The Three Rs
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A bumper episode featuring Rishi Sunak, the Rosebank oilfield, the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election, and Robin McAlpine.The numerate among you will note that's four not three Rs but why ruin a good podcast title over arithmetic?Rishi Sunak seems assailed on all sides at the Conservative Conference in Manchester. Farage hob-nobbing with Priti Patel, Liz Truss re-emerging with her 60 "Growthers", and northern Tory mayors not at all happy with the rumoured cancellation of HS2.We look at this plus the lurch even more to the right with Mark Harper embracing conspiracy theories on 15 Minute Cities.While abandoning HS2 looks on the cards the UK government is hell bent on going ahead with the development of the Rosebank oilfield.Lesley demolishes the misinformation surrounding this disastrous decision.We give our first impressions on Robin McAlpine and Common Weal's Direction-A realistic strategy for achieving Scottish independence.The paper makes much of activist action and a significant example of this is Chain of Freedom on October the 14th.To find out more and take part follow this linkhttps://chainoffreedom.scot/There's also discussion on the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election.All this plus, for those who've missed it, the return of the interrupting delivery driver, and Ryder Cup reflections. ★ Support this podcast ★
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