About this episode

The episode features a debate between Scottish Labour leadership candidates Joe Fagan and Michael Marra, discussing their visions for the party and addressing key challenges ahead.

On a special hustings episode of the Holyrood Sources podcast, Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein and Andy Maciver are joined by Scottish Labour's leadership candidates: Joe Fagan and Michael Marra. The two leadership contenders debate their visions for the party's future, how to reconnect with working-class voters across Scotland, and the scale of the challenge ahead. What sets Michael and Joe apart, and how they plan to rebuild Scottish Labour across every region? How can Scottish Labour become a power contender again? They also share their immediate reactions to Andy Burnham's comments on a second independence referendum at Prime Minister's Questions. To round off the show, Calum and Andy are joined by Lindsay Paterson, Professor of Education Policy at the University of Edinburgh, on fixing Curriculum for Excellence, after this year's PISA statistics were revealed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein, Andy Maciver

Guests: Joe Fagan, Michael Marra, Lindsay Paterson

Topics covered

• Scottish Labour leadership
• working-class voters
• political debate
• Curriculum for Excellence
• PISA statistics
• independence referendum

Keywords

• Scottish Labour
• leadership candidates
• political debate
• working-class
• Curriculum for Excellence
• PISA
• independence referendum

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish Labour, University of Edinburgh

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