Frankly My Dear
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson
4.6 • 274 Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Nicola Sturgeon and her book is absolutely everywhere with the press full of the tiniest revelations. We have a look, neither of us having read the book, but take a look at really what's sitting behind some of the more serious revelations, particularly over the wisdom of pressing on with the gender recognition reforms, and behind the scenes, what was really happening. We ask the whether we going to learn anything that helps us with creating a more democratic country in Scotland that isn't so reliant on leaders and top-down instruction through all of this? Or just promote Nicola Sturgeon's book sales?
All of that and news from the big wind farm convention that was held in Inverness where Lesely was present making a new film.
Are these guys just NIMBYs who need to knuckle down and accept the hardware the same as everyone else for the green transition? Or has planning for it and democracy about it just gone completely out the window? And some culture from Fèis Rois.
Links
Nicola Interview
https://www.itv.com/watch/news/nicola-sturgeon-reflects-on-her-arrest-and-her-trans-policies-in-exclusive-interview/7qr93nf
Fèis Rois
Robin McAlpine
https://robinmcalpine.org/this-is-the-one-tall-tale-that-matters/
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25385625.wholly-political-campaign-independence-terrible-idea/
Shona Craven
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25382339.lessons-must-learned-loss-rationality/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Well, Nicola Sturgeon and her book is absolutely everywhere. |
| 0:04.1 | The press are full of the tiniest revelations. |
| 0:07.1 | The Queen used to gossip, apparently, Bigora, |
| 0:09.8 | and apparently right-wingers are fuming over that fact, really. |
| 0:13.9 | We have a look. |
| 0:15.3 | Neither of us have read the book, |
| 0:16.8 | but take a look at really what's sitting behind |
| 0:19.4 | some of the more serious revelations, |
| 0:21.4 | particularly over the wisdom of pressing on with the gender recognition reforms, |
| 0:26.3 | and behind the scenes what was really happening. |
| 0:28.6 | Are we going to learn anything that helps us with creating a more democratic country in Scotland |
| 0:35.5 | that isn't so reliant on leaders and top-down instruction |
| 0:39.1 | through all of this, or just promote Nicholas Sturgeon's book sales? |
| 0:44.5 | So we talk about all of that, and also the big wind farm convention that was held in Inverness |
| 0:49.6 | yesterday, where I was present in making a film. Are these guys just nimbies |
| 0:54.3 | who need to knuckle down and accept the hardware |
| 0:56.2 | the same as everyone else for the green transition |
| 0:58.4 | or has planning for it and democracy about it |
| 1:01.7 | just gone completely out the window? |
| 1:04.6 | We talk about all of that. |
| 1:06.5 | So those are the headlines. |
| 1:07.9 | Now for the podcast. |
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