Summary
The SNP treasurer Colin Beattie who was arrested by police investigating the party's finances has been released without charge pending further investigation.
To untangle what this all means for the party and its new leader, Adam is joined by Scotland editor, James Cook, and chief political correspondent, Nick Eardley.
Also, after two major sport events are disrupted by protesters, former captain of the Wales women’s football team, Laura McAllister, and sociology professor, Dr Graeme Hayes, assess how effective protests can be in the sporting arena.
Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Tim Walklate with Cat Farnsworth and Cordelia Hemming. The technical producer was Emma Crowe. The editor is Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.8 | Hello, now it is posts on social media go, this one was pretty good, it was my friend |
| 0:10.0 | and colleague, Mavardi, BBC Ireland correspondent. |
| 0:13.4 | And she was sandwiched in between Tony Blair, who as Prime Minister and Bertie Erhardt, who |
| 0:18.8 | as Irish T-Shock, were the people that helped to negotiate the good Friday agreement 25 |
| 0:23.8 | years ago this month, because she'd been hosting an event where they were chatting to |
| 0:28.0 | some schoolchildren. |
| 0:29.6 | And so, Emma's here now, hello. |
| 0:31.6 | Yeah, a bit of a good Friday agreement sandwich. |
| 0:33.7 | Yeah, how did it go? |
| 0:35.5 | It's really interesting, because there's obviously so much history around and the political |
| 0:40.7 | grandiose of the past who all come out for these occasions. |
| 0:44.2 | And they are fascinating, of course they are. |
| 0:46.1 | But actually, if you think about the future, the legacy of the good Friday agreement going |
| 0:49.9 | forward, well, it's really in the hands of the next generation who didn't really experience |
| 0:53.9 | the troubles, but the peace process continues. |
| 0:56.6 | The good Friday agreement wasn't the end of the story. |
| 0:58.6 | So, hearing from young people and getting their opinions and their questions to some of |
| 1:03.6 | the political VIPs of the past is always really fascinating. |
| 1:07.7 | And here's a little bit of how that sounded. |
| 1:09.7 | And throughout the almost two years process that led up to the good Friday agreements, |
| 1:14.1 | were there any points for either of you who were close to walking away, and if so why, |
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