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The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast — 129 episodes
SCOTTISH EDUCATION - NO LONGER BEST IN UK. WHY?
SCOTLAND'S £5bn ABYSS - Is Swinney Austerity Inevitable?
STURGEON & MURRELL TV DRAMA - Who will they cast?
INSIDE SCOTTISH LABOUR LEADERSHIP RACE
FARAGE INVESTIGATION - Reopens After By-Election Farce
STURGEON V SWINNEY
Can Burnham Follow up the Good Comms with Effective Strategy?
Sir Anton Muscatelli - The Reality Scotland's Politicians Refuse to Face
SILLY SEASON - Can Count Binface Win Farage's Backfiring By-Election?
HAS FARAGE CRISIS HALTED THE REFORM JUGGERNAUT?
WHY NO INQUIRY?... and would Burnham offer Starmer the Foreign Office?
BY ELECTION RESULTS AND VERDICT
3 BIG BY ELECTIONS
SWINNEY SCANDAL STRATEGY FAILING?
Murrell, Sturgeon & Swinney - Who Knew What, When?
Swinney's Cabinet - Analysis & Verdict
STARMER AND THE "KING IN THE NORTH"
SCOTTISH ELECTIONS - Results & Verdict
SCOTTISH ELECTION - Final Polls, Predictions & Campaign Verdict
SCOT PARL 2026 - ONE WEEK TO GO - Electoral Maths and Key Seats
SCOT PARL 2026 - 2 WEEKS TO GO - Is this the most boring campaign ever?
SCOT PARL 2026 - 3 WEEKS TO GO - Latest Polling Insights With Mark Diffley
SCOT PARL 2026 - 4 Weeks To Go - Latest Polls and Leaders Debate Preview
Scottish Campaigning Begins - What Chance of an Upset?
REFORM UK SCOTLAND MANIFESTO - Is it all populist absurdity?
SNP - HIGH IN POLLS, LOW IN INDEPENDENCE - WHAT NOW?
CANDIDATES & CRISES
SNP LANDSLIDE PREDICTED IN NEW MRP POLL
LORD ADVOCATE DENIES CORRUPTION
SCANDALS! Murrell/Sturgeon/Mandelson/Starmer/Sarwar
STARMER IS FINISHED
NEW POLLS - 100 DAYS TO SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS
WE'RE BACK - A Momentous Political Year Ahead
WHO IS LORD OFFORD? Reform UK's New Leader in Scotland?
LIVE FROM UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW + Q&A - With Professor Chris Carman
Ed Miliband - The Next UK Prime Minister? Bernard & Alex think he's one to watch.
"I Don't Think STV Has a Future" - Broadcasters in Crisis
Our Public Finances - Why Can't Westminster or Holyrood Manage Them?
PART 2 - Every First Minister Rated!!
PART ONE: EVERY FIRST MINSTER - REVIEWED & RATED
HAVE THE TORIES BECOME "REFORM UK LITE"?
NEW POLLS: Reform UK Lead Labour in SCOTLAND!!!
JAMIE HEPBURN - Potential Red or Will Swinney Downgrade to Yellow?
WILL STARMER SURVIVE AS PM? His Crises, Scandals & Prospects Explained
SCOTTISH ELECTIONS ARE "A FREE HIT FOR FARAGE"
ECONOMIC WINTER IS COMING - .... and it's not good news for the economics of Scottish Independence.
PT2 - NICOLA STRUGEON BOOK - THE DETAILS AND REACTIONS
NICOLA STURGEON'S MEMOIR - PART ONE - Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie Review
SWINNEY'S INDY CONUNDRUM - "You can't claim an independence mandate if you don't ask for one"
The Reality of Managing Trump's Visit to the UK
STARMER SURVIVES MUTINY BUT HAS HE LOST THE CREW?
STARMER'S REPORT CARD - End of First Year - Marks Out of Ten
BREAKING: FERGUS EWING TO STAND AGAINST SNP IN 2026
SCOTTISH PARTY LEADERS - REPORT CARD - One Year From Scottish Election
BY ELECTION SPECIAL: LATEST REACTION TO LABOUR WIN OVER SNP AND REFORM
NEW POLLS: Will Scotland Become Independent if Nigel Farage is Prime Minister
IS ANGELA RAYNER MANOEUVRING FOR TOP JOB?
LABOUR: "DANCING TO A RIGHT WING TUNE" ON IMMIGRATION - WHAT'S THE COST?
