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Show 351. Anas Sarwar: LIVE at the Edinburgh Festival

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4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

After Labour's stunning general election victory. Anas Sarwar is on the brink of becoming First Minister. 

 

But what would Labour do if they won in Scotland? 

 

And more importantly, will Anas be getting a makeover?

 

 

SEE Matt at the Edinburgh Festival in August and on tour until March 2025: https://www.mattforde.com/live-shows

2024

 

31 July - 25 August: Edinburgh, The Pleasance

2 October: Norwich Playhouse

3 October: Maidenhead, Norden Farm

9 October: Middlesbrough, The Crypt

10 October: London, Leicester Square Theatre

24 October: Hull, Truck Theatre

6 November: Exeter, Phoenix

8 November: Tunbridge Wells, Trinity Theatre

14 November: Basingstoke, The Haymarket

15 November: Colchester Arts Centre

20 November: York, The Crescent

21 November: Chorley, Little Theatre

22 November: Salford, The Lowry

27 November: Chipping Norton Theatre

28 November: Leicester, Y Theatre

29 November: Eastleigh, The Berry

31 November: Faversham, The Alexander Centre

 

2025

 

4 February: Leeds, City Varieties

5 February: Sheffield, The Leadmill

6 February: Chelmsford Theatre

7 February: Bedford, The Quarry Theatre

12 February: Bath, Komedia

13 February: Southend, Palace Theatre

16 February: Cambridge, The Junction

20 February: Nottingham, Lakeside Arts

23 February: Brighton, Komedoa

25 February: Cardiff, Glee Club

26 February: Bury St Edmunds, Theatre Royal

2 March: Bristol, Tobacco Factory

11 March: Aberdeen, Lemon Tree

12 March: Glasgow, Glee Club



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0:47.2

audience for a year my God it's so good being back doing this in front of people. I obviously love interviewing people anyway,

0:55.0

but doing it in front of an audience is what the show is all about.

0:58.0

Thank you to everyone who's come to sing at the Edinburgh Festival this year.

1:00.0

It's just been phenomenal and I can't thank you enough for coming and the people who come

1:05.1

up to me afterwards and say that they love the podcast and stuff. It's just great. It's so cool

1:10.0

to be back out there doing it, doing stand-up and doing these live shows.

1:15.4

And today's guest is Anasawa, the leader of Scottish Labour, and I think you can

1:21.1

detect a perceptible shift now from how he's been, he's still

1:27.2

on a soo, it's so funny and he's still very, obviously very bright, but you can you can sense now that this is a politician who thinks that victory is in sight in Hollywood

1:39.4

and that he has a good chance of becoming the next first minister of Scotland if Labour

1:45.0

continue the way they're going and he continues the way he's going and this

1:49.9

feels more first ministerial I think than perhaps previous ones where all those

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