In a new podcast series, James Foley and Ewan Kerr interview key players and experts in Scotland's Covid saga. Cutting through mythology and posturing, they will ask the big questions about democracy, governance, class and power so often obscured in recent years.
In the first episode, James and Ewan spoke to Neil Findlay, former Labour MP and arch critic of the Scottish Government's handling of the Covid pandemic. They discussed the insults levelled at Findlay in uncovered government Whatsapp chats, what light the Covid inquiry casts on Sturgeonism in general, and the scandal of Covid era deaths in Scottish care homes.
In the second instalment of the investigation of Covid era politics, Ewan speaks to economist Grace Blakeley, author of The Corona Crash, about the economics of lockdown, global trade and lockdown regimes.
What light did the years of Covid shine on our present phase of capitalism, and what were its implications for growing tensions between powers?
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