Reform UK in Scottish Polls - How Much is Media Hype?
One Year to Scottish Parliament Election
IS RELIGION RELEVANT IN MODERN SCOTLAND?
Supreme Court Definition of a Woman Explained - What now for the Scottish Government?
TRUMP'S US TARIFF WARS EXPLAINED - What does it mean for you?
CAN ANYONE SORT THE UK & SCOTTISH ECONOMY?
OPERATION BRANCHFORM - WHAT NOW?
BREAKING: STURGEON TO STAND DOWN
JOHN SWINNEY PART 2
JOHN SWINNEY SPECIAL - PART 1
NATO AND EUROPE SECURITY CRISIS
STARMER & McSWEENEY - The Inside Story
TRUMP & PUTIN - Carve-Up Ukraine & Rip-Up Western Defence
Is Labour Bust Economically and Electorally?
TRUMP'S PROTECTIONISM - An Opportunity for the UK & Scotland?
STURGEON ON SALMOND
IS SCOTTISH NATIONALISM POPULIST?
REVIEW OF THE YEAR
CHRISTMAS PARTY POLITICS
WHAT'S GONE WRONG FOR SCOTTISH LABOUR?
2024 PONSONBY & MASSIE POLITICAL AWARDS
STV's JOHN MACKAY: New Book on Biggest Stories of His Career
EXCLUSIVE: ANAS SARWAR: "I Won't Wait for Westminster to Fix Scotland's Problems"
Assisted Dying - Liam McArthur MSP
DAME JACKIE BAILLIE
SNP 2026 CANDIDATES
AN "OLD LABOUR" BUDGET?
UK BUDGET PRE-BRIEFING
HOUNDED: JENNY LINDSAY
PT2 - ALEX SALMOND 1954 - 2024
PT1 - ALEX SALMOND 1954 - 2024
US PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL - With David Frum from The Atlantic
IS SNP INDY DREAM ON HOLD ..
New Scot Tory Leader Facing Crisis in 2026
CHANGE? WHAT CHANGE? - Is Labour Facing Mid-Term Blues Already?
WARNING FOR STARMER + US Elections + SNP / Labour Coalition in 2026?
Indy Ref - 10 Years On - The Verdict
SALMOND & STURGEON - Part 2 Reaction & Analysis
SALMOND & STURGEON - Part 1 Reaction & Analysis
MICHAEL MARRA - 2026 Labour victory "nowhere near a done deal"
SNP CONFERENCE VERDICT - Where is the Policy Prospectus and Indy Strategy?
Alex Neil - 30 year wait for Independence if SNP lose in 2026
Should SNP Ministers Meet Israelis and Palestinians?
I'll Investigate Douglas Ross says Tory Leadership Hopeful, Meghan Gallacher
Labour's Paul Sweeney - 2026 Scot Parl Election "High Stakes" for Future of UK
Is the Era of SNP Austerity Upon Us?
I VOTED LABOUR - Former Tory MSP, Prof Adam Tomkins
Scottish Tory Leadership Candidate, Brian Whittle
UK Riots - Starmer's First Crisis - What do they mean?
Independence Referendum II (Re-uploaded Version)
In Glasgow's Press Bar - Trump's Big Mistake, Tory Leadership Battle, 2 Child Cap to be Cancelled?
MATT FORDE - Joins Bernard and Alex
JOE BIDEN Goes, MHAIRI BLACK Festival Shows, RACHEL REEVES Public Sector Pay Grows
King's Speech Reaction - A Return to Big Government?
SNP - Explosive Interview with Stewart McDonald
Your Questions No3 - General Election Results
New Cabinet. Also, what now for the Tories and SNP?
UK General Election Result - The Verdict ...
OUR BIG ELECTION NIGHT PREVIEW
BIG POLL WARNINGS - for Tories, SNP & Biden
Your Questions Answered....
JK Rowling, Nigel Farage & Stampgate
Major Yougov/SKY Poll + SNP & Labour Manifestos
The SNP Malaise - "I think you need Dyno-rod in to that [SNP] front bench"
Who is Keir Starmer? We have the answers from his biographer, Tom Baldwin.
Scottish Leaders' Debate - Euro Fever - Conservative Manifesto
ASK BERNARD & ALEX - Your Questions Answered
CIVIL WAR IN THE TORY PARTY & GENERAL ELECTION ROUND-UP
UK General Election Predictions From the Team
REACTION - To the First Leaders Debate - General election 2024
Welcome - General Election 2024