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Tees and sees apply. Check the Uber app. Hello and welcome to an election special podcast from the new statesman.

I'm deputy editor Helen Lewis and this week I'm joined by our editor Jason Cowley and

Scottish author Jerry Hassan to talk about what's happening north of the border.

Then Stephen Bush and George Eaton talked to me. Jerry Hassan to talk about what's happening north of the border.

Then Stephen Bush and George Eaton talked to me about the polls as they're still tied. It's the day before polls open and one of the biggest stories of this election has been Scotland, the

SMP's incredible surge there and the concomitant decline of Scottish

labour. I'm joined by the writer Jerry Hassan and by NS editor Jason Cowley to talk

about it. First of all Jerry you you obviously much more in tune with things on

the ground. What is the mood like at the moment in Scotland? The moods, the moods a

mixture of things. There's an awful lot of excitement and there's an awful lot of people thinking things are a way to change,

uh, SMP people, SMP voters and and there's a quite a bit of apprehension as well in

parts of Scotland beyond labor, lib Dems and Tories.

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