Sir Anton Muscatelli - The Reality Scotland's Politicians Refuse to Face

Sir Anton Muscatelli, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, academic and leading economic advisor, joins Bernard and Alex to give his view on some of the real issues that are facing Scotland but politicians seem unwilling to discuss, particularly around election time. Scotland faces £4.8bn gap and it was hardly mentioned at the recent election.Slower Scottish tax growth means £728m less.What can be learned from "Manchesterism" and what can Andy Burnham's administration do for Scotland?Does Scotland need more immigration?Will efficiencies really save billions and will services inevitably be affected.Focussing on UK, Scottish and Global politics, if you like other great political podcasts like The Rest is Politics, The News Agents, Newscast, Questions Time, Holyrood Sources, Planet Holyrood, The Stooshie, The Steamie, Scotcast, Americast etc etc then The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast could be a great show to add to your list of favourites. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.