Scottish Labour and The Indy Elephant

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard has stood down, so what's next for the party? With the Holyrood Elections in May, BBC Scotland political editor Glenn Campbell joins the team to discuss the party's prospects, as the leadership race between Anas Sarwar and Monica Lennon begins. They discuss the difficulties facing Scottish Labour in introducing a new leader to the public ahead of the election, all while trying to wrangle the elephant in the room - the prospect of a second Independence Referendum.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.4	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast
0:15.9	that gives you an inside look at the big stories
0:18.8	coming out of Hollywood and Westminster.
0:20.8	It is nine minutes past two on Thursday the 21st of January.
0:25.7	I'm Lucy White in the Glasgow Newsroom today and I'm joined by.
0:30.1	I'm Lindsay Buse in Edinburgh.
0:31.9	I'm Robert Eppesundeebtsundee doing a work from home in London.
0:35.4	I'm Phil Sim working from my airing cupboard in Edinburgh.
0:38.8	And I'm Glenn Campbell, socially distanced through the wall from Lindsay.
0:42.6	Hooray, Glenn is on the podcast, everyone.
0:44.8	Hello, Glenn.
0:45.6	Hello.
0:46.5	You are the new Brian Taylor.
0:50.8	That's the official title.
0:52.0	That's one way of putting it.
0:54.6	Yeah, so you're our new political editor.
0:57.4	How is that going for you?
0:59.0	Well, it's going great because this is my second appearance on Podlitical.
1:03.6	So things are looking up.
1:04.9	Yeah, so highlight, highlight of the job so far, definitely, your appearance on the podcast.
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