Summary
The long-awaited Sue Gray report into Downing Street lockdown parties is released. What implications does the 60 page report have for Prime Minister Boris Johnson? Will the "humbled" PM's apology to Parliament for the behaviour noted in the report be enough, and has the Partygate saga put Scottish Tory leader Douglas Ross in a tricky position? The team also discuss Nicola Sturgeon's record-breaking time at the top as First Minister of Scotland.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.6 | Hi, you're listening to |
| 0:14.2 | Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:16.3 | that brings you an inside look |
| 0:18.1 | at the big stories coming out of Holyrood and Westminster. |
| 0:22.2 | It's just gone nine minutes past two on Thursday the 26th of May. |
| 0:27.2 | I'm Lindsay Buse, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament, and today I'm joined by... |
| 0:32.0 | I'm Raj Seepsandu, a political journalist based in Westminster. |
| 0:35.4 | I'm Phil Sim, a journalist currently based in some traffic in Edinburgh. |
| 0:39.5 | I'm Glenn Campbell, a journalist sitting through the glass from Rajdieb at Westminster, |
| 0:43.3 | but normally Holyrood based. |
| 0:45.5 | Hello, everyone. How are you all doing today? |
| 0:47.3 | Hello. |
| 0:48.0 | Good. |
| 0:48.5 | Phil, why are you stuck in traffic? |
| 0:50.5 | Well, I've scandalously been working on a completely different story to the rest of you about councils. |
| 0:56.0 | So I've just been off interviewing the new leader of Edinburgh City Council. |
| 0:59.9 | In transit. |
| 1:01.3 | And Rajdeep and Glenn, you can see each other through pain of class. |
| 1:05.1 | Well, back to back we're facing each other. |
| 1:07.3 | I'm going to turn round my chair just so I can see what Raj deep's up to in the studio next door. |
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