Operation Branchform
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 20 April 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The team catch up post-recess, following the arrests of Peter Murrell and Colin Beattie. Both the former SNP chief executive Murrell and the now former treasurer Beattie were released without charge, in an ongoing investigation into the SNP's finances, which Police Scotland launched in July 2021 under "Operation Branchform" after receiving complaints about how donations were used by the party. Meanwhile in Westminster, a report on allegations of bullying by Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab has been received by PM Rishi Sunak. Raab denies the allegations, and has said he would resign if they are upheld.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.5 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:16.1 | That brings you an inside look at the biggest stories coming out of Holyrood and Westminster |
| 0:20.3 | It's 12 minutes past two. |
| 0:22.5 | On Thursday the 20th of April, I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow. Today I'm joined by. |
| 0:29.2 | I'm Phil Simmer, a report based at the Scottish Parliament. I'm Glenn Campbell, also based |
| 0:33.7 | at the Scottish Parliament. And I'm David Wallace Locker, a political correspondent based at Westminster. |
| 0:38.6 | Hello, David Wallace Locker. |
| 0:40.2 | Always a pleasure to have you on the podcast. |
| 0:42.3 | How are you? |
| 0:42.9 | Lovely to be here. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm very well. |
| 0:44.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:45.4 | What about the rest of us? |
| 0:46.5 | Well, listen, you guys, you know, |
| 0:48.7 | we speak all the time, don't we? |
| 0:50.2 | Let's be honest. But it's always a pleasure, Glenn, to have you. And Phil, same, obviously. |
| 0:56.9 | So the last time the three of us chatted, Glenn and Phil, |
| 1:01.0 | it was just before the Easter recess, |
| 1:03.6 | and it was Homsie Yusuf's first First Minister's questions, I believe, |
| 1:08.5 | that had just taken place. |
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