Devolution or Devolution?

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 19 November 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Boris Johnson is facing the heat after reportedly calling Scottish devolution a disaster, causing anger from Labour and the SNP, as well as creating a potential headache for the Scottish Conservatives ahead of the 2021 Holyrood elections. But just how successful has devolution been? As political parties become more polarised, and even the pronunciation of the word itself called into question by the team, can there be a grown-up discussion on devolution in the UK?

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0:00.0	Hello, political listeners. I'm Mark Stephen, presenter of the Scotland Outdoors podcast.
0:08.0	Now, I know this is completely different to politics, but if you love nature and the outdoors,
0:13.0	then we have some fascinating stuff for you. We've been doing this for a couple of years now,
0:16.3	and we've got everything from walking the West Highland way to the eerie and rather beautiful
0:20.7	sound of seals singing under Arctic ice.
0:24.2	And we get to talk to some lovely, lovely people.
0:26.7	We do two podcasts every week, one on a Saturday and one on a Wednesday.
0:30.2	And if you'd like to get them a try,
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0:34.3	Now, back to Podlitical.
0:40.7	You're listening to BBC Scotland.
0:45.9	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.
0:53.5	It's 20 minutes past two on Thursday the 19th of November.
0:57.4	I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in the Glasgow Newsroom.
1:00.5	And today I'm joined by.
1:01.9	Nick Erdley in London.
1:03.7	Lindsay Bues at the Scottish Parliament.
1:06.0	Fars Theep Sunday for the Nine.
1:08.1	And Phil Sim also at the Scottish Parliament.
1:10.5	Hello everyone. Did you just drop the name of your programme Sim, also at the Scottish Parliament. Hello,
1:12.9	did you just drop the name of your programme in there?
1:14.1	Very casual, I forgot what I was about to say.
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