scotland who has launched a survey designed to find out just why the 2014 referendum was lost. Since then Stewart has worked for the petition and campaigns website 38 Degrees before moving to openDemocracy as their head of impact. His experiences there taught him the “power of asking people what they thi...
General Election-Podcast Special
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In this special edition of the Lesley Riddoch podcast we give our immediate reaction to and analysis of Rishi Sunak's surprise announcement of a General Election on the 4th of July. The Lesley Riddoch Podcast Episode 819 May 22, 2024 ★ Episode details: share.transistor.fm/s/040e3280 ★ Additional episodes: lesleyriddoch.com/podcast
Holding to Account
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The report into the infected blood scandal has finally been published and it makes for damning reading. It found that this "not an accident", and that the government and the NHS had engaged in "downright deception" over decades. We speculate on whose head will roll as a result of the findings and marvel at the fortitude of survivors and campaigners. John Woodcock, Baron Walney , former Labour M...
Making Your Mind Up
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As the dust settles on the SNP leadership question and the Cabinet reshuffle, the focus now shifts to what policies the Swinney government will pursue. Will it be a simple battle between "Left" and "Right"? Growth has been promised but what will this mean in practice and will there be a new openness to ideas outwith the usual lobbying suspects? Change under a changed Labour Party has been the m...
Decisions Decisions
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Humza Yousaf officially resigned as First Minister just before noon this Tuesday. John Swinney was elected unopposed as leader of the SNP after Graeme McCormick dropped out. The theatre switched stage to Holyrood where the formality of his ascendancy to FM was played out. We give our reaction to both of these. What will his election to both posts mean for the furtherance of independence? Will h...
SNP Leadership Extra
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In this bonus episode we focus on the news that the field to become the new leader of the SNP and next First Minister seems to be down to just one candidate as Kate Forbes announced that she would be supporting John Swinney's candidacy. We look at John Swinney's speech and analyse both it and Kate Forbes statement and speculate on the significance of the key points in both. Meanwhile back in Ho...
Humza Yousaf Resigns
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One topic and one topic alone in this week's episode. We give our immediate reaction to the resignation of First Minister Humza Yousaf. Why did he resign? Who will be the next SNP leader and First Minister? What next for the Greens and Alba? The Lesley Riddoch Podcast Episode 813 April 29, 2024 ★ Episode details: share.transistor.fm/s/b42cf576 ★ Additional episodes: lesleyriddoch.com/podcast
United We Stand
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The past week in Scottish politics has been all about fall outs. Who can speak at an independence rally? Which rally should take precedence? Will the Scottish Greens bail out of the Bute House Agreement over the abandonment of climate change targets and the Cass Review? We ask if these disputes mask the dearth of ideas at government level over how to tackle the fundamental issue of climate chan...
A Sense of Proportion
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In this week's episode we wonder if Iran has fallen into the trap set by an increasingly desperate Netanyahu who was seeing Western support for Israel's actions in Gaza ebb away. Israel has long argued that the whole Gaza war has in effect been “a war against Iran” from the start. An Iran which threatened not only Israel but stability across the region and beyond. We also examine the legality o...
Taking Sides
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As promised last week we do tackle the Land Reform Bill but not before casting our gimlet gaze over other major issues. Ally McCoist didn't turnup at the Rangers v Celtic match on Sunday so missed out on the opportunity to fall foul of the new Hate Crime Act. However 48000 other Rangers fans did, we revisit the Act in light of what did and didn't happen. Unlike me Lesley didn't watch the match ...
April Is The Cruelest Month
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Humza Yousaf has been First Minister and leader of the SNP for a year. We look back at the past 12 months and ask no matter how effective he has been in steering Scotland through crises which have seen massive strike action in England why do so many folk seem dismissive of his tenure. We also question the timidity of the Scottish Government in challenging the limitations of the devolved settlem...
Denmark - The State of Happiness
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They are judged the happiest people on earth, with the world’s best energy system, a GDP per capita almost a third higher than Britain, more bikes in daily use than the Netherlands, a swim just 15 mins away from every Copenhagen resident and state-run TV that changed the face of drama with Borgen, the Killing and the Bridge. Yet Denmark is small (with about half the land mass of Scotland's with...
Preview: Denmark the State of Happiness
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Preview: Denmark the State of Happiness
Danes are amongst world's happiest people with world's highest taxes. How come?
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Danes are amongst world's happiest people with world's highest taxes. How come?
The Declaration of Arbroath - the letter of liberty.
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The Declaration of Arbroath - the letter of liberty.
Estonia The Baltic Tiger
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Estonia The Baltic Tiger
Huts A Place Beyond - book launch
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Huts A Place Beyond - book launch
Andrew Stoddart rally
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Andrew Stoddart rally
Norwegian Kindergarten
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Norwegian Kindergarten

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @MrGlenn8
    @MrGlenn8 11 годин тому

    Thank you for this very informative video. I learned a lot and enjoyed it.

