🆕 EPISODE of Holyrood Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube. "Can Andy Burnham ACTUALLY Save the UK?" Watch here: piped.video/watch?v=kxqI69Zj… Listen on Podcast Apps: holyroodsources.com/listen @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver

"It is just totemic... it is baked into party folklore." The SNP faces a headache of its own making regarding nuclear energy in Scotland, says Andy Maciver. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver

🆕 Weekend Sources Podcast Special! Come along (or back) to Liverpool for 24 hours of Labour Conference, learn something new and skip the blisters. Special thanks to @meganmcelr0y, @louisogeran, @Jonathan_Hinder, @zubirahmed and more. Listen now ⬇️ podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…

"We all bleed the same" @CalumAM wonders what Andy Burnham has changed for Scotland with his Labour conference speech... @zubirahmed suggests that there are many issues that face the whole of the United Kingdom, including Scotland that the Prime Minister covered. @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver

Can journalists cover the White House fairly after being invited behind the scenes? Meghan Hays discusses the controversy around White House dinner invitations and journalists attending events hosted by President Trump. Her issue isn’t necessarily with journalists being invited it’s what happens afterwards. “My issue is when these journalists go to something like this and all of a sudden they’ve had, like, love goggles on.” She says journalists should be able to attend White House events and bring their families but argues that access shouldn’t affect their reporting. “My issue is just when you don’t cover it fairly because you have been, like, bamboozled at these type of events.” #Politics #WhiteHouse #Trump @Maura_Gillespie | @meghan_hays9 | @EliStokols

How does Miatta Fahnbulleh compare to Ed Miliband as Energy Secretary? Floyd March, North West Correspondent at Energy Voice, says clear differences are already apparent. Listen now to the latest Holyrood Sources energy special: available now. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver

Should Scotland's new regions be run by directly elected mayors? Andy Maciver shares his one major gripe with proposed local government reform in Scotland, suggesting that each level should be represented by a different kind of politicians.

MP for Glasgow South West, Dr @zubirahmed tells Calum Macdonald that Andy Burnham's conference speech was the most consequential since 2006. Was it?

Is Andy Burnham brining about change within the Labour Party? @akmaciver explains why he isn't so sure, and why he thinks the government need to completely rewire the UK economy. @geoffaberdein | @CalumAM

🔴 What would you like us to discuss on this week's podcast? @CalumAM | @akmaciver | @geoffaberdein

🚨🆕 NEW: Andy Burnham speaks today at 2pm. We’ll be chatting about what he says and the rest of Labour Conference on tomorrow’s episode. What do you want to hear from the Prime Minister’s speech?

Does Scotland need a reinjection of regionalism? @akmaciver suggests several factors, including the independence movement, that has led to a lack of regional identities across the country. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein

"It's a moment... but ask me in a year." @geoffaberdein shares his thoughts on Scottish Labour's new leader Michael Marra. Will he be able to save his party, or will he struggle to breakthrough the SNP's dominance? @CalumAM | @akmaciver

Was Malcolm Offord’s parliamentary walk-out a bad look for Holyrood. @akmaciver thinks so and explains why. @geoffaberdein | @CalumAM

🆕 EPISODE of Holyrood Sources STREAMING NOW on podcast apps and YouTube. "Local Council Overhaul & Can Michael Marra Lead Scottish Labour to Victory?" Watch here: piped.video/watch?v=vLzImvRb… Listen on Podcast Apps: holyroodsources.com/listen @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein | @akmaciver

“All Labour and Tory leaders have done this to themselves over many years” @akmaciver suggests that Michael Marra’s success will be based mainly on how PM Andy Burnham performs at Westminster. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein

Best case: Rush to structural solutions without address core issues of LG financial sustainability. Worst case: No vision. Borrowing ideas from LGR/Rewiring in England (see MHCLG pause on LGR) lgiu.org/scottish-government…

🔴 What would you like us to discuss on this week's podcast? @CalumAM | @akmaciver | @geoffaberdein

We’ll be discussing proposals for changes to Scotland’s local councils on this week’s podcast. What do you think of what we know about the reforms so far?

“Those things are what people of my age call parenting… not teaching” @akmaciver suggests that ‘a bit of old fashioned’ education is exactly what Scotland needs, in reflection to the PISA scores that were released last week. @CalumAM | @geoffaberdein