Holyrood 434 / 25 November 2019
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Winter is coming: A look at Scotland’s transport strategy including interview with transport secretary Michael Matheson.
3 Editor’s note
Trust has become a real issue in this election and strangely, while voters may not believe a thing that comes out of Johnson’s mouth, he remains the odds-on favourite to win
7 Roundup
Pictures and numbers from the past two weeks
9 Talking Point
The dangers of politicians dabbling in disinformation
10 In Context
The review of freedom of information law
11 Political spotlight: Election countdown
All the parties are keen to borrow votes from those who don’t really support them in this Brexit general election
13 Overview: Transport strategy
The Scottish Government wants to drive down transport-related carbon emissions
17 interview: Michael Matheson
Exclusive interview with the transport secretary on decarbonising Scotland’s transport infrastructure and preparing for winter
22 Focus: Regional Transport Partnerships
The chairs of Scotland’s seven RTPs talk about the key challenges they are facing
28 Interview: The River Man
Glasgow’s ‘river man’ George Parsonage is hanging up his oars
31 feature: Invisible Disability
People with invisible lifelong conditions face judgement every day
34 Roundtable
Holyrood and Nesta in Scotland gather experts to discuss how to make education broader, fairer and smarter
38 Comment
Kirsty Strickland on an election of the men
39 Politicians & their pets
Brian Whittle and his two spaniels, Bailey and Fern
40 Diary
Pizza Express, boxing clever and John Finnie breaks out some bad language in committee
42 Last Word
Sketch: Labour’s manifesto promises will mean nothing until we get our owls