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The Football Show · 17 October 2026
"If you pander to Celtic and Rangers, your credibility's gone." Bernard Ponsonby and Peter Martin on how to interview politicians and football people: why political interviews are "always about the supplementary", why football's egos are so precious that asking hard questions gets you banned, David Scott's view that a good journalist should be "banned by Celtic, banned by Rangers", and the day an STV director spotted Graeme Souness on the touchline during his ban. Plus social media, tribalism and Convoy. From Straight Talk, first published in June 2026.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 "The most cantankerous journalist" and political interviews: "always about the supplementary"
1:16 Predictable questions and filibustering politicians
1:41 Thatcher, Callaghan and Wilson: they answered questions
2:26 Martin O'Neill and the art of butting in
3:17 Football's precious egos and the bans
4:16 "If you pander to Celtic and Rangers, your credibility's gone"
5:19 David Scott: "banned by Celtic, banned by Rangers"
6:42 Graeme Souness, the touchline ban and STV's ban
7:30 "Could we just all chill?" Social media
8:17 Social media and Convoy
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