Not-So-Happy New Year
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
An NHS in crisis and ongoing strikes spell trouble for the Scottish and UK Governments. The team discuss why the political temperature is still high heading into 2023 after the parliamentary recesses, and why it's not looking like it will calm down any time soon. As Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon are set to meet in Scotland with the backdrop of strikes, NHS pressures, and the cost of living crisis, what does the year ahead hold for politics in the UK?
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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 |
| 0:15.9 | that brings you an inside look at the biggest stories |
| 0:18.0 | coming out of Hollywood and Westminster at It's nine minutes past two. |
| 0:21.6 | On Thursday the 12th of January, I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow, and today I'm joined by... |
| 0:28.6 | I'm Raj Deepson. They were a journalist based in Westminster. |
| 0:31.9 | I'm Lindsay Buse, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:35.5 | And I'm Phil Sim, a journalist also based at the Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:38.4 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:40.1 | I was going to say Happy New Year, but I think we're past the dates of Happy New Year now. |
| 0:45.0 | Oh, no, I've been saying it to everyone still. |
| 0:46.3 | I keep saying it. |
| 0:47.1 | I'm just seeing it to everyone, including, like, on ear. |
| 0:50.2 | But when's the official cutoff then? |
| 0:56.7 | When's the official cut off then? |
| 0:58.0 | I feel like February. |
| 1:00.6 | Like the whole January. Yeah. |
| 1:01.4 | It's like mid-February, I'd say. |
| 1:03.3 | Oh, mid-February, Lindsay. |
| 1:06.0 | Why not? |
| 1:06.9 | Why not? |
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