SWINNEY'S INDY CONUNDRUM - "You can't claim an independence mandate if you don't ask for one"

It's Summer in Politics-Land and the First Minister of Scotland has chosen this quiet moment to outline his plans for Independence - What plans, you may ask? Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie clash over the right to a second independence referendum but agree that the First Minister cannot claim a mandate if he doesn't ask the electorate for a mandate.ALSOCONSERVATIVE RESHUFFLE"If James Cleverley is your headline, you know you’re in some trouble."SCOTTISH GREENS WOES"There’s a split between the ‘sensibles’ and the ‘radicals’ in the Greens."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.