The Scottish Play
The Politics Show
The New Statesman
4.2 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 24 July 2020
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
On today's New Statesman Podcast, Stephen Bush and Anoosh Chakelian discuss Prime Minister Boris Johnson's trip to Scotland and what's next for the independence movement. Then, in You Ask Us, they take your question on Downing Street's shake-up of Whitehall communications.
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| 1:05.6 | Look for lung cancer inequalities in the New Statesman podcast feed. And Hello and welcome to the new statesman podcast it's just Anush and Stephen this |
| 1:26.0 | week as Alba's on holiday. We talk about Boris Johnson's visit to Scotland |
| 1:29.8 | and the Conservatives attitude towards the Union and you ask us how do you feel |
| 1:34.4 | about Number 10's shake-up of Whitehall Combs? |
| 1:39.4 | So we're recording on a day where Boris Johnson is visiting Scotland and he's been |
| 1:48.1 | talking up the in inverted commas sheer might of the UK Union and the thought is that he's gone to visit out of |
| 1:56.0 | fear of the SMP's ongoing power and popularity and the threat that Scotland could opt for |
| 2:02.1 | independence and of course we have the holly rude |
| 2:04.8 | elections coming up next year. Stephen what is the true purpose behind the |
| 2:09.6 | Prime Minister's visit do you think? I think it actually is one of those things where it kind of |
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