Media That Matters – June 2024

David Clarke writes in The Herald

European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) Chair, David Clarke, writes in The Herald about the Brexit silence of the two big UK parties, calling on the unionist parties to come clean:

https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/viewpoint/24387906.scotland-toe-little-englander-line-eu-union-doomed


Professor James Mitchell looks at Scotland’s general election landscape, in a Bylines Scotland podcast

Martin Roche interviews James Mitchell, Professor of Public Policy at the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh.  


https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patricia-s-paton/episodes/Bylines-Scotland-Election-24-podcast-No-5–Politics-for-the-connoisseur-e2kul3c

Building closer ties between a Starmer government and the EU

This article by Jim Cloos is surely required reading for Keir Starmer and his top team. Cloos lays out how the new UK government can build closer and mutually benefficial ties with the EU. 

Jim Cloos is a member of the European & International Analysts Group.

https://eiag.us14.list-manage.com/track/click?u=aacd1f18ba843d502ee3b6bed&id=be94b2281d&e=53ba624b1b


Scotland, Ireland, UK, EU – a deep diving podcast.

Rebecca Christie sits down with Tony Connelly, Europe editor of Irish public service broadcaster RTÉ, and David Gow, who chairs the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s EU-Scotland initiative. This episode was recorded on 6 June 2024.

https://www.bruegel.org/podcast/eu-uk-relations-brexit-scotland-ireland

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