Interview: Lord Jim Wallace

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The Lib Dem peer and former Deputy First Minister shares thoughts from his career. Lord Wallace talks to Lucy Whyte and Kirsten Campbell about the early days of Scottish Parliament, his conversations with First Minister Donald Dewar and Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his role as acting First Minister. Wallace shares his thoughts Brexit and Independence, as well as the UK Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition of 2010, and why he thinks political parties have a problem with offering things that aren't possible.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.7	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:16.0	that brings you an inside look at the big stories
0:18.3	coming out of Holyroods and Westminster.
0:20.9	We're recording this on Tuesday Tuesday the 31st of October.
0:25.4	I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow.
0:28.3	And we've got Kirsten Campbell in Edinburgh today.
0:30.9	Hi, Kirsten.
0:31.5	Hello.
0:32.2	Hello, thank you for joining us.
0:33.7	And you're not on your own in the studio in Edinburgh.
0:36.4	I have a very special guest sitting
0:38.3	beside me. We've got former Deputy First Minister Lord Jim Wallace joining us today. Hi.
0:43.9	Hi there, good morning. Thanks very much for taking part. This is one of our interview episodes
0:48.2	in case people hadn't guessed. We've not just recruited you as part of the team, Jim, but we're
0:52.5	very grateful to have you here with us.
0:54.8	It's good to be here. It's good to engage again.
0:57.5	You guys will have worked together at some point. And before I came to the BBC,
1:03.2	we've, yes, I've been a long time interviewing Lord Wallace. And in fact, one of the things I
1:09.1	remember most was, I mean, you're a long time leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats. And in fact, one of the things I remember most was, I mean, you're a long-time leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and the Scottish Lib Dems were renowned for always having really good photo opportunities at party conferences. And there was one particular one in Aberdeen. Do you remember the one I'm thinking of the offshore training? Oh yes. When you were put in a boat on a very sort of stormy, choppy sea
1:31.5	and Paddy Ashdown, of course, who was a former Marine, was deputed to,
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