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With John Swinney set to meet Donald Trump, Isobel Lindsay (@scottishcnd.bsky.social) and Bill Ramsay (SNP TUG) trace fresh foreign policy schisms within the SNP and discuss what the future holds for the Party.
🎧 Listen to 'Scotland in a Changed World' now: buff.ly/CXkdjLS
There’s a funny back and forth in this episode about whether Labour are grifters or they have an ideological project.
I’d say being a political grifter is participating in an ideological project!
Twelve months on from Labour's landslide, Matt Kerr and Chris Stephens return to Nest of Fearties to discuss the government's welfare bill, the proscription of Palestine Action and the prospect of a new left-wing party.
🎧 Listen to 'One Year On' now: buff.ly/rQjBAx9
Absolutely loved this. So rare to get this level of analysis that's specific to Scotland and its dysfunctional unhappy status quo, its industrial strategy caught between inaction and apathy. A great listen.
28.06.2025 19:36 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0@theskotia.bsky.social podcasts are a welcome oasis of left-leaning Scottish politics amongst a lot of anodyne centrist podcasts. Good to hear from yourself and @ewangibbs.bsky.social on such an important topic today.
27.06.2025 21:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0I read a lot of books about economics and history from people on the left, but this episode was really helpful in understanding all of the niche factors that play into/against nationalisation and transition away from carbon-intensive industries.
Def worth a listen!
Enjoyed chatting to environmental campaigner and trade unionist @rosiehampton.bsky.social about Scotland's unjust transition, the multinationals who dominate our economy and how we build an energy system that works for workers and citizens. You can listen here ⬇️
27.06.2025 12:39 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties — with Ewan Gibbs and Rosie Hampton — now.
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“As at Grangemouth, at Alexander Dennis decisions are made in boardrooms outside of Scotland pivotally affecting the future of Scotland,” says @ewangibbs.bsky.social.
27.06.2025 10:10 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Really enjoyed this conversation about (un)just transitions, public ownership & where do we go from here
You can listen at the link below!
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Bathgate no more. Lindwood no more. Grangemouth no more. Now, Larbert no more?
After the news of Alexander Dennis' closure, @rosiehampton.bsky.social and @ewangibbs.bsky.social ponder whether Scotland is witnessing another unjust transition.
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Reading regular news sources about what's going on with the Ferries is insanely mud-slingy and unhelpful. This episode is so good because you can actually figure out the root of the problem.
Unsurprisingly, the problem isn't public ownership. The problem is not enough public ownership.
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In the latest episode of Nest of Fearties, Jeanette Findlay and Brian Reynolds discuss the costly, delayed and error-strewn delivery of the MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa.
⛴️ Listen to 'Behind The Ferry Fiasco' now: buff.ly/rRbYFnu
Shafi nails it. Leishman agrees. We need radical change in Scottish/UK politics away from ‘competent’ managerialism & an unsustainable/unholy reliance on the private sector to enact policies. The left needs to offer a radical alternative that materially improve peoples’ lives, not incremental change
08.06.2025 11:25 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Was a pleasure to talk politics with Coll McCail and Jonathon Shafi during the Nest of Fearties on Skotia.
🗳️ Hamilton by election
🌹 Labour's first 10 months
🗑️ Where austerity belongs
💷 A wealth tax on multi millionaires
✊ The need to redistribute power
An hour well spent 👇
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NEW: In a special episode of Nest of Fearties, Brian Leishman and Jonathon Shafi discuss the results and wider implications of this week's Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse by-election.
🎧 Listen to 'After Hamilton' now: buff.ly/3s8Hwb1
Who really runs Scotland?
🎧 Listen to the latest episode of Nest of Fearties — with Ethan Shone and Paul Dobson — now.
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31.05.2025 10:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ethan Shone on the revolving door between the Labour Party and the City of London.
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In the fifth episode of Nest of Fearties, Paul Dobson and Ethan Shone investigate the network of PR firms, lobbyists and private consultancies quietly influencing our politics at Holyrood and Westminster.
🎧 Listen to 'Who Really Runs Scotland?' now: spoti.fi/3FBuENW
The Scottish Government is failing renters, says Ben Francis.
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Next month, the residents of Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse head to the polls in a crucial by-election ahead of the 2026 Holyrood election.
🗳️ But how do they plan to vote?
Amidst ticket gouging, repressive policing and media demonisation, Scottish football fans are demanding a fair deal, says Sean O'Neil.
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