Stars, Stripes and Saltires
The Lesley Riddoch Podcast
Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson
4.6 • 274 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2025
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump comes to Scotland and don't we know it! President Trump, with saltires fluttering on his motorcade instead of the union flag descended this week on Turnberry in Ayrshire and then up to Aberdeenshire. He's described John Sweeney as a terrific guy despite not really having met him yet and he suggests that all the proceeds from removing tariffs should go to Scotland, not to the UK. We discuss whether he's just mixing it, whether he actually favours Scotland in some way or is it all just rubbish that will be reversed next week.
We also talk also about John Swinney's suggestion that there should be a constitutional convention. Again, that's suggested now, having been ruled out in previous weeks. We look at the SNP's strategy, such as it is, that there can be no move forward for Scotland without a referendum and that a referendum will only come if the SNP somehow manages to get over the line as the largest party in 2020. Simples! We take a look at the latest announcements. We also discuss the action that's ongoing against supporters of Gaza and the emergency UK cabinet meeting.
Links
Dave Pearson article about private wires https://bylines.scot/news/scotland/retaining-scotlands-wind-wealth-a-strategy-for-renewable-power/
A 'good constituency MP'? how ‘hard working local politicians’ are facilitating a genocide
https://substack.com/home/post/p-169235829
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump comes to Scotland, don't we know, with saltars fluttering on his motorcade instead of the Union flag. |
| 0:07.9 | He also describes John Swinney as a terrific guy, despite not really having met him yet. |
| 0:13.1 | And he suggests that all the proceeds from removing whiskey tariffs should go to Scotland, not to the UK. |
| 0:20.8 | Is he kind of mixing it, or does he actually favour Scotland? |
| 0:25.2 | Or is this just more rubbish that will be reversed next week we discuss? |
| 0:29.6 | We talk also about the John Swinney's suggestion that there should be a constitutional convention. |
| 0:36.0 | Again, that's suggested now, previous weeks. |
| 0:39.3 | That was ruled out explicitly. And of course, the strategy will be simply to go for an |
| 0:46.4 | independence referendum with the SNP somehow managing to get over the line as the largest party in |
| 0:51.1 | 2026. Simples. Again, we take a look at that. |
| 0:55.3 | And at the action that's ongoing |
| 0:57.7 | against supporters of Gaza |
| 1:00.2 | and the emergency cabinet meeting |
| 1:03.1 | in the UK government that's happening right now. |
| 1:06.3 | Those are the headlines. Now for the podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | Well, hi, chums, and welcome to this week's star-spangled edition |
| 1:12.8 | of the Leslie Riddick podcast. President Trump, an assorted hangar-ons and security plopped down |
| 1:18.7 | at Presswick last week with the Beast bearing the flag of the United States in Scotland |
| 1:23.6 | with the salt tire on the presidential car on the obvious breach of protocol and certainly a deliberate one as Donald swept into Turnbury to hold court with every day from Kierstarmour to Ursula von der Leyen and then today as we're recording meeting with John Swinney. |
| 1:44.5 | Protests felt a bit muted, perhaps, Leslie. |
| 1:46.5 | What did you think? |
| 1:47.8 | Well, you know, this is pretty priceless, actually. |
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