Humza Yousaf's Shock Resignation: Are the Greens Seizing Power in Scotland?

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🗓️ 2 May 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The Westminster rumour mill went into overdrive last weekend peddling an ultimately incorrect rumour that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was due to call a summer election. With suggestions that this rumour was started by the Labour Party, Nish and Coco ask whether progressives might be starting to control the narrative.

And might that change in power balance towards the Left also be coming to the fore in Scotland? Following the shock resignation of First Minister and SNP Leader Humza Yousaf, Politico’s reporter Andrew McDonald unpacks how the Green Party may have greater influence in Scottish politics moving forward.

And what are the radical solutions we need to address the crisis in Britain’s care system for children? The collaborators of the new book Free Loaves on Friday poet Lemn Sissay and journalist Rebekah Pierre explain why hearing directly from care leavers is vital for addressing problems across the system.

This week - we present the PSUK hero no one asked for and the villain you never saw coming. Move aside Idris Elba - Nish Kumar is coming for your spotlight…

Finally - make sure to look out for a bonus edition of Pod Save the UK this week where we bring you analysis from the results of the elections across England and Wales with Liz Bates.

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Guests:

Andrew McDonald, Politico

Rebekah Pierre, Journalist and Social Worker

Lemn Sissay, Poet and Activist

Audio credit:

Sky News

Useful links:

https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voting-and-elections/voter-id

https://unbound.com/books/free-loaves-on-fridays

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0:00.0	Hi this is Pod Save the UK.
0:10.0	I'm Nishkamah and I'm Coco Khan. This week
0:14.8	Hamza use of shock defenestration. We'll be joined by Politico's Andrew
0:18.8	McDonald to unpick how it all went dramatically wrong. We'll also discuss Britain's broken care system with Lems Cise and Rebecca Pierre.
0:26.0	Plus, find out if the left are starting to hold more sway over our political narratives.
0:31.0	Heinich! political narratives. Hi Nish, how are you?
0:36.3	What have you been up to?
0:37.3	You know, the usual cocoa, sitting around my house staring into space?
0:41.8	Contemplating your own mortality.
0:44.0	What have you been up to?
0:46.0	Do you know what? I'm actually in a tremendously good mood.
0:48.0	Why?
0:49.0	I feel like spring is finally here. The birds are chirping, the sun is out, street harassment has begun.
0:57.0	Oh, has it? Oh, it's street harassment season.
1:00.0	Oh yes, and that's how you know it's spring.
1:02.0	That's how you know it's spring. That's how you know.
1:03.0	Oh my God, okay, so I have to tell you about this,
1:05.0	my latest bit of street harassment.
1:07.0	It's been some time.
1:08.0	So I was walking down the street.
1:09.0	And this guy comes up to me and he's like,
1:11.0	excuse me, miss her you married.
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