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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 9th episode of Season 4, we discuss the ongoing genocide and famine in Gaza with acclaimed Scottish screenwriter, Paul Laverty and Legal Partner at Govan Law Centre, Rachel Moon. We examine the worrying trend of peaceful protest and demonstration in Scotland being mixed up with alleged terrorist offences; and the launch of a new campaign group, Scottish Lawyers Against Genocide.

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 8th episode of Season 4, we consider some of this week's book reviews of Nicola Sturgeon's new autobiography, "Frankly". The book hasn't went down so well in Scotland, with its many omissions and attempted re-writing of history raising many questions and critiques.

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 7th episode of Season 4, we talk to Sharif Abdel Kouddous, a journalist and Middle East editor at Drop Site News. The United Nations has today warned that time is running out for Gaza as it faces a full-scale famine. The State of Israel is pursuing a deliberate policy of mass starvation in Gaza. Aid blockades by Israel are illegal under international law. Will the genocide, mass starvation and war crimes end? Meanwhile Prime Minister Starmer has announced today that the UK will follow France and recognise Palestine as a state at the UN General Assembly in September.

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 6th episode of Season 5, we are back from our summer holidays! We consider the numerous policy failures and woes that Prime Minister Keir Starmer now faces; while we reminisce on the loss of Glen Michael - a family favourite for "Glen Michael's Cartoon Cavalcade", which aired on Scottish Television from 1967 to 1992.

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 5th episode of Season 5, we examine Scotland's energy policy with Dr. Ewan Gibbs. Ewan is a lecturer in Global Inequalities at the University of Glasgow, specializing in Economic and Social History. With Scotland's last refinery no longer refining oil at Grangemouth from 29 April this year, we ask has the renewable energy transition been just for workers and communities in Scotland?

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 4th episode of Season 4, we consider this week's judgment of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland v the Scottish Ministers. The Scottish Government lost this case in the same month that the First Minister agreed to award ministers a £19,000 pay rise. Are we getting value for money from our senior public servants or are we rewarding failure?

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 3rd episode of Season 4, we examine the race to the economic bottom with President Trump's tariff's wars. We also look at the political achievements of Prime Minister Starmer so far. While we give a passing grimace to the "hottest and most expensive" ticket in Edinburgh - a meet and greet with Nicola Sturgeon!

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 lawyer and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 2nd episode of Season 4, we talk with Cllr Thomas Kerr - a Glasgow city councillor who left the Tories to join Reform UK earlier this year. Thomas was joined by Reform UK's Deputy Leader, Richard Tice MP, in Glasgow today for the announcement of two further Scottish Cllr defections to Reform: Renfrewshire Cllr John Gray and South Lanarkshire Cllr Ross Lambie - now giving Reform 8 Scottish Cllrs. There is talk of a 9th defection next week - so what's going on?