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In the latest episode of Skotia's podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Samuel Rafanell-Williams, Rory Hamilton and Niall Christie discuss the stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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In the fifth episode of Skotia's new podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Samuel Rafanell-Williams and Coll McCail discuss three stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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In the fourth episode of Skotia's new podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Rory Hamilton, Matt Kerr and Coll McCail discuss three stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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In the third episode of Skotia's new podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Rory Hamilton, Dr Rosie Hampton and Samuel Rafanel-Williams discuss three stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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When Archibald Primrose, the 5th Earl of Rosebery, opened Glasgow’s People Palace in 1898, he declared it "open to the people for ever and ever".

The building stands as a monument to the men and women whose lives, labour and struggles built Scotland’s largest city.

This week, however, Glasgow Life – an arms-length body of Glasgow City Council – announced that the reopening of the People’s Palace, which had been closed since 2024, had been delayed indefinitely. 

The news mirrors similar – but ultimately unsuccessful – efforts to close Edinburgh’s People’s Story Museum in recent years. 

This week, Coll McCail is joined by  Jim Slaven and Dan Hutchison to discuss the campaign to protect Scotland’s working-class history

Jim is a member of the James Connolly Society and was heavily involved in the campaign to save the People’s Story. He writes the Solidarity Not Charity substack. 

Dan is a Glasgow City Councillor for Ibrox who joined Your Party and left the Scottish Greens in October 2025.

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In the second episode of Skotia's new podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Coll McCail, Sophie Johnson and Samuel Rafanel-Williams discuss three stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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In the first episode of Skotia's new podcast dedicated to the Scottish Parliament election, Coll McCail, Frances Curran and Rory Hamilton discuss three stories shaping the Holyrood campaign.

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On Sunday 8 February, Jeremy Corbyn MP joined Skotia's Coll McCail in Dundee to discuss Peter Mandelson, the crisis in the global order and the founding of Your Party Scotland.

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Scotland, said the Labour MP Torcuil Crichton earlier this month, is now on the “front line” of NATO’s war with Russia. 

His comments followed the seizure of the Marinera – a Russian-flagged tanker – in the North Atlantic by US forces, with British military support, as the Trump administration continues to enforce its oil blockade on Venezuela. 

The apparent legal basis for the operation, which used Scottish Government-owned airports in Wick and Benbecula, was that the vessel was in breach of US sanctions. 

The Marinera episode, an effective act of state-sponsored piracy on the high seas, has taken place amidst historic shifts – or in Mark Carney’s words, “ruptures” – in the world order. 

On Nest of Fearties, Coll McCail is joined by Jonathon Shafi and David Jamieson to talk about Scotland and the future of Atlantiscism.

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On 15 January, Reform UK unveiled their new leader in Scotland.  Baron Offord of Garvel was not the only Tory defector to join Nigel Farage's Party this week. He was joined by Robert Jenrick and Nadhim Zahawi.

In the first Nest of Fearties episode of 2026, Coll McCail is joined by Taj Ali and Dr Gavin Brewis to discuss the growing support for the far-right among working-class communities in Scotland and across Britain.

Taj Ali is a journalist and historian. He is the former editor of Tribune Magazine and is currently writing a book on the history of British South Asian political activism, for which he has recently submitted the manuscript. 

Dr Gavin Brewis is a research fellow at Queen’s Communities and Place.

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