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What Are They Hiding? Expenses Row, SNP Whistleblower Warnings and the Letter to Swinney. Ep 23
This week on What’s the Point? we’re pulling back the curtain on the workings of local politics, from councillor expenses to silenced voices inside party machines.Councillor Pay & ExpensesWe ask the big question: are your local representatives worth the money? We break down salary figures, expenses claims, and what transparency really looks like in 2024/25.SNP Whistleblower RowAs reports circulate of the previous SNP Leaders court proceedings, we discuss the process that saw 8 councillors leave the SNP. Is this internal discipline… or shutting down whistleblowers and dissent?Motion Competency & Debate ControlCllr Jim Logue and Lord Provost Kenny Duffy have been accused of “managing democracy” by ruling motions incompetent before they’re even debated. How much power should one party have over council agendas?With your hosts Greg, Gerry, and David, we ask, who’s really running the show?
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By What's the Point?This week on What’s the Point? we’re pulling back the curtain on the workings of local politics, from councillor expenses to silenced voices inside party machines.Councillor Pay & ExpensesWe ask the big question: are your local representatives worth the money? We break down salary figures, expenses claims, and what transparency really looks like in 2024/25.SNP Whistleblower RowAs reports circulate of the previous SNP Leaders court proceedings, we discuss the process that saw 8 councillors leave the SNP. Is this internal discipline… or shutting down whistleblowers and dissent?Motion Competency & Debate ControlCllr Jim Logue and Lord Provost Kenny Duffy have been accused of “managing democracy” by ruling motions incompetent before they’re even debated. How much power should one party have over council agendas?With your hosts Greg, Gerry, and David, we ask, who’s really running the show?