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Hello, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look

at the big stories coming of Holyrood and Westminster.

It is just after 2 o'clock on Thursday

the 12th of December. I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at Holyrood, and today I'm joined by...

I'm Lindsay Buse, a journalist also based at Hollywood. And I'm David Porter, BBC Scotland's

Westminster correspondent. Hello, gang. Here we are again. Hello. Now, I'm thinking...

So last week, obviously, big week at Holyro Hollywood, budget week, we were very focused on that.

But there's a lot of other things going on too, aren't there?

Like on the same day, I think, Kier Starrmer was doing this big reset speech, you know, resetting his prime ministership.

And, you know, I see there's been tractors driving down whitehall again today

Sturber's also had his first ministerial sacking slash resignation call it what you will

so I thought today it's sort of what's good on kind of episode what's going on with the UK government

with with UK labour indeed with Scottish labour because a lot of repercussions to the budget up here to do

so yeah I think I think that's a big, a big, nice big, meaty topic for us to tuck into, even, even at what feels it quite quite, we got Holyrood.

David, down there, I mean, what's the vibe?

I mean, we're kind of past the point of seeing the honeymoon is over.

It feels like Keir's summer never had a honeymoon.

No, he didn't. As soon as they got into government, they got various problems and they caused some

problems of their own. I think what is becoming apparent to Labour supporters and opposition MPs as

well is that this governing lark is not as easy as some people think.

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