Show 336. Kevin Schofield
The Political Party
The Political Party
4.8 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 22 April 2024
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
This is a fascinating insight into life as a modern political editor, what the pressures are and how different outlets make themselves distinct from one another.
Kevin has worked everywhere covering UK and Scottish politics. The Sun, The Herald, The Scotsman and now he's Political Editor of HuffPost UK.
Does The Sun lead or follow its readers?
What has been the most exciting political event to cover in the last 20 years?
And what happens when you get into a lift with Rupert Murdoch?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the political party. Today's guest is Kevin Schofield, the political |
| 0:17.8 | editor of Huff Post UK or Huffington Post. And we talk about because Kevin's had a fantastic career working for |
| 0:24.8 | Scottish newspapers, for UK newspapers covering politics at Hollywood and at Westminster |
| 0:30.8 | over a prolonged period of time and about the political changes, the journalistic changes in that period. |
| 0:36.0 | Working for Rupert Murdoch and what influence or other he had over the son and over the son's political coverage during a |
| 0:45.0 | fascinating period but also what the most enjoyable things to cover are as a |
| 0:48.7 | political journalist and what is his view of politicians and of politics in general and |
| 0:52.4 | is he one of those people |
| 0:53.7 | that can ever imagine himself working for a politician or a political party. |
| 0:58.4 | This is fantastic chat with someone who is a great talker with a great voice. Now Kevin is Scottish |
| 1:05.8 | and he's worked for various Scottish newspapers and this was recorded a day |
| 1:12.2 | before Peter Murrell the former boss of the SMP was charged by the police |
| 1:21.2 | So there is there's no chat about that in here. So if you think why on earth are two people obsessed with politics, one of whom is Scottish and talks about the changes in Scottish politics, not mentioning this, it's because we recorded it just before it happened. |
| 1:35.0 | So, apologies for that, but there were really nothing we could do about it. |
| 1:39.5 | Police Scotland did not let us know and we will be seeking an apology in due course but for now |
| 1:45.2 | I will stop this incessant waffle please enjoy the by Kevin Schofield the political editor of Bington Post UK or as it's now called |
| 2:01.2 | Hoff Post UK. |
| 2:02.2 | Is that right? Yes, I've been that for a few years now I think. |
| 2:06.0 | Yeah, that's the corporate name for it. |
| 2:09.0 | It's not been Huffington Post for a while. |
| 2:11.0 | Okay, so I remember when it was Huffington Post in the mid-Noughties and then a UK version came along and then |
| 2:19.8 | so what what is there any sort of political skew to the Huffington Post? |
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