Summary
The team returns as Education Secretary John Swinney faces continued exams controversy, including a no confidence vote - but will this affect the SNP's success in the polls?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:10.0 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:16.1 | That gives you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyroods and Westminster |
| 0:20.7 | It is 18 minutes past two on Thursday the 13th of August you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyrood and Westminster. |
| 0:24.9 | It is 18 minutes past two on Thursday the 13th of August. |
| 0:27.8 | I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in the Glasgow Newsroom. |
| 0:29.1 | And joining me today. |
| 0:30.5 | I'm Nick Erdley in London. |
| 0:32.3 | I'm Lindsay Bees in Edinburgh. |
| 0:35.0 | And I'm Phil Sim in the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:38.2 | Literally in the Scottish Parliament for the first time in five months. |
| 0:42.2 | Yeah, Bill is back for the wall. Well, you were there yesterday, though, Phil, weren't you? This is my first week back in the office. It's the brave new world. And how's that going for you? |
| 0:47.3 | How's it all working out? That's all right. Okay. Enthusiastic. you like it. It's pretty much the same. Someone else who's still having to work from home is Matt Cox, our producer. |
| 0:56.4 | He's working from home, producing us. |
| 0:58.6 | And this is us. |
| 0:59.3 | We're back now for the new term, which is fitting for what we're going to talk about today. |
| 1:05.6 | Because we're going to talk all about exams and schools going back. |
| 1:08.9 | It's been a big issue, hasn't it, guys, over the past |
| 1:11.1 | week, particularly in Scotland. The students got their results last Tuesday, and it's fair |
| 1:16.9 | to say it's not been smooth ceiling since then. It is fair to say that. Yeah, I think we |
| 1:23.4 | were all waiting for the education correspondence, pick that one up. As usual, she's hosting the podcast. |
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