Beginning To Look a Bit Like Christmas

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Christmas is approaching, and the UK has taken a four nation approach to the festivities, but what were the political motivations behind the move to allow restricted gatherings, and does it make sense while we're still in the middle of a pandemic? The team sits down to discuss the thinking inside the UK and Scottish Governments, and some of the regulations they're asking people to abide by.

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0:00.0	Hello, political listeners.
0:05.1	I'm Mark Stephen, presenter of the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
0:08.6	Now, I know this is completely different to politics,
0:10.5	but if you love nature and the outdoors,
0:13.7	then we have some fascinating stuff for you.
0:15.4	We've been doing this for a couple of years now,
0:17.0	and we've got everything from walking the West Highland way
0:19.2	to the eerie and rather beautiful sound of seals singing under Arctic ice and we get to talk to some lovely lovely
0:26.8	people. We do two podcasts every week, one on a Saturday and one on a Wednesday and if you'd
0:31.4	like to get them a try then please subscribe to them via BBC Sounds., back to Podlitical.
0:43.1	You're listening to BBC Scotland.
0:50.7	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that gives you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. It's eight minutes past two on Thursday the 26th of November.
0:57.2	I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in the Glasgow Newsroom.
1:00.2	And today I'm joined by...
1:01.5	Nick Hurdley in Edinburgh.
1:03.1	Lindy Buse, also in Edinburgh.
1:04.8	Varsit Cindy from home.
1:06.3	I'll soon.
1:07.0	Hat trick for Edinburgh, also here at the Scottish Parliament.
1:10.3	Three of you are in Edinburgh.
1:12.5	That's very exciting, but you're all in separate little studio pods, aren't you?
1:16.8	Are you all in different buildings?
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