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The Trawl

The Trawl Meets: John Nicolson

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Politics, Government, News

4.6708 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Jemma and Marina were absolutely thrilled to have ex-SNP MP and broadcaster, John Nicolson on the podcast for a really juicy chat about UK politics. They discussed whether or not Scotland would ever become independent, and what it was like to be a presenter on TV during the 9/11 attacks.

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Created and Produced by Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

Edited by Max Carrey

Transcript

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1:04.6

Hello and welcome to the trawl meets. I'm Gemma Forte. And I'm Marina Perkis.

1:11.7

And on the trawl meets, Gemma and I get to chat with someone we admire and find interesting.

1:16.4

We discuss political topics they're passionate about and explore their unique experience of and views on social media.

1:23.4

Our guest today has been a journalist, a broadcaster and perhaps most, served as an SNPMP for Oak Hill and South Persia between 2019 and 2020.

1:35.5

During which time he was Shadow Secretary of State for Culture and Media and Sport, grilled lots of people very, very well at select committees and famously, and I think

1:46.5

it's featured in the trawl in the past, clashed with Nadine Doris.

1:50.4

From anchoring the news during 9-11 to advocating for LGBT-plus rights in Parliament,

1:57.1

he's always stood up for what he believes in and his trademark, no nonsense style, means he delivers points with impact and also a warmth you don't usually hear in Parliament.

2:07.7

Let's hear him in action talking about a subject that is so very relevant BBC impartiality.

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