A Festival of Democracy

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

As the deadline to stand in the Scottish Election passes, who are the would-be MSPs? The team discusses parties old and new, and with around 700 candidates in regional lists looking to be elected to Scottish Parliament on May 6th, the team chats about at some of the parties hoping to share their vision of Scotland with the voting public over the next few weeks.

A full list of candidates and parties standing for both the regional list and constituency seats will be available on the BBC website. Visit bbc.co.uk/scottishelection to keep up to date.

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.0	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyrood and Westminster.
0:20.0	It is 21 minutes past two on
0:22.5	Thursday the 1st of April.
0:24.6	I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow
0:26.9	and today I'm joined by
0:28.4	Nick Erdley in London. Phil Sim in
0:31.2	East Lothian. Lindsay Bues
0:33.1	in Edinburgh.
0:35.0	Phil, you keep changing what you see.
0:37.0	I can't decide. Is it too specific?
0:38.3	I know where you are.
0:39.3	We know where you are.
0:40.3	Just like street address postcode.
0:43.3	Just constantly changing.
0:46.3	How are, how is everybody today?
0:48.3	Yeah, good.
0:49.3	Yeah, good.
0:50.3	Good, good.
0:51.3	I'm glad to hear that the sun is shining in Glasgow, although I believe it's going to snow next week.
0:55.5	You know how I like to just keep everybody up to date with what's happening with the weather and then get into the politics? That's the main thing.
1:00.3	It's very sunny in an unspecified location on the East Coast of Scotland.
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