Unspun Live
Unspun Live
Podcast Description
Unspun Live is The Herald’s Scottish politics podcast — bringing you interviews, analysis, and insight from the heart of Holyrood.
Hosted by some of the finest journalists in the business, each episode cuts through the noise to explore the big ideas, tough decisions, and real stories behind the headlines.
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Content Themes
The podcast delves into significant themes within Scottish politics, with episodes exploring the dynamics of major political agreements, party politics, and pressing social issues such as gender balance. For instance, Episode Two highlights Lorna Slater discussing Bute House 2.0 and gender representation, while Episode Three features Thomas Kerr analyzing Nigel Farage's influence in Scotland and the legal definitions affecting gender.

Unspun Live is The Herald’s Scottish politics podcast — bringing you interviews, analysis, and insight from the heart of Holyrood.
Hosted by some of the finest journalists in the business, each episode cuts through the noise to explore the big ideas, tough decisions, and real stories behind the headlines.
On Budget Day, the Office for Budget Responsibility unexpectedly released its economic forecasts before the Chancellor reached the despatch box — sending Westminster and the markets into a spin. In this episode of Unspun Live, Andrew Learmonth breaks down what the leak means, why it matters, and how Rachel Reeves’ second Budget will affect taxpayers, businesses and Scotland’s finances.
Andrew is joined by Ian McConnell, The Herald’s business editor, to unpack the big revenue-raising measures — from income tax threshold freezes to the changes on electric vehicle mileage, ISAs, salary sacrifice schemes and alcohol duty. They also look at Reeves’ decision to scrap the two-child limit, and what that means for the Scottish Government’s spending plans.

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