Beyond the Cringe #4 : Politics w/ David Jamieson, Frank Rafferty & Jim Monaghan

Beyond the Cringe is a panel show where we analyse Scottish Culture. What is it? Does it even exist? and if it does is it make you proud or make you cringe? Episode 4 is all about POLITICS as we head towards another election. Hosted by Jim Monaghan, Produced by Mark McG and featuring special guests David Jamieson (writer, Journalist and Editor of Conter.scot)  and Frank Rafferty (Community worker, poet and vocalist with Dead Thatchers) discussing the current state of affairs in Scotland. Thank you to Glad Radio and The Deep End for hosting us and massive shout outs to our patreons who make podcasts like these possible at http://patreon.com/YouCallThatRadio  . Topics dicussed include the current  shift in populist politics, the 'good old days' of cooperatives , The Kenmure Street protest, The comparsison between Scottish politics and the rest of the UK, Ireland and USA, The collapse of Scottish Labour in mining towns, Brexit, Indyref, the cost of living crisis, the divide and conqueur grifters and much, much more.