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| 21st March 2010 0945-1030 | |
| 14th March 2010 listen | |
| 28th February 2010 SRC Spring Election Special listen | |
| 21st February 2010 An overview of the week with Bellgrove Belle listen | |
| older Debate is Free episodes | |
Want news with a bit of bite? Want to be informed? Want to cut out all the 24 hour news mince and get the news as it should be with out all the spin? Then Debate is free is the show for you.
Every show brings you the top topics of the week in the UK and the wider world and gives you the complex issues of the day in a way you can understand. It helps that we are less boring than your usual political talkshows scattered across the TV and radio schedules.
Each week, we will have our special guest where you set the questions and get the answers you want. So tune in and join in even if it's only arguing with your flatmate once the shows done.
Get in contact with the show on debate@subcity.org if you want to comment or to suggest a guest for us to invite on the show.
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debate is free : election 2010 - live event
We are hosting a special edition of Debate is Free on Thursday 11th March titled Debate Is Free : Election 2010. With the aim of catering for young, first time and undecided voters who live in Scotland.
Whilst Question Time is holding a similar event, Debate is Free will be focusing on Westminster issues that are important to voters in Scotland rather than the whole of the UK. Scotland has a unique political landscape in contrast to the rest of the UK thanks to devolution and Debate is Free is eager to give voters the chance to raise their issues. Recording takes place at The University of Glasgow on the 11th of March at 1930 and will be broadcast on the 12th.
Want to apply to be part of the audience for Debate is Free: General Election 2010? Go to http://tiny.cc/DIFGE and fill in all your details.
The panel for the debate on the 11th of March is confirmed as:
- Patrick Harvie- Glasgow MSP and Co-Convener of the Scottish Greens
- Ann McKechin- Glasgow MP and Minister for the Scotland Office
- Alistair Carmichael- MP for Shetland and Orkney and Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Tommy Sheridan- Co-convener of Solidarity
- John Mason- Glasgow MP and SNP Spokesman of Work and Pensions
- Ruth Davidson- Conservative PPC for Glasgow North East
If you can't be part of the audience but still want to submit a question or comment on the show then email debate@subcity.org or hit us up on Twitter @debateisfree or become a fan on Facebook.
Posted at 11:33, 10th March 2010
exclusive billy bragg interview
Debate is Free // 14.02.10 // Billy Bragg and Nobonus4RBS
This weeks show has an exclusive interview with Billy Bragg singer songwriter, prominent politcal activist and the founder of the group NoBonus4RBS. Billy has declared that if RBS pays out bonuses to its staff then he won't send back his tax return that was due on the 31st January 2010. We spoke to Billy the night before he spoke to a rally for the Nobonus4RBS campaign outside RBS's HQ in St Andrew's Square, Edinburgh. In the show we also talk about the proposed Robin Hood Tax. For more info look at the links below
Posted at 11:29, 14th February 2010
iain gray, scottish labour leader
Debate is Free // 31.01.10 // Iain Gray Scottish Labour Leader
The show must go on. As well as all this special edition malarky DIF has its usual weekly programming to get on with. Tuh, no rest for the wicked eh? On our show on the 31st of January we will be continuing our series on the Scottish party leaders with an interview with Iain Gray, the leader of Scottish Labour. Iain Gray took over the Scottish Labour Party after the short lived leadership of Wendy Alexander and has held the office of Deputy First Minister and Minister for Enterprise.
As always send your questions and comments in either on here or to debate@subcity.org.
Posted at 14:15, 20th January 2010
pushing the boundary
Its one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken by a programme on a student radio station, there are over 400 secondary schools, 21 universities , 46 colleges in Scotland and we are getting in contact with them all. Hundreds of thousands of young people across Scotland are going to be offered the chance to take part in a project thats the first of its kind in Scotland.
Debate is Free which airs only on Subcity radio at the University of Glasgow is working on a special edition of the show separate from its usual format. 2010 is a General Election year and thousands of young people will looking at the political parties on offer and wondering who to vote for. Some may never have voted either due to the fact they were too young or they have never felt the need to vote or politics leave just them cold.
Debate is Free aims to bring the debate in a way that young people will find accessible and can interact with in a way they want to. The special edition of Debate is Free on March 11th, potentially just weeks before an election is called will bring a panel of six before a studio audience for 90 minutes to answer their questions and questions submitted by listeners. The debate will range from the topical, to party policy to anything the audience demand be answered. Nothing is barred anything can be put forward for the panel to answer. From the recession, to the war on terror, to youth issues and human rights, we will consider anything.
Anyone will be able to listen on our website www.subcity.org and comment on what they hear on the Debate is Free Facebook fan page or by using Twitter and the tag #debateisfree. We want this to be a test of social networking so please send invites to this event to all your facebook friends and tweet details and comments. You can apply to be part of the audience here or to email any potential questions or comments email debate@subcity.org.
You can follow debateisfree on Twitter and the Facebook fanpage for panellist updates.
Posted at 11:19, 19th January 2010