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Kenny Farquharson hosts The Jaggy Thistle Podcast, a news show with 22 episodes published.
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today, with the Holyrood election just days away, I am talking about tactical voting. Up to a third of Scots intend to vote tactically on polling day on Thursday, either to kick out the SNP or
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I'm looking at the SNP campaign in the Holyrood election and asking why it is focused so heavily on Scottish independence. I explain that there are only three possible election campaign
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I'm talking about a grave moral peril in this Holyrood election. Is Anas Sarwar, leader of Scottish Labour, willing to use Reform MSPs to become first minister of Scotland? The answer see
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I am talking about the racist tropes used by Reform UK’s Malcolm Offord in the Holyrood election campaign. I locate these tropes in the centuries-long fight for civil rights in the Unite
Today I’m talking about the issue of independence in the Holyrood election campaign. And I’m arguing that an SNP parliamentary majority on May 7 will not be a legitimate mandate for a new referendum on independence. Agr
Today I’m writing about the demise of Alex Salmond’s Alba party. The party’s current leader, Kenny MacAskill, says Alba is unlikely to be able to stand candidates in the forthcoming Holyrood elections. Why did Alba fail?
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m talking about Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Labour leader, and his call for the prime minister to resign. I argue this is an inflection point in Scottish politics and the Holyrood parlia
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m looking at a fundamental problem in Scottish democracy - a flaw in the electoral system that could very well give us a Scottish parliament that does not reflect the political views of
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m setting the scene for the Holyrood election in May and asking if Scottish Labour has its strategy right for confronting Reform UK. I’ve been writing on the same subject in The Times t
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m talking about Nigel Farage’s incendiary comments about Glasgow children. He said one in three of the city’s children live in homes where English is a second language, and he called th
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m asking if the demise of Keir Starmer could be brought about by Scottish Labour MPs. Recent stories in The Times suggest that Scottish Labour backbenchers are the most fervent proponen
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m talking about lessons for Scotland from Wales. After the Caerphilly by-election last week it now seems clear that Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru will try to work together to deprive Nig
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I look at the failure of John Swinney to reshuffle the Scottish cabinet in anticipation of the Holyrood elections, even though four of his most senior ministers are not seeking re-electio
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I take stock of the Scottish National Party’s annual conference and I argue that the nationalists are well placed to win next year’s Holyrood election, re-electing John Swinney as first m
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I argue that the sacking of Lord Mandelson as UK ambassador to the United States is an opportunity to walk back some of his malign influence on today’s Labour party. I also tell a story a
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m asking how much success Jeremy Corbyn’s new political party can expect in the Scottish Parliament elections in May next year. I also wrote about this subject in my column in The Times
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m picking up on a telling moment in Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir where she admits a flaw in her famed emotional intelligence. I argue that this reveals a more general flaw in Scottish natio
THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir, entitled Frankly, is the talk of the steamie. In today’s podcast I argue that the book requires a reassessment of what we thought we knew about SNP strategy on Scottis
I hope you enjoy this audio/video review from the Edinburgh International Festival. You can read my Times column on the same subject here. Please let me know what you think in the comments - The Jaggy Thistle is a conver
We have a tricky issue to discuss today, and I hope I have dealt with it sensitively. The issue is immigration, and the effect it has on the movement for Scottish independence. If you want to explore this subject more de
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