Bits & Pieces , Aug2023
Regular presenter Fiona is joined by guest presenter Lynne Dougan for a round up of interesting snippets from August 2023.
Themes covered are:
00:00:33 – Glasgow UCI World Cycling Championships
00:09:58 – Bibby Stockholm scandal and the “othering” of asylum seekers by the right wing press
00:21:15 – Hugh Grant takes down the UK press
00:22:07 – Junior doctors pay settlement – BBC vs STV versions
00:27:23 – It’s GERS week with Richard Murphy
00:30:33 – SNP MPs standing down, Mairi Black owns Oliver Dowden
00:33:20 – EU or EFTA? Views from Philippa Whitford, Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp and Keir Starmer
00:38:28 – energy policy and economic strategy, Humza Yousaf, Ian Blackford and Gordon MacIntyre-Kemp
00:56:40 – Corri Wilson on uniting Scotland
01:03:00 – Dust If You Must (RIP Irene Hamilton)
01:04:26 – upcoming events
01:06:11 – sign off
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