  • @kitwanaabraham560
    @kitwanaabraham560 17 годин тому

    Since the Danish government provides the services and infrastructure Danes need to live happy, healthy, long and fulfilling lives, why has the fertility and birth rate in Denmark been stuck below replacement level for such a long time? Why aren't Danes having enough babies to ensure the stability of their population? One would assume that the average Danish woman would be having two of three kids in such a supportive environment, instead it's 1.7. Quite befuddling indeed.

  • @khizar8286
    @khizar8286 23 години тому

    We don't dress for the ride, we dress for the destination. Bravo girl

  • @lisae516
    @lisae516 День тому

    In Australia we pay 40% tax - it’s crazy

  • @cindyhuynh1282
    @cindyhuynh1282 День тому

    mexico and usa had border . entering from san diego to usa not hard at all. mr donald trump said mexico are not allowed .

  • @cindyhuynh1282
    @cindyhuynh1282 День тому

    engineering i want tobe smart like uu

  • @haraldtheyounger5504
    @haraldtheyounger5504 2 дні тому

    The only way to persuade the No voters or doubters is for the SNP to get their act together and begin working for Scotland, improving the NHS, Education, building housing for rent, fixing the rutted roads, etc. If our Devolved Independence Supporting government can't get it right, and they can with the present funds they have, then people won't exactly think "Welll, it's gonna be alright on the night". The SNP has failed Independence by their incompetence, their sneakiness, their outright lying, their corruption, their arrogance, their endless blaming of Westminster. They do have the money to make a difference, and that's what the focus should always have been... coupled with a sense of urgency.

  • @hi.kingharry
    @hi.kingharry 2 дні тому

    Every politician should watch this video, and it's more than enough to make policies for a better life, better place on earth

  • @RahulVerulkar-yt6pp
    @RahulVerulkar-yt6pp 2 дні тому

    No skyscrapers, no luxury brands, no ostensity, and no ostentatious = Happiness

  • @lourdesmarquez5334
    @lourdesmarquez5334 2 дні тому

    I don't give anything war i in Usa

  • @lourdesmarquez5334
    @lourdesmarquez5334 2 дні тому

    No war

  • @lourdesmarquez5334
    @lourdesmarquez5334 2 дні тому

    He burn Bill Douglas and make beautiful la vitola in us os Jwdish Americano and he has syndrome of Down because lq vitola dijo Bill los viola the kids la vitola

  • @accountemail4344
    @accountemail4344 2 дні тому

    Where are all the blaq people? The minorities? This would never work in the United States.

  • @annwynn4827
    @annwynn4827 2 дні тому

    Politicians give away America’s taxes to other countries. 😢

  • @GailA-im6vy
    @GailA-im6vy 2 дні тому

    It's not the Westminster elections that matter as we just get lumped with the government England vote for. In a few years, the real fight for Scotland begins. The SNP had better get their finger out and make serious improvements or they're out too.

  • @travelwithharendrajaat2122
    @travelwithharendrajaat2122 3 дні тому

    Please save humanity

  • @travelwithharendrajaat2122
    @travelwithharendrajaat2122 3 дні тому

    Please save forest

  • @KC-lc8dx
    @KC-lc8dx 3 дні тому

    Awesome documentary!! Yes, hope to see Scotland back in EU too!

  • @jenna2431
    @jenna2431 3 дні тому

    The things that are possible when your people aren't fighting all the time about who "god" hates.

  • @clauchinaski
    @clauchinaski 3 дні тому

    in mexico we pay 30% and this country is poor and exploited

  • @Zaheersaab-wn9ok
    @Zaheersaab-wn9ok 3 дні тому

    Refugee welcome 😂

  • @jamilbrugsen1362
    @jamilbrugsen1362 3 дні тому

    I live in Denmark and please stop your fake propaganda about happy danes! I am from Central Asia and I lived hare for 15 years and I know how loneliness became an issue here ,elderly homes filled with lonely grandparents and many children have the same issue.

