Legal woes
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson
4.6 • 274 Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
How many legal problems can you fall into in the space of a single podcast? This week, Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson navigate a potential minefield of four major legal and political controversies. We dive into the ongoing sagas involving Peter Mandelson and the Trade Ambassador formerly known as Prince Andrew.
Closer to home, we dissect the row over the Lord Advocate and the revelations surrounding the timing of Peter Murrell’s charges being shared with the First Minister. We also look at the shock announcement that the Alba Party are unlikely to contest the Holyrood election, blaming financial and regulatory problems alleged to have been caused by their former General Secretary.
But it’s not all legal drama; we look at the ideas that could truly transform the face of Scotland. From local control to community wealth building, we discuss how empowering communities can shift our mindset and boost the economy.
In this episode:
- The Legal "Big Four": Mandelson, Prince Andrew, the Lord Advocate, and the Alba Party.
- Peter Murrell & The First Minister: the dual role of Scotland’s Lord Advocate.
- Transforming Scotland: Why local control and community wealth building matter more than ever.
- By-election Watch: Can Labour hang one?
Links
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Community Wealth Building
https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25867601.holyrood-act-prove-revolutionary-empowering-communities/
Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@fridayseconomics/video/7594406782802464013
Gordon Brown as Private Investigator article
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/25/why-gordon-brown-delving-deep-into-epstein-files
Excellent Simon Pearson substack
Everybody to Kenmure Street film
Search local screemnngs - 'everybody to kenmure street showtimes'
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| 0:00.0 | How many legal problems do you think we could fall into in the course of a podcast? |
| 0:04.1 | Actually, I thought there were three, but there's four. |
| 0:06.6 | There's Peter Mandelson Rami. |
| 0:08.8 | There is the actor formerly known as Prince Andrew, Stushi. |
| 0:12.4 | There is the row for the Lord Advocate and the revelation of Peter Murrell's charges to the First Minister a year ago. |
| 0:20.3 | And there is the General Secretary of the Alibah Party |
| 0:23.9 | and his potential role in the downfall of the aforementioned |
| 0:28.8 | and the decision not to stand candidates. |
| 0:31.4 | So there's all of that to discuss, plus actual the rest of the news, |
| 0:36.0 | there's a by-election coming up tomorrow. |
| 0:38.5 | How does Labour fare? |
| 0:40.3 | There's stuff for Scotland that really matters, ideas about local control, ideas about community wealth building, |
| 0:46.0 | that could actually transform the face of Scotland. |
| 0:48.9 | All of that's coming up in the podcast. |
| 0:51.6 | Here's the business. |
| 0:52.8 | Well, hi folks, and welcome to this week's Leslie Riddick podcast. |
| 0:57.6 | Another boring old week where nothing has happened. |
| 1:01.4 | No major scandals. |
| 1:03.6 | It's hard to dig up enough information to facilitate a podcast. |
| 1:09.5 | But we do try with the little scraps of news that hang about in Scotland. |
| 1:15.4 | Yeah, well, this is, it's ridiculous. |
| 1:18.0 | I was just saying to Fraser, I mean, I can sort of see why Pat gave up. |
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