Electioncast: The SNP Manifesto + LIVE in Birmingham!
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BBC
4.4 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Today, we look at the SNP manifesto launch, where John Swinney focuses on future independence talks with the UK government.
Adam is in Birmingham with Newsnight’s Victoria Derbyshire and Nick Watt, they are joined by James Cook who’s covering the SNP manifesto launch in Edinburgh. And they discuss Newsnight’s focus on the NHS, plus the news that Rishi Sunak's protection officer has been arrested over alleged election date bets. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Jack Maclaren with Elliot Ryder, Sam McLaren and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:04.6 | Hello, I'm thinking of famous collaborations through history, and I'm doing it with Victoria Derbyshire |
| 0:10.3 | from Newsnight. |
| 0:11.3 | Hello. |
| 0:12.3 | Hi. And Nick Watt from News Knight too. |
| 0:13.4 | Hi Adam. Famous favorite collabs? |
| 0:16.7 | I'm thinking Lady Gaga and Beyonce, telephone, great song. |
| 0:21.8 | There's only one for me. under pressure, Bowie and Queen, |
| 0:25.0 | because my kids, that's all they sing. |
| 0:27.0 | I'm going to say Kylie and Jason. |
| 0:29.0 | Oh, okay, especially for you. |
| 0:32.0 | I tell you what, I'm feeling under pressure because what I've done is I've kind of invaded the news night outside broadcast in Birmingham, which is going to be on BBC 2 tonight, live, and it's quite a fancy production you got here |
| 0:44.3 | well we are in the Central Library of Birmingham and it is a stunning building it's |
| 0:49.0 | it's the heart of it is a cylinder essentially isn't it and so each floor you are surrounded by a circle of books. |
| 0:57.0 | That's right and it's completely appropriate for newscasts because obviously Adam Fleming is the more intellectual side of the BBC and all these books here actually |
| 1:05.3 | we had to prize him out of the medieval history section but we're lucky that he did he is here now |
| 1:10.8 | and the funny thing is that we've been sat in front of the computing section |
| 1:14.1 | yes don't know how your JavaScript programming is anyway right on this episode of |
| 1:19.2 | newscast we'll of course catch up with what newsnight are doing and what's been |
| 1:22.1 | happening in the general election |
| 1:23.4 | campaign today. |
| 1:24.4 | Newscast. |
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