  • @razvantasca
    @razvantasca 4 дні тому

    EXTREME RIGHT 👎

  • @ailynflores1049
    @ailynflores1049 4 дні тому

  • @theresa805
    @theresa805 4 дні тому

    Thank you very much for sharing such extraordinary information about Denmark but what I have found intriguing is about the amount of population cycling which is another amazing way of reducing pollution

  • @Gombakka
    @Gombakka 4 дні тому

    It's not picture perfect as you try to show here. This would have been a better documentary if you mix it with the current issues the country is facing

  • @simplesimpleman
    @simplesimpleman 5 днів тому

    I am from Myanmar and wow, they have more than everything we can only dream of. Rich, beautiful, clean and safe.

  • @matthewconstantine5015
    @matthewconstantine5015 5 днів тому

    40% is high taxes. In the States, I pay 33% & don't get crap back for it. But at least a handful of billionaires, the auto industry, and military contractors are happy.

  • @aumflow
    @aumflow 5 днів тому

  • @aumflow
    @aumflow 5 днів тому

  • @januarySl2024
    @januarySl2024 5 днів тому

    Is happiness measured in filled stomachs only?Because that's the only thing they offer in Scandinavian lands ! Long ago, said the philosopher: Nations do not live for their stomachs !

  • @MyLoganTreks
    @MyLoganTreks 5 днів тому

    Compared to the Billionaires in America who pay on average 8% tax which is far lower than the average Americans, this is why there is growing support to tax the Rich in the USA and vote out the Corruption. We all can learn a lot from this beautiful documentary.

  • @francisxavier5955
    @francisxavier5955 6 днів тому

    I love bildig and color

  • @samsonsengoonzi8148
    @samsonsengoonzi8148 6 днів тому

    Looks like a happy place. But i would still still choose liberty over safetyism

    • @MK-vh9wz
      @MK-vh9wz 6 днів тому

      Good!!! You are so privileged in Uganda.

  • @Gamerooster51
    @Gamerooster51 6 днів тому

    Well done! Thank you!

  • @lenigat7957
    @lenigat7957 7 днів тому

    I love Denmark I been visiting that country since 2011 and this year and I love the people the culture and theirs characters…I wish I can live and work to the home care in Denmark.

  • @PilotVBall
    @PilotVBall 7 днів тому

    I'm an American. For tax year 2023, the American regime stole 42% of my income through taxes - federal income tax, state income tax, housing tax (aka property taxes), sales tax, utility taxes, car taxes. 42% of my income was stolen by the American regime and I didn't even get a 'free' Tylenol from the American regime.

  • @shiftyourperception
    @shiftyourperception 7 днів тому

    no one would object because of taxes if you had enough left over to live more than decently. this, in a nutshell, is why the Danes are so "happy". the rest... what you listed in the clip is just advertising. why do we avoid getting to the point and always get lost in stereotypes?

  • @judithdiraddo4162
    @judithdiraddo4162 7 днів тому

    No fat people?!

  • @woofpet
    @woofpet 7 днів тому

    Absolutely bang on Lesley. Steady as she goes will just not do. We need a goal to aim at. Get in with it Swinney!

  • @anthonyhiggins7409
    @anthonyhiggins7409 7 днів тому

    Brilliant. Randomly remembered about the pod going up on UA-cam now a few minutes ago so I do a search and *bang* a new episode has been posted just 4 minutes beforehand.

  • @P.EnglishLiterature
    @P.EnglishLiterature 7 днів тому

    That cute boy at timestamp 14:57 kinda hurt himself. I hope he is fine. Loved this video

  • @TravelingDestinationsblog
    @TravelingDestinationsblog 7 днів тому

    amazing video

  • @blueforme2320
    @blueforme2320 7 днів тому

  • @larsjensen8994
    @larsjensen8994 7 днів тому

    Europe's shortest working hours, yes but pension at 70. That is Europe's longes workinglife. I dont think we will continue to be happy...

  • @DD-ih7wn
    @DD-ih7wn 8 днів тому

    Wow, I feel so inspired.

  • @brunoyvres4939
    @brunoyvres4939 8 днів тому

    Every politician in Scotland should be made to watch this. This has to be our future.

    • @MyLoganTreks
      @MyLoganTreks 5 днів тому

      Every Politician in America should watch their politician speak describing how they work together in politics for a common good.42:45

  • @Theanfairytales
    @Theanfairytales 8 днів тому

    The vegetable store is very easy for buyer.❤❤

  • @rhythmicelegance4670
    @rhythmicelegance4670 8 днів тому

    I am teaching myself Danish, which will be my fifth language.

  • @12567NoYouCannot
    @12567NoYouCannot 8 днів тому

    "being a Collective" the Danish Government Assisting with Payments of their Education, and Learning for Your Own Sake, like the Student mentioned, NOT to satisfy the Teacher's Ego; ARE KEY to SUCCESS.