Debate Me (General Election 2024)

Podlitical

BBC

Government, News

4.6 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Are election debates about winning or simply not losing, and do they influence votes? The team analyse the first Scottish leaders debate, and look into some of the political frontlines the parties are fighting on, from oil & gas, to the NHS, and devolution. With multiple further debates to follow during the general election campaign, what will politicians be hoping to get out of the debates, how might it influence people's voting intentions, and why does it feel like there are several different election campaigns going on all at once?

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds
0:02.4	You're listening to BBC Scotland
0:09.8	Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast
0:16.2	That brings you an inside look at the big stories
0:18.5	coming of Holyrood and Westminster.
0:20.8	It is nine minutes to 11 on Tuesday the 4th of June.
0:25.9	I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow.
0:28.2	And today I'm joined by...
0:29.6	Hi, I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based at the Scottish Parliament.
0:32.7	And I'm Raj Deepson.
0:33.8	I'm a journalist based in Westminster.
0:36.2	And I should say there is drilling happening in the building
0:39.2	next to me. And so if you hear
0:40.9	weird sounds, that's what it is.
0:43.2	They're tearing it all down at Westminster.
0:45.9	Do you know what? I turned
0:47.4	up to work the other day and on my walk
0:49.2	to work, a building had just
0:50.9	disappeared overnight. Really?
0:53.4	Yeah, it was very bizarre. And that was the house
0:55.5	of lords. Oh, it's it. It does sound a wee bit like you're in the middle of a spaceship,
1:00.6	but it does feel like that because this studio is quite small as well, so it's basically like
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