Podcasts By The Scottish Parliament

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 6th of December 2018.

What have the UK Government and the EU agreed upon so far, what does the Political Declaration cover, and where to next in the Brexit process? 

This week we catch up with Iain, a Senior Researcher within the Parliament's Information Centre, to talk about the EU Withdrawal Agreement & Political Declaration.

Find out everything you need to know about what's happened so far and what we can expect in the near future.

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 29th of November 2018.

A recording from the Festival of Politics session titled "Posh or Poor?".

The demise of forelock tugging and deference to those ‘upstairs’ may make class less obvious, but with inequality and poverty rising, has Britain really thrown off its class obsession? Join our chair Kenny Farquharson, The Times, and panellists including Claire Ainsley, Director, Joseph Rowntree Foundation; Darren McGarvey aka Loki, author of Poverty Safari; Chris Snowdon, author of The Spirit Level Delusion; and John Boothman, The Times, as they discuss social mobility and meritocracy.

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 22nd of November 2018.

A recording from the Festival of Politics session titled "Living Outside the EU".

Free, fair and mutually beneficial trade appears to be a long-gone ambition of former global trading partners in an age of fractious G7 deals and Brexit negotiations. Join our chair Deputy Presiding Officer Christine Grahame MSP and panellists including Professor Michael Keating, Chair in Scottish Politics, University of Aberdeen; and Douglas Fraser, BBC Economy Editor to decipher the new trade rules, tariffs and what all this means for the consumer.

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 15th of November 2018.

A recording from the Festival of Politics session titled "Living Outside the EU".

Though the UK’s future relationship with the EU is still to be determined, countries such as Norway, Iceland and Canada’s relationships with the EU provide an insight into our future. Join Chair Ann Packard, Hon. Fellow RIAS, and panellists including Jill Rutter, The Institute for Government; and Lesley Riddoch, Nordic Horizons and author of McSmorgasbord; What post Brexit Scotland can learn from the Nordics, to talk trade, economy and culture when living outside the EU.

On Thursday 8th November, party leaders at the Scottish Parliament spoke to a Motion of Remembrance.

On Sunday, 11th November 2018, as part of the national commemorations to mark the 100^th anniversary of the Armistice, the names of all those who died serving on behalf of Scotland in the First World War will be projected onto the Scottish Parliament building. 

The illumination – THEIR NAME LIVETH – will honour the 134,712 men and women listed in the Scottish National War Memorial Roll of Honour.  Along with Scottish servicemen, the names of those projected will include nurses, munitions factory workers, Merchant Navy personnel, and overseas servicemen who fought on behalf of Scotland.

The illumination will begin at 5.00pm and continue for seven hours as the names of all those who died are projected in turn, reflecting the scale of loss.  Throughout the evening there will also be performances by pipers from across Scotland and the projection will conclude at midnight with the Last Post.  Prior to the start of the projection Horse Wynd will close from 3.00pm until 1.00am.

www.parliament.scot/WW100

The First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, answered questions from MSPs in The Scottish Parliament on the 8th of November 2018.