The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 22nd episode, we discuss the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson MSP's personal statement given to the Scottish Parliament on his iPad mobile expenses claim of almost £11,000. For some 11 months, the claim was said to be for purely legitimate parliamentary business when Mr Matheson was on a family holiday in Morocco last December. Yesterday he admitted that was not true. Should he stay or should he go as Health Secretary?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 21st episode, we talk with Stephen Sheal, Director of Government Affairs and Policy at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen. Scotland is committed to reaching net zero in carbon emissions by 2045. We've already reduced emissions by 49% since 1990, but the final journey to 100% will be much harder to reach. We discuss the choices available to governments and individual citizens and the impact they may have on our day to day life in achieving net zero.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 20th episode we ask do have a buffet of buffoonery in UK and Scottish politics? With the come back of former Prime Minister David Cameron as a member of the House of Lords to act as Foreign Secretary and Scottish Health Secretary, Michael Matheson MSP's bumper iPad expenses, what has become of our democracy?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 19th episode, we talk with Dr Calum McLeod about the need for meaningful land reform in Scotland. 67% of large-scale private rural landownership is owned by 0.025% of the population in Scotland. Yet, we have a national housing crisis where thousands of people in rural and urban areas can't get a home. Dr MacLeod recently published a discussion paper on all of these issues and more for The Jimmy Reid Foundation, available here: https://reidfoundation.scot/2023/07/land-reform/

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 18th episode we examine the astonishing revelation this week that the Scottish Government had 137 message groups used by 70 individuals during the Covid-19 pandemic, but "no WhatsApp or other informal messaging material" had been handed over to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. It would appear that many witnesses have deleted their messages. We ask why and what might be the consequences of doing so?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 17th episode we discuss the First Minister's big policy announcements from last week's party conference in Aberdeen - a council tax freeze and new Scottish bonds. We also consider wider developments and news from across the UK and the Middle East.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our sixteenth episode we discuss the last few horrific days in international politics; the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by-election and Keir Starmer's speech and vision for the UK at yesterday's Labour Party conference.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. A couple of weeks ago, satirical cartoons of Scottish politicians were deleted from social media by BBC Scotland following complaints by Scottish Ministers and others. In episode 15, we look at the proud tradition of political satire in other countries over the centuries and ask: Does Scotland have a problem with political satire?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In episode 14 we consider the importance of being earnest when politicians communicate with the public. In recent years has being disingenuous with the electorate become a default position for some?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. Back from a few weeks hols in the But 'n' Ben, in our thirteenth episode we imagine our wish list for reforming the Scottish Parliament. With the Parliament approaching its 25th anniversary, what should be changed to ensure it meets its original founding principles?