Summary
The SNP has a row over membership and Chancellor Hunt presents his Budget. After initially refusing to release figures, the SNP has confirmed its membership has fallen to just over 72,000. The team discuss why the row over membership transparency started and what impact it might have on the party going forward during the leadership campaigns to be the next First Minister. In Westminster, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presents his Budget, and confirms the UK will avoid a technical recession despite the economy shrinking. What do the announcements mean for Scotland?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.6 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.9 | It is 20 to 2 on Thursday |
| 0:22.5 | the 16th of March. I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament, and today I'm |
| 0:27.4 | joined by. I'm Kirsten Campbell, a political correspondent based at Hollywood. I'm Rajitip Sandhu, a political |
| 0:32.7 | correspondent usually at Westminster, but I'm working from home today. And I am Douglas Fraser, a newbie to Podlitical, |
| 0:40.3 | and business and economy editor at BBC Scotland, |
| 0:42.5 | and I am speaking to you from Inverness. |
| 0:45.5 | I usually work from home on the Black Isle. |
| 0:48.1 | God, we've got good north-south coverage of the country today, it feels like, |
| 0:51.2 | and a Douglas Fraser podolitical debut. |
| 0:53.8 | It's a great honour to be here. |
| 0:55.3 | It feels like we have a drum roll. |
| 0:56.8 | And I rare a much appreciated Carson Campbell appearance too, I must say. |
| 1:00.7 | Yeah, so today I think we've got lots of things to talk about as always. |
| 1:04.5 | The presence of Douglas Fraser may give you a hint that there could be a budgety flavour to this programme. |
| 1:09.6 | We quite often get the Fraser of |
| 1:11.7 | Allander Institute on to speak with the budget. Today we have the Douglas of Fraser Institute instead. |
| 1:17.4 | I like that. I like that a lot. Trademark that if you want, Douglas. Thank you very much indeed. |
| 1:22.1 | It's already on the couple of his book. |
| 1:23.9 | The crinkle of banknotes with me. There you go. Props, no less. |
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