Donald Trump is speaking to someone in Iran such that hostilities have been suspended for five days, sort of.

And the SNP is cruising so high in the polls that the latest one has seen them crest that crucial 65 seats number,

which would let them reproduce the victory in 2011 that led to the first Indy ref.

So everything's fine and in the bag then.

Of course not.

Life is not that simple.

We look at all the complications in this at the recent events that have targeted Muslim communities,

targeted Jewish communities down south, and much more besides.

That's all the headlines. Now for the podcast.

Well, hi folks and welcome to this week's Leslie Riddock podcast. It's in the week in the aftermath

of the Hollywood Parliament failing to pass the assisted dying bill, which certainly from all of the sort of media talk around it, prior to the vote itself, was looking to be on a slightly sticky wicket with certain MSPs who had indicated their support at stage two, changing their minds. But it's a big blow to campaigners.

And it's, as again, a huge disconnect between the Parliament and the views of ordinary people.

There seem to be overwhelming support for this legislation across all parts of Scotland.

And yet a bill could not be found to give effect to this desire

in a way that was deemed to be safe and appropriate by our parliamentarians.

And the thing is that I think an awful lot of people

I just don't want to voice up the disappointment they feel

because you can see that

they're sincerely held beliefs on the other side and it doesn't help for anybody to start

getting kind of personal or whatever.

But I've got to say, I was massively disappointed in Holyrood.

I listened to a lot of that debate.

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