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The Lesley Riddoch Podcast

Lesley Riddoch and Fraser Thompson

Political Chat, News, Political Commentary, Scottish Politics, Politics, Scottish Independence, Uk Politics, Society & Culture

4.8 • 259 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode we discuss the U turn by the Westminster Government on the winter fuel allowance. Where is the money coming from and how is it going to be paid for? We ask what happend to the accusations levelled at the SNP when they rose to the challenge and reinstated the payment ahead of the Westminster Government. We look too at the impact on the SNP's policy, with Labour trying to make it look as if the Scottish payment will just be £100? It won't. We try to clear some of that up.

We talk about the aftermath of the Hamilton by-election and that there's no getting away from it, it was a really bad loss by the SNP. There was no mention of independence and the candidate was not as local as the truly local David Russell. We look at how the election played out and wheter that local connection is what mattered in an era where people have lost trust in parties.

We examine what that says about the candidates chosen so far by the SNP in the Scottish election. We look as well at Israel and Gaza. Breaking news that the British government has taken sanctions out against two Israeli cabinet members. But that's not going to go anywhere near placating the 300 civil servants who've written a letter objecting to the British government's support of the Israeli government and have been told that if they want to keep objecting, they can resign.

That and much more.

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0:00.0	Well, it's been a while since the last podcast and Pat is still, nay wheel, so thanks to the coach for stepping in.
0:07.7	We discussed the U-turned by the Westminster government on the Winter Fuel Allowance.
0:13.1	Does anyone have any interest in where that's going to come from, how it's going to be paid?
0:17.7	Because it was the big accusation leveled when the SMP rose to the challenge.
0:22.9	And what about the impact it makes now on the SMP's policy with Labour trying to make it look
0:28.2	as if the Scottish payment will just be £100. It won't. We try to clear some of that up.
0:35.0	We look too at the aftermath of the Hamilton by-election and there's no
0:38.9	getting away from it. It was a really bad loss by the SNP. There was no mention of independence
0:44.3	and the candidate was not as local as the truly local David Russell. And that seems to matter in an
0:50.9	era where people have lost trust in parties. They trust their own guy on the ground.
0:55.8	What does that say about the candidates chosen so far for the S&P and the Scottish election?
1:01.4	We look as well at Israel and Gaza, breaking news that the British government has taken
1:06.8	sanctions out against two Israeli cabinet members, but that's not going to go anywhere near
1:13.5	placating the 300 civil servants who've written a letter objecting to the British government's
1:19.8	support of the Israeli government and have been told that if they want to keep objecting,
1:24.2	they can resign. That and much more in the Leslie Riddick podcast on social media
1:29.4	and Leslie riddick.com. Those are the headlines now for the podcast. Well, hi chums and welcome to this
1:37.8	week's Leslie Riddick's. Unfortunately, Pat is still on the Pat Mick and he's Nay Affie Wheel.
1:47.9	Not as Leslie tweeted out the other day, Affie No Wheel.
1:51.8	He's just got a recurrence of the dreaded lurky.
1:53.5	Affie No Wheel is serious.
1:56.5	Ney Affie Wheel is just Nay Affie Wheel.
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