SHOW 128 - Willie Rennie (Election Special #16)

Matt Forde's Political Party

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🗓️ 2 December 2019

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The ever-cheerful Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats joins Matt to discuss the opportunities for the party across the UK and in Scotland, this relationship with Jo Swinson and making the progressive case for the Union. Plus Willie explains why he was papped dressed as Harry Potter in an alleyway. Follow Willie on Twitter: @Willie_Rennie Email your funny campaign stories to politicalpartypodcast@gmail.com Sign up to Matt's mailing list for free treats and goodies: http://mattforde.com/mailing-list Get tickets to Matt's 'Brexit Pursued by a Bear' which starts at the Salford Lowry on Tuesday 14 January here: www.mattforde.com/live BREXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR tour dates: 14 January - Salford Lowry 20 February - Crewe 21 February - Leicester 5 March - Darlington 6 March - Hexham 7 March - Bedford 10 March - London Southbank 18 March - Leeds 19 March - York 20 March - Alnwick 22 March - Southend 23 March - Cambridge 27 March - London Southbank 29 March - Brighton 7 April - Newcastle 8 April - Glasgow 9 April - Aberdeen 10 April - Chorley 12 April - Camberley 17 April - Corby 28 April - Exeter 30 April - Bristol 1 May - Gloucester 2 May - London Bloomsbury 7 May - Maidstone 13 May - Nottingham 20 May - Sheffield 21 May - Stafford 22 May - London Southbank 30 May - Edinburgh 31 May - Edinburgh

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Political Party podcast. This one features leader of the Scottish
0:12.6	Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie, who I spoke to up in Edinburgh about all sorts of things,
0:17.4	the relationship between the UK party and the Scottish party, the opportunities for the
0:21.7	Lib Dems in Scotland, his relationship with Joe Swinson, and more importantly, why he
0:26.0	was pepped just as Harry Potter in an Edinburgh alleyway.
0:34.5	Deluxe was joined by Willie Rennie, the leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats,
0:37.4	Willie, how are you? Great to be here, I'll listen to you,
0:39.4	but I'm out running in the morning, so it's great to be on the show itself.
0:43.1	Oh, well, I wonder, would you listen back to yourself?
0:45.2	Oh, no. I would cringe on the way down to where I don't forrest.
0:49.7	I couldn't cope with that. I wonder if it is because people listen to all sorts of different places.
0:55.4	I've never thought of it as a running companion before.
0:57.9	Do you find that you run further or faster when you listen to some of that you agree with or disagree with?
1:03.8	I was cursing and swearing, going around there, I would tell you who it was, you had in your programme.
1:08.0	But it does motivate me to run a wee bit faster when I hear something that I really object to.
1:12.4	So it might actually be quite a good thing.
1:15.3	Well, I hope it works. You say it might come back, have you listened to your podcast, you never know.
1:20.8	Of course, one thing you're running at the moment is an election campaign, right here from Edinburgh.
1:25.5	And this beautiful building, the home of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
1:30.8	I mean, a potentially huge opportunity for you in Scotland, this election.
1:36.7	Also, driven with danger, really. I mean, I suppose the main question is,
1:43.1	is there space for the Scottish Liberal Democrats in what is such a crowded,
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