Show 305 - Kate Forbes
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
It's been quite the week for Kate Forbes, who's standing to be the next leader of the SNP and First Minister of Scotland. On maternity leave when Nicola Sturgeon resigned, Kate is now the most talked about politician in the UK. In this frank and open interview, she discusses her vision for the future of Scotland and the SNP. Kate also reflects on her personal resilience following the difficult birth of her daughter and how that's helped her in politics. It's a wide-ranging conversation about business, the economy and the role of government in our lives. It's also about faith in politics and the fundamentals of freedom of speech.
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20 March: Krishnan Guru-Murthy
3 April: Ruth Davidson
22 May: David Blunkett
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Kate Forbes, one of the candidates |
| 0:13.0 | to be the next leader of the SMP and the next First Minister of Scotland. That contest |
| 0:19.3 | will be all concluded in about a month's time. So before we come on to Kate Forbes, just |
| 0:24.6 | I've got a couple of guests to announce for the live shows that you may not be aware of. |
| 0:28.3 | So my next few guests at the Duchess Theatre on Monday the 6th of March is Eddie Isard on |
| 0:34.5 | Monday the 20th of March. My guest is Krishnan Gurumurthy on Monday the 3rd of April, Ruth |
| 0:39.2 | Davidson on Monday the 17th of April. I'm on the Virgin Menel to announce that. I'm |
| 0:43.4 | Monday the 22nd of May. My guest is David Blunkett on Monday the 5th of June. My guest is |
| 0:48.0 | Philip Hammond of just an ounce, which is fantastic. I've not had Philip on the show before. |
| 0:54.2 | Of course he was Chancellor under Theresa May, a leading figure in the Tory party, joined |
| 0:57.9 | a particularly tumultuous period, even for the Tory party and for the country. And doesn't |
| 1:03.0 | give that many interviews. So that will be really, really special. But so many different, |
| 1:07.1 | wonderful guests there are put a link as always to Wagon by tickets in the blurb in the show |
| 1:12.5 | notes. But today's guest, Kate Forbes is standing to be the next leader of the SMP, the |
| 1:16.8 | next First Minister of Scotland. And it's an interesting time for the party and for the |
| 1:20.6 | country. And of course, for all of us interested in politics to see what happens next and what |
| 1:23.9 | direction the party and what direction the Scottish government goes in. And of course, |
| 1:28.5 | you've seen a lot of the media coverage in the first week or so has been about Kate and |
| 1:33.4 | her religious beliefs. And we talk about that, but we talk about a whole load of other |
| 1:36.1 | things as well. Have you of the economy, have you of independence and how you get there, |
| 1:40.8 | have you of the Scottish government and what it should be doing. And just a general discussion |
| 1:44.4 | about faith, obviously it's something I'm interested in given my background. My mum was |
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