Prime Minister Liz Truss
Podlitical
BBC
4.6 • 157 Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2022
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Liz Truss has won the Conservative leadership election and is set to become the new PM - so what's the first item to tackle on her agenda? Whether it's the cost of living crisis, calls for a second Scottish independence referendum, or the war in Ukraine, the new Prime Minister will be facing a very large "to-do" list. The team discuss what her plans may be going forward, from freezing energy bills to patching up relations with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon after heated words during hustings.
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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 |
| 0:13.8 | Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.6 | That brings you an inside look at the big stories |
| 0:18.0 | coming out of Hollywood and Westminster |
| 0:20.2 | It's 20 past two on Monday the 5th of September. I'm Lucy White in Glasgow and today I'm joined by. I'm Roger Sipsondu, a journalist in Westminster. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Glenn Campbell, also covering politics at Westminster today. And I'm Phil Sim in the Scottish Parliament, which is slightly deserted, but it is coming back from recess. |
| 0:39.5 | So politics is back. |
| 0:41.3 | Politics is back. |
| 0:42.6 | As if it ever went anywhere over the summer. |
| 0:46.7 | We are here gathered on this Monday, as you can probably tell from the people shouting in the background of where Glenn is. |
| 0:53.9 | Glenn, you're in College Green? |
| 0:55.0 | I am and it could be noisier because there are other protesters around but not here just at the moment. |
| 1:03.0 | So yeah, expect the noise level to go up while we're recording. |
| 1:07.0 | People are shouting at Glenn, that just means it's Monday. |
| 1:09.0 | Exactly. So we are together because today is the day that we finally found out what we've |
| 1:15.8 | kind of known for a few weeks now is going to be the case. Yeah, indeed. Liz Trust is the new |
| 1:22.1 | leader of the Conservative Party. And then when she's had a little trip up north to see the Queen, |
| 1:27.2 | we expect her to be the |
| 1:28.1 | prime minister very shortly i mean first of all i just wanted to reflect on the fact that it's |
| 1:34.4 | been a a summer long campaign but has anyone else felt like it's lasted ages years yes and years |
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