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The Ponsonby & Massie Podcast
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Scotland's leading political podcast. Hosted by Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie.
Apple feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-ponsonby-and-massie-podcast/id1749779794
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PonsonbyMassie
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New show! Operation Branchform comes to an end! At last! Nicola Sturgeon is in the clear! But has the SNP also escaped? Plus: welfare reform and the spring statement - can Rachel Reeves cross this minefield unscathed:
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OPERATION BRANCHFORM - WHAT NOW? Sturgeon & Beattie "no longer under investigation".
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March 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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New show! Nicola Sturgeon departs the stage and retires from frontline politics. What were her accomplishments and what is her legacy? Bernard and Alex have views on this...
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BREAKING: STURGEON TO STAND DOWN
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March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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New show! Nicola Sturgeon departs the stage and retires from frontline politics. What were her accomplishments and what is her legacy? Bernard and Alex have views on this...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-sx...
BREAKING: STURGEON TO STAND DOWN
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March 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Coming to all your podcast feeds very soon...
March 12, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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New Show! Part Two of our chat with John Swinney during which the first minister says he "feared for the SNP's survival" had the Humza Yousaf Experiment continued.
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FIRST MINISTER INTERVIEW - PART TWO
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March 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New show! Alex and Bernard sit down with John Swinney at Bute House. The most in-depth interview he has given since becoming First Minister.
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Ve...
JOHN SWINNEY SPECIAL- PART 1 - I was exhausted, now I want to be FM in 2031.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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New show! Alex and Bernard sit down with John Swinney at Bute House. The most in-depth interview he has given since becoming First Minister.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/j...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_Ve...
JOHN SWINNEY SPECIAL- PART 1 - I was exhausted, now I want to be FM in 2031.
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March 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Does Keir Starmer understand Scotland? Who the hell is Morgan McSweeney? What does Starmer actually believe in? The lads are joined by Patrick Maguire, co-author of "Get In", to discuss all this and more...
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STARMER & McSWEENEY - The Inside Story of Labour
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February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Does Keir Starmer understand Scotland? Who the hell is Morgan McSweeney? What does Starmer actually believe in? The lads are joined by Patrick Maguire, co-author of "Get In", to discuss all this and more...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQO...
STARMER & McSWEENEY - The Inside Story of Labour
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February 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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New Episode! TRUMP'S NEW WORLD ORDER
Alex & Bernard are joined by Stewart McDonald to discuss a world-changing week in international affairs. What next for Ukraine and what does it mean for NATO, Europe, & the UK?
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TRUMP & PUTIN - Carve-Up Ukraine, Rip-Up Western Defence
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February 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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New episode out now! Bernard and Alex talk about the government's woes (again!). Is the politics worse than the economics or vice versa? Are Scottish Labour doomed? Plus: The Bisto President & being on Question Time.
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IS LABOUR BUST ELECTORALLY AND ECONOMICALLY?
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February 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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New episode out now! Bernard and Alex talk about the government's woes (again!). Is the politics worse than the economics or vice versa? Are Scottish Labour doomed? Plus: The Bisto President & being on Question Time.
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rtv...
IS LABOUR BUST ELECTORALLY AND ECONOMICALLY?
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February 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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The lads have been on hiatus recently but we've just recorded a new episode: will be available on all your podcast feeds and on YouTube soon.
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February 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Hurrah! The chaps are back from their Christmas holidays. Bernard & Alex talk about the Scottish budget, John Swinney's New Year message & the question of the moment: what the hell is populism anyway?
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IS SCOTTISH NATIONALISM POPULIST?
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January 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Hurrah! The chaps are back from their Christmas holidays. Bernard & Alex talk about the Scottish budget, John Swinney's New Year message & the question of the moment: what the hell is populism anyway?
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IS SCOTTISH NATIONALISM POPULIST?
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January 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Producer Paul has been having much too much fun with the pod's Review of the Year. Happy Christmas from us all.
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December 23, 2024 at 4:53 PM
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New pod! We talk about the Waspi women, Labour's political ineptitude, Humza Yousaf's departure, Nicola Sturgeon's memoirs, and Reform's courtship of Elon Musk...
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YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjIi...
CHRISTMAS PARTY POLITICS
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December 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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New pod! We talk about the Waspi women, Labour's political ineptitude, Humza Yousaf's departure, Nicola Sturgeon's memoirs, and Reform's courtship of Elon Musk...
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CHRISTMAS PARTY POLITICS
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December 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
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New show dropping soon in which Bernard and Alex talk about the Waspi women, Humza Yousaf's departure, Nicola Sturgeon's memoirs, and Reform's courtship of Mr Elon Musk....
December 19, 2024 at 11:29 AM
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As a new poll reports a sharp increase in support for the SNP, Bernard and Alex ask: What's Gone Wrong for Scottish Labour?
Plus: was the Scottish government budget actually as effective as the SNP think it is?
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WHAT'S GONE WRONG FOR SCOTTISH LABOUR?
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December 10, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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As a new poll reports a sharp increase in support for the SNP, Bernard and Alex ask: What's Gone Wrong for Scottish Labour?
Plus: was the Scottish government budget actually as effective as the SNP think it is?
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_03...
WHAT'S GONE WRONG FOR SCOTTISH LABOUR?
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December 10, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Mugs of the Year! Alex and Bernard convene at the Kilderkin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to discuss their Scottish political awards of the year. EG: Who will win "Brass Neck of the Year?"
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2024 SCOTTISH POLITICAL AWARDS - According to Ponsonby and Massie
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December 4, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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Other podcasts are available but if you encounter anyone doing this with @ponsonbymassie.bsky.social then Bernard and Alex would like to reassure you that it's entirely fine to knock the culprits off their bike.
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My new favourite thing in London is men in lycra on their way to/from work on their bicycles, blasting out The Rest Is Politics to the world as if it's a boom box
December 4, 2024 at 1:02 PM
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Mugs of the Year! Alex and Bernard convene at the Kilderkin on Edinburgh's Royal Mile to discuss their Scottish political awards of the year. EG: Who will win "Brass Neck of the Year?"
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...
YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3Vd...
2024 SCOTTISH POLITICAL AWARDS - According to Ponsonby and Massie
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December 4, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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New episode! Bernard and Alex sit down with Anas Sarwar to talk about his life and career - and his ambitions to move into Bute House.
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EXCLUSIVE: ANAS SARWAR: "I Won't Wait for Westminster to Fix Scotland's Problems"
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November 27, 2024 at 9:34 AM