The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 14th episode in Season 2, we discuss the big political events over the last 24 hours. A UK General Election will take place on 4 July 2024. At Holyrood today, the Standards Committee has proposed a ban on Michael Matheson MSP from attending the Scottish Parliament for 27 sitting days, as well as docking his pay for 54 days. All of this and more.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 13th episode in Season 2, we talk with Ash Regan MSP, the Alba Party's Holyrood leader, about all things Scottish politics. Ash was the first government minister to resign on a question of principle since the SNP came to power in 2007. Ash has contributed a chapter to the forthcoming book, "The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht". The book represents a collection of over thirty essays and photographs, where some of the women involved tell the story of the five-year campaign to protect women’s sex-based rights. Other contributors include: J.K. Rowling and SNP MP Joanna Cherry. Available on Amazon from 30 May 2024: https://amzn.eu/d/hm7I3jY

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 12th episode in Season 2, we ask whether John Swinney will bring fresh ideas and leadership to the SNP and Scottish Government as the new First Minister of Scotland? Or will it be more of the same old same? How will the SNP operate as a minority administration and who will support them?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 11th episode in Season 2, we discuss the Scottish Government's Land Reform (Scotland) Bill. We're joined by former MSP and Scottish land expert Andy Wightman. Andy believes in the fundamental democratisation of land ownership in Scotland. We ask will the Land Reform Bill make a difference and is their a political will in Scotland to revolutionise land ownership and use? Or is it simply virtue signalling? Visit Andy's website here: https://andywightman.scot

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 10th episode in Season 2, we discuss the future of Glasgow's city centre, night time economy and public transport, including black taxis. We're joined by Glasgow entertainment and club guru, Donald MacLeod of the Garage and Cathouse nightclubs. We ask is Glasgow's city centre and night time economy in a vortex of doom? If so, how can we turn this around?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 9th episode in Season 2, we ask has the SNP put party before country following the proposed resignation of First Minister, Humza Yousaf? We're joined by Eva Comrie, a political activist for Scottish independence, former councillor, solicitor and independent candidate for the Alloa and Grangemouth constituency in the forthcoming UK General Election.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 8th episode in Season 2, we discuss the Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill due to undergo Stage 3 consideration in the Scottish Parliament. Several years in the making, but will help that many Scots who are financial vulnerable? Might it be a debt protection nothing burger? We talk with Alan McIntosh, an approved money advisor with Advice Scotland Ltd.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 7th episode in Season 2, we discuss the recording of hate incidents in Scotland and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021; due to come into force on April Fools Day. Police Scotland's guidance on recording non-crime hate incidents hasn't been updated - unlike in England and Wales - following the England and Wales Court of Appeal decision in Miller v. The College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926. Is the Scottish guidance lawful? That and much more.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 6th episode in Season 2, we discuss the Hate Monster campaign in Scotland and the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021; due to come into force on April Fools Day. Is the Hate Crime Act workable or will it cause more problems that it seeks to resolve?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 5th episode in Season 2, we discuss criminal justice in Scotland - including the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 (in force from 1 April) and the Victims, Witnesses and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill. We also reflect on a certain MSP's gripe that the heavily subsidised food in the Parliament's restaurant and cafe isn't good enough.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 4th episode in Season 2, we are joined by Father Jim Lawlor of the Immaculate Conception parish in Glasgow's Maryhill. The war in Gaza has now been ongoing since 7 October 2023, with no end in sight. Over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed with over 69,000 people wounded. We discuss with Fr. Jim the need for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 3rd episode in Season 2, we are joined by the former MSP and social justice campaigner Neil Findlay. Is Holyrood and Westminster broken and if so who will fix them? We discuss with Neil the desire of the many millions of people across Scotland and the UK to see solutions to the myriad of social, health, housing, economic and governance problems now facing us. Neil's books are available at http://www.neilfindlaybooks.com

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 2nd episode in Season 2, we ask what have we learned from the UK Covid-19 Inquiry sitting in Edinburgh over the last three weeks? We consider the questions asked and the key evidence given in relation to the handling of the pandemic in Scotland.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our first episode of 2024, we examine the week in Scottish & UK politics with a focus on the Post Office scandal. 3,500 sub-postmasters and mistresses wrongly accused of fraud and theft due to a faulty computer system over many years; 700 prosecutions; 236 people imprisoned - and so far few people have yet to have their convictions overturned or receive full financial redress.

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 25th episode, we provide an omnibus hour long discussion looking back at 2023 in terms of Scottish and UK politics; the highs, the lows, the good, the bad, the feckless, the reckless, the fickle and the downright incredulous. Pour yourself a glass, put your feet up and join us for a review of the year that was 2023!

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 24th episode we're joined by Annmarie Ward, the founder and CEO of the charity Faces & Voices of Recovery UK. FAVOR UK challenge the stigma of addiction and are campaigning for a proposed Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill in the Scottish Parliament. We last spoke to Annmarie in April this year and asked her what progress had been made to address the fact Scotland has the highest death rate from drug overdoses in Europe?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 23rd episode, we talk with Colin McInnes, the founder of Homeless Project Scotland. This is a Glasgow charity providing a range of social welfare services including a nightly soup kitchen which feeds 310 people each day, providing 55,000 hot meals each week. Last week the Scottish Parliament declined to declare a housing and homelessness emergency in Scotland - despite a 15% rise in homeless applications, more rough sleeping and almost 10,000 children/young persons in temporary accommodation - the highest since records began in 2002. We discuss these and other homeless issues facing Glasgow with Colin.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 22nd episode, we discuss the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson MSP's personal statement given to the Scottish Parliament on his iPad mobile expenses claim of almost £11,000. For some 11 months, the claim was said to be for purely legitimate parliamentary business when Mr Matheson was on a family holiday in Morocco last December. Yesterday he admitted that was not true. Should he stay or should he go as Health Secretary?

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 21st episode, we talk with Stephen Sheal, Director of Government Affairs and Policy at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen. Scotland is committed to reaching net zero in carbon emissions by 2045. We've already reduced emissions by 49% since 1990, but the final journey to 100% will be much harder to reach. We discuss the choices available to governments and individual citizens and the impact they may have on our day to day life in achieving net zero.

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 20th episode we ask do have a buffet of buffoonery in UK and Scottish politics? With the come back of former Prime Minister David Cameron as a member of the House of Lords to act as Foreign Secretary and Scottish Health Secretary, Michael Matheson MSP's bumper iPad expenses, what has become of our democracy?