The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson
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The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson
Insight and analysis with a Scottish focus from political commentators from The Courier, The Press & Journal, the Evening Telegraph and the Evening Express.
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Trump’s Greenland tantrum felt as far as Glenrothes
There is a link, honestly.
While Donald Trump throws his toys out of his pram, his words are felt everywhere.
In Fife, Nigel Farage was ho...
Budget wrap and energy future
The Stooshie looks at this week's Scottish budget from the SNP Government.
Was it an election special? Who wins and loses?
We also look at...
Happy new election year
The refreshed DC Thomson politics team reconvenes to get ready for a Scottish Parliament election in May.
We start with First Minister John Swin...
End of 2025 politics quiz
Join us, and potentially beat us, in our comprehensive quiz tour of hyper local and random international political highs and lows.
Were you payi...
Sandie Peggie transgender tribunal latest | SNP's Stephen Flynn on energy bill pledge
A two-parter on this week’s Stooshie as we delve into the decision on the Sandie Peggie transgender changing room tribunal.
What does it mean fo...
Eljamel victim interview
We speak to one of the patients harmed by disgraced surgeon Sam Eljamel, who worked at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee for years.
Jules Rose has be...
Aberdeen economy warning and Eljamel inquiry bombshell
Mike Tholen from Offshore Energies UK joins us to explain why oil and gas firms are so angry at Chancellor Rachel Reeves' budget.
What happens n...
Fife chemical plant closure shock - what happens next?
We take a close look at the dramatic plan to shut Mossmorran plant in Fife with the potential loss of hundreds of jobs.
Is this another nail in...
Dundee University principal Nigel Seaton, one year after crisis
Our extended featured interview with Professor Nigel Seaton marks what could be a major turning point for Dundee University.
One year after the...
Scottish prisons overcrowding crisis – featured interview
Scottish prisons are creaking at the seams with inmates, and staff are bearing the brunt.
Some prisoners are being released in a third “emergenc...
Inverness asylum, culture war and Russian threat to the north
From Russian aggression, to culture wars in the aisles of a Dundee Hobbycraft, this week’s Stooshie covers ground.
We start with a catch up afte...
Inside The Courier's parole reform campaign
On this week's episode, The Courier's campaigns editor Sean O'Neill joins The Stooshie to talk about the Voice for Victims campaign which pushed for c...
The Chameleon stalker's political impact, and a look ahead to Lib Dem conference as Alex Cole Hamilton sets sights on the Highlands
We look at a hard-hitting series about the institutional failures which added to an abuse survivor’s ordeal in the Highlands.
The Stooshie delve...
SNP conference comes to Aberdeen
The SNP conference is being held in Aberdeen this weekend, and there’s an election around the corner.
SNP MP Graham Leadbitter joins the Stooshi...
Time to cage dog thieves
Maurice Golden is calling time on dog thieves.
He hopes a new law that could seem them caged for five years will pass its first Scottish Parliam...
Labour conference preview as leadership campaign hits Scotland
Labour MP Graeme Downie talks to us about the health of the party before conference begins in Liverpool.
He was in Dunfermline with deputy leade...
Aberdeen asylum controversy, and Kevin Stewart MSP interview
Asylum seekers are being moved from hotels to student halls of residence - what do people in Aberdeen think?
Why is the Home Office being so ter...
The battle for energy, and flags, as everyone comes to Aberdeen
We look at the big Offshore Europe conference on the energy industry, hearing how there might be grounds for optimism despite upheaval.
Business...
Back to school in election year
The Stooshie team is refreshed from our summer break … in which we did a lot of work.
Things that got in the way of cocktails by the pool includ...
Married couple’s Aberdeenshire election bid
Some stark contrasts in this week’s episode as we look at splits and partnerships in politics.
We look at Fergus Ewing’s dramatic exit from the...
Dundee debt-busting scheme tries to tackle poverty
Dundee and the wider Tayside region has served as the pilot for a scheme to tackle public debt.
National charity Aberlour have been helping fami...
Scottish Tory leader Russell Findlay interview
Scottish Conservative chief Russell Findlay joins us ahead of his party’s conference in Edinburgh this weekend.
He speaks candidly about his fir...
Nigel Farage and Keir Starmer in Scotland
Two political heavyweights started the week in Scotland, and we went to speak to both.
In Aberdeen, Nigel Farage unveiled his latest north-east...
St Andrews University, Israel and Gaza
This week's episode focuses on our in-depth coverage of the fall-out from the St Andrews University rector's comments on Israel.
We reveal the b...
Reform defections and the future of colleges
The link between a college funding crisis and the future of jobs is becoming clear.
We look closely at UHI Perth, and at Nescol in Aberdeen, Pet...
Raac and ruin
Reporter Lindsay Bruce joins the podcast to describe what’s happening in communities affected by the crumbling concrete crisis caused by Raac in housi...
Leading doctor on Scotland's fragile NHS
Inverness GP Dr Iain Kennedy, the British Medical Association's Scottish council chairman, joins us for a full interview on the stresses and strains i...
Union chief Roz Foyer interview
The STUC’s Roz Foyer joins us in Dundee where union members held their annual congress.
Roz sets out the big challenges ahead for jobs, the decl...
Supreme Court 'biological women' fall-out
We look at the fall-out from the Supreme Court ruling on women being defined by their biological sex in equalities law.
What does it mean in pra...
Strikes at Robert Gordon University, John Swinney's reset and MSPs deal with 'burn-out'
It’s Holyrood recess, but the headlines keep coming.
This week, the team speaks to striking staff outside Robert Gordon University fighting cuts...
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey interview
We speak to Lib Dem leader Ed Davey in Inverness as his party looks to the Highlands ahead of next year’s Holyrood election.
He discusses the pa...
New Dundee University rector interview
We speak to Maggie Chapman, who saw off a challenge from TV Gladiator Sabre in an election to the role of Dundee University rector.
She tells us...
Assisted dying interview
We speak with Willie Rennie, the former Scottish Lib Dem leader, on his decision to go public in support of assisted dying proposals.
The MSP fo...
Dundee University finance scandal deepens
Bosses at Dundee University admit the institution could have run out of cash by June without support.
The revelations from parliament are the la...
Dundee University jobs crisis
More than 600 jobs are at risk at Dundee University.
While managers take desperate measures to cut a £35 million deficit, what happens next?
An eye-opening trip to Ukraine
We’re joined by two Scottish MPs fresh from Ukraine where they saw first hand what Russia’s war means.
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry SNP MP Stephe...
John Swinney interview
Scottish First Minister John Swinney speaks to The Stooshie for a feature-length interview as he nears a year in the top job.
He talks about the...
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar interview
Anas Sarwar joins us as his party’s conference gets under way in Glasgow this weekend.
Can he get over the obstacles since Labour’s general elec...
Scotland Office minister on energy jobs promises
Labour politicians are getting flak over energy job promises again, but seem to think the public don’t really mind. Do you?
We spoke to UK Gover...
Justice for tragic Elgin bus driver Keith Rollinson, another NHS reset and a complex NHS Fife trans doctor tribunal
After the death of Elgin bus driver Keith Rollinson, is justice too soft for young offenders?
How are doctors reacting to John Swinney’s big NHS...