Meet the remarkable lady who has been to more Scotland football internationals than anyone else on earth. From the Victory International at Hampden in 1946 to victory in Cyprus, 90 years young Moira Brown has been following in the footsteps of her team, this month to the AEK stadium in Larnaca, Cyprus. Scotland’s...

With the economy flatlining, are there policies available to the Scottish Government which would promote economic growth? In our second programme on the economy Alex asks three experienced politicians what their formula would be to kick the economy into life. Former MP George Kerevan and former Cabinet Secretaries,...

“It’s the economy stupid” was the maxim which propelled the Clinton campaign to the White House. But where stands the Scottish economy right now and what is the connection with the case for independence? Alex asks two world leading economists, and friends of Scotland, what needs to be done on the economy.

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 was back in full swing but, with attendances still below pre-pandemic levels, sharply rising costs undermined the viability of many productions. However, does the real threat to the world’s greatest celebration of the arts come from within and the creeping challenge to its founding...

This episode of Scotland Speaks with Alex Salmond examines the paradox of Scotland, a land of energy plenty but covered in fuel poverty. Campaigning MP, Kenny MacAskill, underlines the starkness of the position while economists Graeme Blackett of Biggar Economics and Robin McAlpine of Common Weal examine the options...

Can an Edinburgh Fringe Show reset the level and nature of political debate? David Davis MP explains why he embarked on this aim by taking part in The Ayes Have It. Meanwhile, Fringe veterans ,Peter Duncan of Blue Peter and producer Denise Silvey assess the progress of this year’s event while the “real” Speaker...

How do political developments in the other Celtic nations impact on Scotland? Alex speaks to Dafydd Wigley, the most successful political campaigner in the history of Plaid Cymru and Ian Paisley Jnr MP, of the Northern Ireland political dynasty, about the future of these islands. Historian, Owen Dudley Edwards...

This episode examines Scotland’s rights as a nation, under international law, to self-determination. Following the Scottish Government’s ill-fated foray to the UK Supreme Court, Neale Hanvey MP commissioned a legal opinion from one of the world’s foremost international lawyers, Professor Robert McCorquodale....

Join us from the 4th to the 13th at the Edinburgh Fringe in the famous Spiegeltent in George Square for intense, fiery and entertaining debates on a range of topics from Independence to Brexit to the abolition of the House of Lords to the right to strike!

We have a star-studded cast from across the political...

With parliaments south and north of the border in recess, Scotland Speaks with Alex Salmond anticipates what the new terms might hold in the autumn. At Westminster, commentator Steve Richards and Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws give their view on the state of the parties as the General Election approaches, while Paul...

Join us at the Edinburgh Fringe this August from the 4th to the 13th!

Some of the biggest names in Politics will be there. You'll get the chance to hear from Alex Salmond, David Davis, John Bercow, Mick Lynch, Michelle Thomson, Kate Forbes, Dame Eleanor Laing and much much more.

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This week’s Scotland Speaks with Alex Salmond features a special tribute to the legendary Winnie Ewing who served Scotland over four decades in three Parliaments. With contributions from the Ewing family and Magnus Linklater, Owen Dudley-Edwards and Alex Neil the programme is set in Winnie’s alma mater, Glasgow...

Scotland stands on the brink of a new energy revolution as the world leading country in the development of deep offshore wind. But will the revenue and industrial benefits bypass the people once again? Scotland Speaks with Alex Salmond interviews workers and experts to examine the consequences of the new bounty-...

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Sir Vince Cable, former leader of the UK Liberal Democrats, tells Alex Salmond why Chairman Deng Xiaoping is, in a study of 16 world leaders, the one who most shaped the economics of the modern world. Despite serving as a Cabinet Minister in a coalition government with the Tories, Sir Vince also argues, that the time...

Almost unnoticed amid the multiple European, cost of living and Downing Street crises, Northern Ireland is back in political deadlock, with the resignation of the Democratic Unionist First Minister in protest over the post-Brexit deal. However, official statistics show that in 2021 the Province has enjoyed its best...

A dream for some - for others a nightmare. President Biden is struggling in the approval ratings and former President Trump is now the bookies’ favourite to be the next President. Alex asks two experts from different ends of America’s divided political spectrum , Professor Keneshia Grant of Howard University and...

Omicron - Doomsday or Blessing in Disguise? Alex Salmond speaks to Dr Angelique Coetzee, the Pretoria GP who first identified the Omicron variant - and who informed the world (based on her practical experience of patients), that the new variant, while hyper-infectious, was much milder in health impact than the...

At the height of the annual celebrations of the life and work of Scotland’s national bard, Robert Burns, Alex speaks to Scots language campaigner, Billy Kay, and former MP for Burns country in South Ayrshire, Jim Sillars, about the impact of Burns on political radicalism in Scotland and across the world.Also...