Aye Right Radio Podcast

What Branch Manager? Jimmy and Stewart review the Sunday TV politics shows, Ridge on SKY, Marr on BBC1 and Politics Scotland presented by Gary Robertson on BBC...Liz Truss, the Irish protocol, AstraZeneca, Alister Jack, Anas Sawar and Monica Lennon all feature… We read Roddy McLeod on the problems of SNP leadership facing FM Nicola Sturgeon and predict… We hear that Ken MacQuarrie has ‘left’ the BBC to get hired by the BBC at £325,000 a year to monitor/whitewash bias in the BBC...You...

Gove-’Go to Scotland Boris’

Colony Scotland or Equal Partner?

Gove-”Go to Scotland Boris”

Would the SNP Collapse Parliament?

Son of the Manse The news that the German government and the EU is in dispute with AstraZeneca about supplies of the Covid vaccine is our first topic...this issue has legs so expect more on it… We roast the UKGov’s invisible Scottish Secretary for his article in the Irish Times… We disagree with a well written London Times piece by Hugo Rifkind...and recall the friendly and excited atmosphere of Indyref1 and the AUOB marches… The new owners of the Scotsman and Evening News may have...

Grounds for Cautious Optimism

National Assembly Day

£60 million Is Nothing

Worst Excess Deaths in 129 yrs... That’s fake news broadcast by BBC Scotland BTW…

Don’t Haste Ye Back The FMQs review majors on the vaccine programme roll-out… We discuss a new poll which shows 55% support for the May Holyrood election to be plebiscitary (viz. a referendum on independence)... The news from Labour sees Monica Lennon officially as a leadership candidate... There’s also a Keir Starmer appointment of a ‘former’ Mossad agent to spy on the UK Labour Party… The final main topic is the launch in the UK of two more foreign backed TV News stations (what’s...

World Worst Death Rate

Look Down On The Serfs It was a brief Covid briefing and only 14 journalists turned up...Perhaps they were warned that Covid only questions were allowed…The figures have plateaued so the focus was on the vaccination roll-out and comparisons with England… The Review

Not Another One?

Vaccination Passports... Health Secretary Jeane Freeman took the Covid press briefing... She apologised for mistakes in her department and announced South American travel bans due to the Brazil new variant... Also announced were testing for ‘care at home’ workers, a big expansion of mobile testing teams plus waste water testing at sewage works... NCD Jason Leitch clarified the position on vaccination passports... We discussed the Scottish Labour deposing of leader Richard Leonard at...

A Lobster Rosette

Royal Prerogative Powers It’s a show of two halves beginning with a review of PMQs and FMQs including updates on stricter Covid lockdown restrictions in Scotland…. The second half (from 24mins approx) gets angry as we tear lumps out of each other reviewing the latest Salmond affair revelations... We watched the Independence Live show by Twa Auld Heids, the ‘Skullduggery’ episode featuring Denise Findlay and Mark Hirst.

Footy, Fish and Fascism.... The Covid briefing report is upbeat...Current figures for Scotland have plateaued...Future lockdown rules could include closing food take-aways plus click and collect...‘Stay at Home and don’t go out to socialise’ is the message from the FM...People are also going out to ‘promenade’ says Stewart..... FM Sturgeon continues to receive support in the latest surveys...The food replacement for a £30 voucher gets roasted as does MSP Michelle Ballantyne who has...

Dubai Travel Ban Today’s show is long on news and short on opinionators.... The Covid press briefing covered the latest figures including vaccinations for the first time....Hospitalised infections exceed the April peak and 1100 vaccination sites opened.... Other topics include;... Court trials delayed...Dubai travel ban. Football inc Celtic FC stooshie. Stricter exercise rules. Vaccination supplies. Sturgeon V Salmond..truth? Covid rules enforcement. Covid deniers protest. Reform party...

Critical Response to Covid .......................................................... The Sunday morning political TV shows get reviewed...Linsey Bews hosted BBC’s Politics Scotland with guests Professor Steve Reicher and DFM John Swinney. We also cover Ridge and Marr as usual. ............................................. We have a serious debate following the publication of evidence prepared by Alex Salmond for the James Hamilton inquiry. Hamilton is responding to FM Nicola Sturgeon...