Salmond, Sturgeon, Ross and Rainbows - a podcast by Sam Rippon and Chern Han Mah

This week's episode takes a special deep-dive into Scottish politics in the week that Scottish Labour got a new leader and former First Minister Alex Salmond tesified before the Scottish Parliament inquiry. It also includes a look at broad themes in LGBTQ+ political history as the UK LGBT History Month comes to an end. 

Scotland is just two months out from its latest parliamentary election, so Sam and Chern take a look at the state of play in the Scottish party system, assessing where each party is and how their leaders are faring. The Sturgeon-Salmond partnership continues to break down in spectacular public style just as the SNP are looking ahead to regaining a Holyrood majority. Is Nicola Sturgeon's grip on the SNP and Scotland at risk as this saga unfolds? As the Labour Party gets its sixth leader in ten years in Anas Sarwar, and the Conservatives are still trying to work out who they are in a post Ruth Davidson era, they also look at what the Opposition may look like. What is to blame for Scottish Labour's decline? Will Douglas Ross be able to sustain the Davidson momentum from 5 years ago?

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