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The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast — 129 episodes

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SCOTTISH EDUCATION - NO LONGER BEST IN UK. WHY?

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SCOTLAND'S £5bn ABYSS - Is Swinney Austerity Inevitable?

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STURGEON & MURRELL TV DRAMA - Who will they cast?

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INSIDE SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADERSHIP RACE

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FARAGE INVESTIGATION - Reopens After By-Election Farce

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STURGEON V SWINNEY

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Can Burnham Follow up the Good Comms with Effective Strategy?

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

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SILLY SEASON - Can Count Binface Win Farage's Backfiring By-Election?

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HAS FARAGE CRISIS HALTED THE REFORM JUGGERNAUT?

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WHY NO INQUIRY?... and would Burnham offer Starmer the Foreign Office?

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BY ELECTION RESULTS AND VERDICT

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3 BIG BY ELECTIONS

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SWINNEY SCANDAL STRATEGY FAILING?

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Murrell, Sturgeon & Swinney - Who Knew What, When?

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Swinney's Cabinet - Analysis & Verdict

17

STARMER AND THE "KING IN THE NORTH"

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SCOTTISH ELECTIONS - Results & Verdict

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SCOTTISH ELECTION - Final Polls, Predictions & Campaign Verdict

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SCOT PARL 2026 - ONE WEEK TO GO - Electoral Maths and Key Seats

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SCOT PARL 2026 - 2 WEEKS TO GO - Is this the most boring campaign ever?

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SCOT PARL 2026 - 3 WEEKS TO GO - Latest Polling Insights With Mark Diffley

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SCOT PARL 2026 - 4 Weeks To Go - Latest Polls and Leaders Debate Preview

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Scottish Campaigning Begins - What Chance of an Upset?

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REFORM UK SCOTLAND MANIFESTO - Is it all populist absurdity?

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SNP - HIGH IN POLLS, LOW IN INDEPENDENCE - WHAT NOW?

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CANDIDATES & CRISES

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SNP LANDSLIDE PREDICTED IN NEW MRP POLL

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LORD ADVOCATE DENIES CORRUPTION

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SCANDALS! Murrell/Sturgeon/Mandelson/Starmer/Sarwar

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STARMER IS FINISHED

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NEW POLLS - 100 DAYS TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS

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WE'RE BACK - A Momentous Political Year Ahead

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WHO IS LORD OFFORD? Reform UK's New Leader in Scotland?

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LIVE FROM UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW + Q&A - With Professor Chris Carman

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Ed Miliband - The Next UK Prime Minister? Bernard & Alex think he's one to watch.

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"I Don't Think STV Has a Future" - Broadcasters in Crisis

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Our Public Finances - Why Can't Westminster or Holyrood Manage Them?

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PART 2 - Every First Minister Rated!!

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PART ONE: EVERY FIRST MINSTER - REVIEWED & RATED

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HAVE THE TORIES BECOME "REFORM UK LITE"?

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NEW POLLS: Reform UK Lead Labour in SCOTLAND!!!

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JAMIE HEPBURN - Potential Red or Will Swinney Downgrade to Yellow?

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WILL STARMER SURVIVE AS PM? His Crises, Scandals & Prospects Explained

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SCOTTISH ELECTIONS ARE "A FREE HIT FOR FARAGE"

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ECONOMIC WINTER IS COMING - .... and it's not good news for the economics of Scottish Independence.

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PT2 - NICOLA STRUGEON BOOK - THE DETAILS AND REACTIONS

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NICOLA STURGEON'S MEMOIR - PART ONE - Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie Review

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

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The Reality of Managing Trump's Visit to the UK

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STARMER SURVIVES MUTINY BUT HAS HE LOST THE CREW?

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STARMER'S REPORT CARD - End of First Year - Marks Out of Ten

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BREAKING: FERGUS EWING TO STAND AGAINST SNP IN 2026

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SCOTTISH PARTY LEADERS - REPORT CARD - One Year From Scottish Election

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BY ELECTION SPECIAL: LATEST REACTION TO LABOUR WIN OVER SNP AND REFORM

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NEW POLLS: Will Scotland Become Independent if Nigel Farage is Prime Minister

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IS ANGELA RAYNER MANOEUVRING FOR TOP JOB?

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LABOUR: "DANCING TO A RIGHT WING TUNE" ON IMMIGRATION - WHAT'S THE COST?

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Reform UK in Scottish Polls - How Much is Media Hype?

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One Year to Scottish Parliament Election

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IS RELIGION RELEVANT IN MODERN SCOTLAND?

