Summary
Northern Ireland correspondent Jayne McCormack and Welsh political reporter Cemlyn Davies join Phil, Nick and Rajdeep to talk about Boris Johnson's first visit to the home nations as Prime Minister. The gang also discuss the impact of the PM's No Deal rhetoric on Welsh Independence and Irish re-unification. Phil tells us about avoiding a man dressed as Jesus.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to BBC Scotland. |
| 0:12.4 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster and this week Belfast and Cardiff. |
| 0:21.6 | It is 1020 on Thursday the 1st of August. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm Phil Simmer, a reporter based at the Scottish Parliament and today I'm joined by... |
| 0:29.6 | I'm Rarsie Upsundu, a correspondent based in Westminster. |
| 0:33.6 | I'm Nick Erdley, normally in Westminster but I'm in my house. |
| 0:36.6 | I'm Jane McCormack, a political reporter in Balfast. I'm also in my house. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm Camilleen Davis, political reporter in Cardiff Bay, in a very sunny Cardiff Bay. |
| 0:46.8 | And our producer this week, Stevie Middleton, is in the booth. So it's recess, all the parliaments now, I think. |
| 0:53.5 | And yet here we are back again. It's a good job nobody had any holidays booked or anything. So it's recess all the parliaments now, I think, and yet here we are back again. |
| 0:55.4 | It's a good job nobody had any holidays booked or anything. |
| 0:57.9 | So it feels really weird that Boris Johnson's only been Prime Minister for a week at this point |
| 1:01.5 | because so much has kind of happened, doesn't it? |
| 1:03.4 | Yeah, it has been a very packed week. |
| 1:05.1 | He has been touring the nations and his first stop was Scotland. |
| 1:09.7 | And Nick, you were there, weren't you? |
| 1:10.6 | Standing outside all day. |
| 1:12.5 | Where's Lindsay today? |
| 1:13.8 | I don't know. |
| 1:14.7 | I thought Lindsay and I could regale our tails of standing outside of Butta House at Monday. |
| 1:18.6 | Sorry, are we not good enough for you, Nick? |
| 1:20.4 | No, no, no, it's just because Lindsay and I were both there. |
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