The Ordinary Elite

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our first episode of 2024, we examine the week in Scottish & UK politics with a focus on the Post Office scandal. 3,500 sub-postmasters and mis...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 25th episode, we provide an omnibus hour long discussion looking back at 2023 in terms of Scottish and UK politics; the highs, the lows, th...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 24th episode we're joined by Annmarie Ward, the founder and CEO of the charity Faces & Voices of Recovery UK. FAVOR UK challenge th...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 23rd episode, we talk with Colin McInnes, the founder of Homeless Project Scotland. This is a Glasgow charity providing a range of social welfare serv...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 22nd episode, we discuss the Cabinet Secretary for Health, Michael Matheson MSP's personal statement given to the Scottish Parliament on his iPad...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 21st episode, we talk with Stephen Sheal, Director of Government Affairs and Policy at the Net Zero Technology Centre in Aberdeen. Scotland is committ...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 20th episode we ask do have a buffet of buffoonery in UK and Scottish politics? With the come back of former Prime Minister David Cameron as a member...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 19th episode, we talk with Dr Calum McLeod about the need for meaningful land reform in Scotland. 67% of large-scale private rural landownership is ow...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 18th episode we examine the astonishing revelation this week that the Scottish Government had 137 message groups used by 70 individuals during the Cov...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our 17th episode we discuss the First Minister's big policy announcements from last week's party conference in Aberdeen - a council tax freeze and...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our sixteenth episode we discuss the last few horrific days in international politics; the Rutherglen and West Hamilton by-election and Keir Starmer's...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. A couple of weeks ago, satirical cartoons of Scottish politicians were deleted from social media by BBC Scotland following complaints by Scottish Ministers a...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In episode 14 we consider the importance of being earnest when politicians communicate with the public. In recent years has being disingenuous with the elect...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. Back from a few weeks hols in the But 'n' Ben, in our thirteenth episode we imagine our wish list for reforming the Scottish Parliament. With the Par...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In episode 12, we ask what has went wrong in Glasgow and how do we fix it? We are joined by Paul Sweeney, a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow Reg...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our eleventh episode we consider the reverse Midas touch of the Scottish Greens in Government on policies such as heat pumps, deposit return schemes and h...

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 practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our tenth episode we ask how easy is it to access environmental justice in Scotland if your local woodland or park is under threat? We are joined by Hanna...

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our ninth episode we ask what does Labour stand for? Labour has a massive opportunity to offer people real change across the UK. Yesterday, Keir St...

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our eighth episode we examine the first 100 days that Humza Yousaf MSP has been in power as Scotland's First Minister and consider what the fut...

The Ordinary Elite is a Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our seventh episode we talk with Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Economy at Brown University, a Ivy League university in Rhode Island, USA. Mark...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our sixth episode, with Nicola Sturgeon being questioned by Police Scotland, Donald Trump being indicted in Florida and Boris Johnson resigning...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast from Glasgow, brought to you by Solicitor Advocates John McGovern and Mike Dailly. In episode 5 we examine the possibility of Scotland becoming a republic. Do we need The People's Republic of Scotland?

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our fourth episode we discuss the coronation of King Charles III on Saturday, 6 May 2023. Is this royal jamboree worth £250m of public money in...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our third episode we're joined by Annmarie Ward, the founder and CEO of the charity Faces & Voices of Recovery UK. FAVOR UK challenge t...

The Ordinary Elite is a new Scottish podcast series brought to you from Glasgow by John McGovern and Mike Dailly. Both are Solicitor Advocates - John a criminal defence practitioner and Mike a civil litigation practitioner and social justice campaigner. In our second episode we discuss the stories of the week from Scotland, including the new "media scrums" of the First Minister, aspects...