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 12th episode of Season 4, we're joined by Dean M Thomson, a lecturer in logic and philosophy with Beijing Normal - Hong Kong Baptist University, United International College (UIC). Dean has written an essay entitled, "Why Labour Hates Juries: The Unmanageable Heart of English Liberty". We examine Labour's longstanding desire to abolish trial by jury in England and Wales - which is also an issue that many MSPs at Holyrood appear to favour too. We ask why do our politicians hate juries?

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 11th episode of Season 4, we are we're joined by Annmarie Ward, the founder and CEO of the charity Faces & Voices of Recovery UK (FAVOR UK). Last month, the Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill fell at Stage 1 in the Scottish Parliament. We ask Annmarie now that the Bill has fallen, what hope is there to reduce the horrendous death rate from drug overdoes 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 10th episode of Season 4, we discuss Glasgow homeless crisis. We're joined by Homeless Project Scotland's (HPS) Colin McInnes who runs a night shelter and soup kitchen in Glasgow city centre for people who're street homeless; and Govan Law Centre's head of homelessness services and senior solicitor, Lorna Walker. Last week Glasgow City Council refused planning permission for HPS's night shelter; at a time when the homeless crisis in Glasgow has never been more acute and desperate.