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Supreme Court Definition of a Woman Explained - What now for the Scottish Government?

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TRUMP'S US TARIFF WARS EXPLAINED - What does it mean for you?

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CAN ANYONE SORT THE UK & SCOTTISH ECONOMY?

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OPERATION BRANCHFORM - WHAT NOW?

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BREAKING: STURGEON TO STAND DOWN

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JOHN SWINNEY PART 2

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JOHN SWINNEY SPECIAL - PART 1

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NATO AND EUROPE SECURITY CRISIS

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STARMER & McSWEENEY - The Inside Story

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TRUMP & PUTIN - Carve-Up Ukraine & Rip-Up Western Defence

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Is Labour Bust Economically and Electorally?

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TRUMP'S PROTECTIONISM - An Opportunity for the UK & Scotland?

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STURGEON ON SALMOND

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IS SCOTTISH NATIONALISM POPULIST?

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR

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CHRISTMAS PARTY POLITICS

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WHAT'S GONE WRONG FOR SCOTTISH LABOUR?

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2024 PONSONBY & MASSIE POLITICAL AWARDS

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STV's JOHN MACKAY: New Book on Biggest Stories of His Career

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EXCLUSIVE: ANAS SARWAR: "I Won't Wait for Westminster to Fix Scotland's Problems"

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Assisted Dying - Liam McArthur MSP

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DAME JACKIE BAILLIE

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SNP 2026 CANDIDATES

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AN "OLD LABOUR" BUDGET?

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UK BUDGET PRE-BRIEFING

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HOUNDED: JENNY LINDSAY

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PT2 - ALEX SALMOND 1954 - 2024

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PT1 - ALEX SALMOND 1954 - 2024

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US PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL - With David Frum from The Atlantic

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IS SNP INDY DREAM ON HOLD ..

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New Scot Tory Leader Facing Crisis in 2026

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CHANGE? WHAT CHANGE? - Is Labour Facing Mid-Term Blues Already?

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WARNING FOR STARMER + US Elections + SNP / Labour Coalition in 2026?

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Indy Ref - 10 Years On - The Verdict

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SALMOND & STURGEON - Part 2 Reaction & Analysis

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SALMOND & STURGEON - Part 1 Reaction & Analysis

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MICHAEL MARRA - 2026 Labour victory "nowhere near a done deal"

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SNP CONFERENCE VERDICT - Where is the Policy Prospectus and Indy Strategy?

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Alex Neil - 30 year wait for Independence if SNP lose in 2026

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Should SNP Ministers Meet Israelis and Palestinians?

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I'll Investigate Douglas Ross says Tory Leadership Hopeful, Meghan Gallacher

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Labour's Paul Sweeney - 2026 Scot Parl Election "High Stakes" for Future of UK

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Is the Era of SNP Austerity Upon Us?

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I VOTED LABOUR - Former Tory MSP, Prof Adam Tomkins

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Scottish Tory Leadership Candidate, Brian Whittle

107

UK Riots - Starmer's First Crisis - What do they mean?

108

Independence Referendum II (Re-uploaded Version)

109

In Glasgow's Press Bar - Trump's Big Mistake, Tory Leadership Battle, 2 Child Cap to be Cancelled?

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MATT FORDE - Joins Bernard and Alex

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JOE BIDEN Goes, MHAIRI BLACK Festival Shows, RACHEL REEVES Public Sector Pay Grows

112

King's Speech Reaction - A Return to Big Government?

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SNP - Explosive Interview with Stewart McDonald

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Your Questions No3 - General Election Results

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New Cabinet. Also, what now for the Tories and SNP?

116

UK General Election Result - The Verdict ...

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OUR BIG ELECTION NIGHT PREVIEW

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BIG POLL WARNINGS - for Tories, SNP & Biden

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Your Questions Answered....

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JK Rowling, Nigel Farage & Stampgate

121

Major Yougov/SKY Poll + SNP & Labour Manifestos

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The SNP Malaise - "I think you need Dyno-rod in to that [SNP] front bench"

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Who is Keir Starmer? We have the answers from his biographer, Tom Baldwin.

124

Scottish Leaders' Debate - Euro Fever - Conservative Manifesto

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ASK BERNARD & ALEX - Your Questions Answered

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CIVIL WAR IN THE TORY PARTY & GENERAL ELECTION ROUND-UP

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UK General Election Predictions From the Team

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REACTION - To the First Leaders Debate - General election 2024

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Welcome - General Election 2024