The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast
Hosted by Alex Massie and Bernard Ponsonby and Massie and Ponsonby and Alex and Bernard · Solid Media
4.9from 45 ratings
- 137
- Episodes
- 136
- Transcribed
- 45
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
- 151K
- YouTube views
About The Ponsonby and Massie Podcast
The two biggest names in Scottish political journalism, Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie, join forces to bring you a regular “must listen” insider briefing on the political and wider world. Bernard has been Scotland's leading TV political editor for many years while Alex is the unavoidable commentator and columnist for the Times and Sunday Times. Together they bring decades of experience and unsurpassed contacts books to provide you with a valuable insider briefing behind the headlines. Scottish, Scotland, Scottish Politics, Political Podcast, Scottish Political Podcast, UK Politics, Scottish Independence, Indyref, Alex Salmond, Nicola Sturgeon, Salmond, Sturgeon, SNP, Scottish Labour, Scottish Conservatives, Scottish Lib Dem, Scottish Greens, Alba Party, Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves, John Swinney, Anas Sarwar, Holyrood, Westminster, Brexit, Budget, Devolution, Policy, News Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Solid Media
- Category
- government · news · news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Jun 2024
- Latest episode
- 30 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
136 of 137 episodes have a transcript.
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
SWINNEY DUCKS QUESTION 11 TIMES
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SWINNEY DUCKS QUESTION 11 TIMES
Published 30 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But by definition, a breathing space budget is one which delays or postpones or otherwise avoids the very difficult, large and often painful decisions that everybody kind of understands will have to be made at some point, but that the government doesn't want to confront right now. […]
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- YouTube views
- 150,863
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 45 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100
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- 63
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 85
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Alex Massie and Bernard Ponsonby and Massie and Ponsonby and Alex and Bernard host the show. Published by Solid Media.
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