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THE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m asking if the demise of Keir Starmer could be brought about by Scottish Labour MPs. Recent stories in The Times suggest that Scottish Labour backbenchers are the most fervent proponents of an early challenge to Starmer’s leadership of the Labour party. Why? Because these Scottish Labour MPs are desperate to avoid a disaster at the Holyrood elections next May. They want these elections to be treated as important in their own right, not just as a data point in a broader debate about UK general election strategy.
I recently wrote about this subject in my weekly column in The Times. If you’d like to read it, here’s the link: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labours-story-scotland-two-pronged-tale-doesnt-work-xb0zvnhwq
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The Jaggy Thistle is a podcast with a focus on Scottish politics and Scottish culture.
The podcast is presented by Kenny Farquharson, an award-winning Scottish journalist who is a political commentator with The Times.
The Jaggy Thistle is also a Substack newsletter with essays, reportage, analysis and documentary photography.
Subscribe for free here: https://thejaggythistle.substack.com
You may well enjoy this podcast if you are a fan of The Rest is Politics, The State of It, The News Agents, Newscast, Holyrood Sources, Planet Holyrood, The Stushie, The Steamie, The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast, Coffee House Shots, The New Statesman Podcast, Scotcast and Americast.
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By Kenny FarquharsonTHE JAGGY THISTLE PODCAST: Today I’m asking if the demise of Keir Starmer could be brought about by Scottish Labour MPs. Recent stories in The Times suggest that Scottish Labour backbenchers are the most fervent proponents of an early challenge to Starmer’s leadership of the Labour party. Why? Because these Scottish Labour MPs are desperate to avoid a disaster at the Holyrood elections next May. They want these elections to be treated as important in their own right, not just as a data point in a broader debate about UK general election strategy.
I recently wrote about this subject in my weekly column in The Times. If you’d like to read it, here’s the link: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labours-story-scotland-two-pronged-tale-doesnt-work-xb0zvnhwq
Please subscribe to this channel if you haven’t already. That way you’ll never miss another podcast.
If you enjoyed this podcast why not buy me a coffee?
You can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/thejaggythistle
Two sugars, please!
If you’d like to be better informed about Scottish politics and Scottish culture why not subscribe to The Jaggy Thistle newsletter on Substack, if you haven’t already?
It’s a community and a conversation. You’d be very welcome.
There’s a link below.
-o0o-
The Jaggy Thistle is a podcast with a focus on Scottish politics and Scottish culture.
The podcast is presented by Kenny Farquharson, an award-winning Scottish journalist who is a political commentator with The Times.
The Jaggy Thistle is also a Substack newsletter with essays, reportage, analysis and documentary photography.
Subscribe for free here: https://thejaggythistle.substack.com
You may well enjoy this podcast if you are a fan of The Rest is Politics, The State of It, The News Agents, Newscast, Holyrood Sources, Planet Holyrood, The Stushie, The Steamie, The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast, Coffee House Shots, The New Statesman Podcast, Scotcast and Americast.
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“A chield’s amang you takin notes, And faith he’ll prent it.” Robert Burns
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Get full access to The Jaggy Thistle at thejaggythistle.substack.com/subscribe