The Stooshie: the politics podcast from DC Thomson

So that’s the 2019 General Election done – and journalists from across DC Thomson Media, including our Head of Newspapers, come together in this episode to reflect on what it means for Scotland and the rest of the UK in the year or two ahead. Indyref2, Brexit, who will oppose the Conservatives in Westminster and the SNP in Scotland? In many ways, this is the beginning rather than the end.

But it’s the end, for now, of The Stooshie. We started this podcast for the election, and we want to do more with it in the future, but we’re going to pause and have a think about what the best format and frequency is. You can help with that! Email [email protected] to tell us what you liked and what you didn’t like about The Stooshie, and we’ll make you something great. Until we meet again, and on behalf of the whole team across DC Thomson Media, thanks for listening.

It’s the day that the Conservatives have secured a comfortable majority in Parliament, but with big SNP gains in Scotland, it looks like 2020 will be about independence north of the border as much as it is about Brexit or anything else. Recorded at 4am on Friday morning, this special edition of The Stooshie brings together journalists from across DC Thomson Media, joining The Courier Editor David Clegg from polling stations across the country, to put the results into context for you. Be better briefed with The Stooshie, from DC Thomson Media.

It’s polling day, and we discuss the results of the exclusive last-possible-moment poll conducted for us by Survation, and explain what happens next. Plus, make sure you subscribe to The Stooshie, and spread the word, because we're recording a results special overnight which will be ready by the time you wake up on Friday morning. Who did well, who got trounced, what shape our Parliament will be, if deals need to be done, and what it all means for you. Be better briefed, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

It’s the last day of the election, and while the scripts from the campaigning parties could have been written a long time ago, there’s still time for last-minute drama. We’ve got Boris Johnson hiding in a fridge, another beloved Christmas film being yoked for political ends, another major poll, and political minds from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers reflecting on the stand-out moments of this election. Be better briefed with The Stooshie – and keep an eye out for our so-late-it’s-early special to be ready for you when you wake up on Friday the 13th.

It’s the day that we reflect on the state of politics and of journalism following a story critical of the Conservative government’s record on the NHS, followed by a quickly disproven but widely reported story seeded to the media about Labour violence. Plus, the SNP are dialling back the 2020 independence referendum rhetoric, and Boris Johnson’s bold choice of movie scene to parody. Let political writers from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain it all, and put the day’s news into context for you. Be better briefed this election, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

It’s the day that Boris Johnson ratcheted up the rhetoric around immigration, when anti-Semitism again raised its ugly head, when we discuss candidates dodging hustings events, and when tactical voting seems to be looming uniquely largely in the national consciousness. Let political writers from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain it all, and put the day’s news into context for you. Be better briefed this election, with The Stooshie from DC Thomson Media.

It’s the day that Aberdeen South became a focus for both the Conservatives and SNP, when Boris Johnson decides he’s not going to be interviewed by Andrew Neil, and when Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, who has been interviewed by him in this campaign, cancels an interview with our own Daniel O’Donoghue — which presumably proves he’s a tougher interviewer than Andrew Neil. All this plus the stand-out moments from this week’s campaign from political journalists across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers, all put into context for you. Be better briefed with The Stooshie.

The Stooshie team debate the latest issues dominating politics today, including Susan Deacon's resignation from Scotland's police watchdog, more on Scotland's performance in the PISA education rankings, the anti-Semitism row which led to the resignation of SNP conduct committee member Denise Findlay, and a look forward to polling day — which is now just a week away.

It’s the day when an Institute for Fiscal Studies report suggested that the SNP’s manifesto would push an independent Scotland into more austerity than it would face under a Conservative UK government, when we can reflect on last night’s Scottish leaders’ debate on STV, and when an overheard conversation between some world leaders was none too complimentary about Donald Trump. Let writers from The Courier, The Press & Journal and the Evening Telegraph explain all the day’s political news, and put it all into context for you.

It's the day that President Trump visits the UK for a Nato summit and says he wouldn’t touch the NHS even it was handed to his administration “on a silver platter”, when the Scottish leaders are due to go head-to-head in an STV debate, and on which Nicola Sturgeon insists that a drop in education levels, as measured by the Programme for International Student Assessment, is no big deal. Plus, we have footage from last night’s feisty hustings at the University of St Andrews. Let political journalists from across DC Thomson Media’s newspapers explain the day's political news and put it all into context for you.