

Debate NightTemporada 1
Topical debate on the big issues affecting Scotland and beyond.
Onde assistir Debate Night • Temporada 1
27 episódios
- 06/03/2019E2
06/03/2019An audience in Edinburgh gets to put questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel: Kate Forbes MSP, the Scottish Government’s minister for public finance and digital economy since 2018 (SNP); Liz Smith MSP, the Scottish Conservatives' spokesperson at Holyrood on education; Anas Sarwar MSP, former deputy leader of Scottish Labour and campaigner for greater representation in public life for people from an ethnic minority background; Marsha Scott, CEO of Scottish Women’s Aid and leading member of Women for Independence; and the co-founder of Scots for Leave who formerly advised the EU Commission, Alison MacDonald. - 13/03/2019E3
13/03/2019An audience in Edinburgh get to put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. Amongst the guests on the panel: Jeane Freeman, SNP MSP and the Scottish Government’s Cabinet secretary for health and sport; Jamie Greene MSP, Conservative spokesperson on transport and infrastructure; Neil Findlay MSP, Scottish Labour lead on Brexit; Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Liberal Democrat member for Edinburgh Western; Aamer Anwar, criminal defence solicitor, human rights campaigner, and current Rector of Glasgow University. - 20/03/2019E4
20/03/2019An hour of topical debate from Perth hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel are depute leader of the SNP Keith Brown MSP, Dean Lockhart MSP from the Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Labour spokesperson on culture, tourism and external affairs Claire Baker MSP, president of the National Farmers Union in Scotland Andrew McCornick and the writer and comedian Amna Saleem. - 27/03/2019E5
27/03/2019Stephen Jardine hosts as an audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians and people in public life. On the panel: Jamie Hepburn, Scottish government minister for business, fair work & skills, and SNP MSP for Cumbernauld & Kilsyth; Conservative MSP Michelle Ballantyne, party spokesperson on communities and social security at Holyrood; Pauline McNeill, Labour MSP and party spokesperson on housing and social justice; Alison Johnstone, co-leader of the Green Party at Holyrood; and Stuart Waiton, senior lecturer in sociology and criminology at Abertay. - 03/04/2019E6
03/04/2019An audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel: Jenny Gilruth, SNP MSP for Mid Fife and Glenrothes and member of both the education and justice committees at Holyrood, Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins, party spokesperson on the Constitution at Holyrood and professor of law at Glasgow University, Labour MSP for North East Scotland Jenny Marra, Dr Kirsty Hughes, director of the Scottish Centre on European Relations and associate fellow at the Centre on Constitutional Change and Alex Massie, journalist and commentator and Scotland editor of The Spectator. - 28/04/2019E7
28/04/2019An audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel: Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary covering Brexit, and MSP for Argyll & Bute, Michael Russell; Donald Cameron, Highlands and islands MSP and Scottish Conservative spokesperson on the Environment; the Scottish Labour Deputy Leader and Shadow Scottish Secretary, Lesley Laird MP; journalist and broadcaster, Lesley Riddoch; and Director of Common Weal, Robin McAlpine. - 05/05/2019E8
05/05/2019An audience in Dalbeattie put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel are: MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, and Conservative spokesperson on the Environment and Digital Economy, Finlay Carson; SNP MSP for the South of Scotland, Emma Harper; Claudia Beamish, Labour MSP for South of Scotland and party spokesperson on environment and climate change; John Edward, Liberal Democrat candidate in the EU election; and Eilidh Douglas, solicitor and supporter of both Brexit and Scottish independence. - 12/05/2019E9
12/05/2019An audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. The panel includes: Luke Graham, Conservative MP for Ochil & South Perthshire; Tommy Sheppard, SNP MP for Edinburgh East; Johann Lamont, Labour MPS for Glasgow and former leader in Scotland; EU election candidates Lorna Slater for the Greens and Jim Ferguson for the Brexit Party; and Moray Macdonald from Weber Shandwick in Scotland. - 19/05/2019E10
19/05/2019 Stephen Jardine hosts as an audience in Inverness put their questions to politicians and people in public life. The panel includes: Alyn Smith, who is standing in the EU elections for the SNP; Edward Mountain, Conservative MSP for the Highlands and Islands; David Martin, Labour candidate at the upcoming EU elections; entrepreneur and GP Lorien Cameron-Ross; and activist and Brexit campaigner Danielle Marr. - 02/06/2019E11
02/06/2019An audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. The panel includes: depute leader of the SNP at Westminster, Kirsty Blackman; the Conservative MP for Stirling, Stephen Kerr; President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Dame Anne Glover; and broadcaster and theologian, David Robertson - 18/09/2019E13
18/09/2019An audience in Edinburgh ask their questions on the big issues shaping Scotland. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. The panel includes: SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford MP; UK government minister in the Scotland office, Colin Clark MP; Labour’s shadow Scottish secretary, Lesley Laird MP; Scottish Lib Dem spokesperson on the constitution, Wendy Chamberlain; and music entrepreneur and newspaper columnist, Donald MacLeod. - 09/10/2019E16
09/10/2019An audience in Ayr put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel: award winning author, Christopher Brookmyre; Conservative MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, Bill Grant; Christine Jardine, Liberal Democrat MP and spokesperson on Women and Equalities; convenor of New Foreign Policy, Jonathon Shafi; and the SNP MP Philippa Whitford, who is spokesperson on health at Westminster. - 30/10/2019E18
30/10/2019An audience in Aberdeen put their questions to politicians and people in public life. Hosted by Stephen Jardine. On the panel: businessman and philanthropist Sir Ian Wood, former co-convenor of the Scottish Greens Maggie Chapman, Conservative MSP Bill Bowman, Maureen Watt MSP from the SNP and Scottish Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald. - 13/11/2019E20
13/11/2019As the political parties continue to try and win over voters on the election trail, an audience in Edinburgh put their questions to politicians from the larger parties in Scotland. Stephen Jardine hosts an hour of topical debate with a panel including representatives from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives, the SNP and Labour. - 27/11/2019E22
27/11/2019An audience in Lochgelly put topical questions to politicians from the Labour, Liberal Democrats, the SNP and Conservatives. Hosted by Stephen Jardine, the programme gives the public an hour to set the agenda and ask about the subjects which are important to them as the general election campaign continues. - 18/03/2020E27
18/03/2020Stephen Jardine presents topical debate on the big issues affecting Scotland and beyond. Panellists include Kezia Dugdale, theatre director David Greig, social security secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville, professor of public health Linda Bauld, business leader Malcolm Cannon and Labour's Sarah Boyack.
