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Scottish Labour Deputy Leader, Dame Jackie Baillie, joins Bernard and Alex in the Press Bar to discuss:
Scots are paying too much tax for failing servicesHer admiration of the SNP's Kate ForbesHer belief that the NHS is brokenWhy she'd like to be Health and Social Care Minister if Labour are elected in Scotland. Her early life in Hong Kong and her Portuguese familyWhy Margaret Thatcher motivated her to get into politics. Her fear of Labour complacency in the run up to the 2026 election
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Bernard and Alex are back considering:
SNP Registration of candidacy - Stephen Flynn, Nicola Sturgeon and Humza Yousaf have all thrown their hats in the ring. Can Flynn really be an MP and MSP despite party attitudes and are Sturgeon and Yousaf's intentions even real?
PLUS
Neil Gray - Does anyone...
Published 11/16/24
Bernard Ponsonby and Alex Massie reaction and analysis of the first budget statement from Rachel Reeves - the first woman Chancellor to deliver a budget in British history.
Is it a "workerist", old-Labour budget that the likes of Harold Wilson, James Callaghan and Denis Healey would be happy...
Published 10/30/24