Lesley’s guests on Riddoch Questions this week are SNP MP for Moray, Angus Robertson, Green MSP for Glasgow, Patrick Harvie and London-based Political Editor for the Scotsman, Ross Lydall.
The stories up for discussion so far this week:
• GLASGOW EAST BY-ELECTION – nine candidates are confirmed to be contesting the vacant Westminster seat but all eyes are on Labour and the SNP – who will emerge victorious?
• FOOD WASTE – The global food crisis is topping the G8 Summit agenda in Japan. Gordon Brown wants consumers to cut the estimated £8 of food each of us throws out every week. But delivered after a lavish 8-course banquet, can we really take the world leaders’ intentions seriously?
• MILITARY – a survey suggests half of Army, Navy and RAF personnel regularly consider quitting over poor morale, equipment and pay. Meanwhile, 500 Scottish Royal Marines are facing their third Afghanistan tour in six years. Are we asking too much from Britain’s armed forces – or is active combat the very reason they joined?
• ROAD TAX – nine million motorists will pay more road tax because they are driving polluting cars. But is this a good green measure, or a ploy to raise cash from low earners with big families?
• DISAPPEARING POLES – reports suggest migrant Polish workers are ditching Scotland to return home. What’s putting them off -- the pay, the weather – and could we cope without them?
Email your questions on these stories now to riddoch@bbc.co.uk. Add your phone number if you want to put the question in person. On Friday text your views to 80295 and call 0500 92 95 00.