Dark Hours For Europe
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 24 February 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
As Russia invades Ukraine, what happens next, and what will the UK and EU Governments do? Podlitical is joined by Ramsay Jones CBE, a former special advisor for the UK Government. As the situation is described as "among the darkest hours of Europe since the Second World War" by EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, the team discuss what it's like to be inside the heart of Government during such an event, the impact of sanctions announced by the Prime Minister and European leaders, and how the crisis might impact us in Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.4 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.7 | that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Holyroods and Westminster. |
| 0:20.2 | It is 12 minutes past two on |
| 0:22.2 | Thursday the 24th of February. I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow and I'm joined by. |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Phil Sim, a reporter based at the Scottish Parliament. Nick Erdley, a reporter at Westminster. |
| 0:34.3 | I'm Raj Zendu, also based in Westminster. Hello everyone. We're back from a break. We had a |
| 0:40.6 | break last week because both parliaments were on recess. Quite a lot has been happening. So as we record |
| 0:47.5 | this, 12 minutes past two on Thursday, the 24th of February, Russia is invading Ukraine. There's been |
| 0:53.4 | international condemnation. It's a really fast-moading Ukraine. There's been international condemnation. |
| 0:55.2 | It's a really fast-moving situation. |
| 0:57.6 | It's all really just really happening this morning and this afternoon. |
| 1:01.0 | So we thought it might be useful to hear from someone who's been involved in government relations with Ukraine |
| 1:06.6 | and also that might be able to give us a bit of insight into what could be happening in the background and the corridors of power here. |
| 1:12.8 | So Ramsey Jones is joining as a former Downing Street Special Advisor and you also worked in Kiev. |
| 1:18.7 | Hi, Ramsey. |
| 1:19.6 | Good afternoon, Lucy, and the team. |
| 1:21.7 | Ramsey, you worked in Kiev. |
| 1:23.9 | So what is it like to see everything that's happening today? |
| 1:27.1 | Heartbreaking is the short |
| 1:29.4 | answer to that, Lucy. I mean, I was there over the winter sort of 2016, 2017. By that time, |
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