Craig Ross

Craig Ross

27 episodes

Sometimes this is just me scratching a longstanding itch. More often this is a reaction to the Guardian newspaper from the centre-right. I'm a politics PhD graduate and lecturer who thinks that the devil has some very bad tunes, and it's time to criticise.

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Suella Braverman is spoiling for a fight on human rights – one that undermines this whole government

Published: Dec. 8, 2022, 12:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 5 minutes 51 seconds

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"Trickle-down Truss is carrying on the dirty work of Thatcher, Blair and Osborne" - Yanis Varoufakis

Published: Oct. 1, 2022, 11:10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 48 seconds

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Michael Gove is right about one thing: building more homes won’t solve anything Simon Jenkins

Published: May 13, 2022, 11:18 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 29 seconds

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February 18th. Touching base.

Published: Feb. 18, 2022, 11:40 a.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 5 seconds

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The Week's Big Stories in Review 30th January 2022

Published: Jan. 30, 2022, 12:43 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 7 seconds

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January the 7th.

Published: Jan. 7, 2022, 12:19 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 38 seconds

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5th January 2022

Published: Jan. 5, 2022, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 15 seconds

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January 3rd 2022

Published: Jan. 3, 2022, 1:09 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 43 seconds

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The Tories said we could have our cake and eat it.. – Rafael Behr

Published: Dec. 22, 2021, 3:53 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 11 minutes 6 seconds

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Who will stop human rights abuses if the government puts itself above the law? - Martha Spurrier

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 1:34 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 33 seconds

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Forget levelling up: Rishi Sunak is deliberately increasing tax injustice - Polly Toynbee

Published: Dec. 7, 2021, 1:37 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 4 seconds

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To avert climate disaster, we need resilient societies built on love, not just technology Gaia Vince

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 1:23 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 17 seconds

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It’s Boris Johnson’s path or Rishi Sunak’s way: the Tories can’t have both - John Harris

Published: Oct. 25, 2021, 12:26 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 34 seconds

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A winter of discontent is unlikely to dissolve the Tories’ support - Andy Beckett

Published: Oct. 1, 2021, 11:53 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 53 seconds

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Democracy is dead in Keir Starmer’s Labour - Ken Loach

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 3:20 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 6 minutes 52 seconds

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Badenoch’s empire comments speak to the enduring mentality of colonialism - Nesrine Malik

Published: Sept. 27, 2021, 4:11 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 58 seconds

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Whether it’s homes or jobs, our dreams are moving further out of reach every year - Mark Blyth

Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 12:44 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 45 seconds

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Labour should be approaching its party conference with hope, not despair - Polly Toynbee

Published: Sept. 21, 2021, 2:33 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 42 seconds

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Gordon Brown is right – Scots and English share more than divides us; By Rebecca McQuillan

Published: Sept. 17, 2021, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 4 minutes 25 seconds

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England’s right-to-build laws are tokenistic and feeble... - George Monbiot

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 11:31 a.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 18 seconds

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The lesson we failed to learn from 9/11..: Jonathan Powell

Published: Sept. 10, 2021, 3:12 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 48 seconds

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GB News.

Published: June 21, 2021, 11:23 a.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 57 seconds

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You're to have neither freedom, sausage, your history nor self-respect.

Published: June 14, 2021, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 41 seconds

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"Is Boris Johnson really going to sacrifice arts degrees for the Conservative cause?"

Published: May 21, 2021, 12:31 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 32 seconds

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The secret of Johnson's success lies in his break with Treasury dominance - William Davies

Published: May 20, 2021, 2:53 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 49 seconds

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"EU citizens made Britain their home - now they face a hostile environment". The Guardian, 21/5/2021

Published: May 19, 2021, 11:56 a.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 15 seconds

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Many Scots don't want independence, but a more cooperative union. Gordon Brown, Guardian 9/5/21

Published: May 10, 2021, 2:32 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 22 seconds

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"Covid shows why care is in crisis.." Madeleine Bunting. The Guardian, 15th October 2020.

Published: Oct. 15, 2020, 1:52 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 36 seconds

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"The Conservatives are shrinking the state - to make room for money and privilege". G. Monbiot

Published: Oct. 14, 2020, 11:47 a.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 29 seconds

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"Black people will not be respected until out history is respected" - Benjamin Zephaniah

Published: Oct. 13, 2020, 11:21 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 24 seconds

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"There's another pandemic stalking Britain: hunger", John Harris. The Guardian, 29th June 2020.

Published: June 29, 2020, 3:24 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 34 seconds

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"The Russian threat to Britain", the Observer, Sunday 28th June 2020

Published: June 28, 2020, 4:44 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Craig Ross (Trailer)

Published: June 27, 2020, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 59 seconds

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The sacking of Long-Bailey..., Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian 27th June 2020

Published: June 27, 2020, 1:32 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds

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"Racism has been the grinding backdrop..." - Hanif Kureishi, The Guardian, 26th June 2020

Published: June 26, 2020, 12:54 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 13 seconds

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Scottish Education

Published: June 26, 2020, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 57 seconds

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Scottish Independence

Published: June 25, 2020, 4:28 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 2 seconds

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Immigration

Published: June 25, 2020, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 29 seconds

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