A Numbers Game?

It should come as no surprise that we spend most of this week's episode focusing on the weekend events that saw Peter Murrell resign as Chief Executive of the SNP after taking responsibility for misleading the media about party membership numbers.We ask if this latest twist in the leadership contest will be a threat to the dominance of the SNP in Scottish politics or an opportunity for the new leader and their team?Political commentators have been quick to jump to the conclusion that these SNP travails present an opportunity for a resurgence in Scottish Labour. Do they?Much of the televised debates have been taken up with the candidates  and chairs highlighting failures and deficiencies in Scottish government policies however should more be made of its successes such as the effect Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol has had on saving lives and preventing hospitalisation?Meanwhile the Tory Westminster "Stop the Boats" policy took yet another step in its propaganda trail with the trip by Home Secretary Suella Braverman to Kigali where she posed laughing in front of the new camps being created for expelled asylum seekers all the while being followed by a select band of right wing media outlets eager to promote her agenda.We'll be recording two live events at the Imagine Belfast Festival on Thursday if either you or yours fancy seeing us in the flesh tickets are available athttps://imaginebelfast.com/events/the-lesley-riddoch-podcast-live/https://imaginebelfast.com/events/scottish-independence-mibbes-aye-mibbes-naw/ ★ Support this podcast ★