Summary
Boris Johnson gave an optimistic speech at conference, but does his party feel the same? As the Prime Minister shared his enthusiastic vision of the UK's future, some worry that the new era of Johnsonism is going against what the Conservative party stand for. Meanwhile, Douglas Ross and the Scottish Conservatives may aim to emulate the Tory success in toppling the Red Wall with the SNP in Scotland, but is the lack of solid policies from the UK Government making their position as opposition difficult?
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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 |
| 0:15.6 | that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:20.3 | It's 18 |
| 0:20.8 | minutes past two on Thursday the |
| 0:22.6 | 7th of October. I'm Lucy White, |
| 0:25.0 | a journalist based in Glasgow and today |
| 0:26.7 | I'm joined by. I'm Rajiip Sundu, |
| 0:29.2 | a journalist usually based in |
| 0:30.8 | Westminster but currently at home. |
| 0:32.7 | Nick Ardley, also at home also normally |
| 0:34.8 | in Westminster. And Phil Sim |
| 0:37.0 | actually literally a reporter in the Scottish Parliament right now. |
| 0:41.0 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:43.0 | Hello. |
| 0:45.8 | What's funny about that? |
| 0:47.3 | You can tell the kind of energetic enthusiasm |
| 0:50.5 | of someone who's not been at conferences for the last month. |
| 0:53.4 | Exactly. I just get to hear all about it now |
| 0:55.8 | from you guys. Nick and Rajeepe, Tory party |
| 0:58.0 | conference this week. How was it? |
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