Summary
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled her new, slimmed down cabinet team, one that she says is "a serious government for the serious times we face as a nation". With only one minister - Kate Forbes - keeping her old position, and only one junior minister promoted into the full cabinet, what does this reshuffle mean for the next few years of the Scottish Government? BBC Scotland politics editor Glenn Campbell joins the team to analyse the moves made, and which ministers may be facing difficult tasks ahead.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:10.3 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:16.1 | That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories |
| 0:18.5 | coming out of Holyrood's and Westminster. |
| 0:22.4 | It is 14 minutes past two on Thursday the 20th of May. I am Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow and indeed |
| 0:29.1 | in Glasgow today. And today I am joined by... I'm Lindsay Buse, a political correspondent based |
| 0:35.2 | at the Scottish Parliament. I'm Phil Sim. A journalist usually based on the Scottish Parliament, but in my house, as I've |
| 0:42.1 | been for most of the last year. |
| 0:44.2 | And I'm Glenn Campbell talking politics today from Trinent, just off the A1. |
| 0:49.2 | If this podcast needs any traffic sound effects, I can just put down the window. |
| 0:53.4 | Is it a particular hot spot of politics |
| 0:56.1 | Trinant today? |
| 0:57.2 | Oh, you bet. |
| 1:00.7 | Are you out doing a story? |
| 1:02.5 | I am on my way to Hollywood. |
| 1:04.7 | Ah, got you, got you, got you. |
| 1:06.3 | Also, you've stopped. |
| 1:08.1 | Especially, I feel very honoured. |
| 1:10.3 | No, no, the honour is all mine. |
| 1:12.0 | It really feels like this is more bad time management from Glenn than honouring the podcast. |
| 1:16.5 | It just could have got to holly rid of it earlier. |
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