Summary
The new intake of MPs are sworn in as Labour begins governing. What do we know about the new Labour-majority House of Commons, and the initial priorities of the Labour government? As Keir Starmer addresses the Commons for the first time as Prime Minister, the team discuss the shape of the parties following the general election, what signs we have on how Labour look to govern in the UK, what it might mean for Scotland, and what the relationship might be like with the SNP-led Scottish Government.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.9 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical BBC Scotland's podcast |
| 0:15.9 | that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:20.3 | It's 10 past two on Tuesday, |
| 0:22.5 | the 9th of July. I'm Lucy White, a journalist |
| 0:24.7 | based in Glasgow, and today I'm joined by. I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based |
| 0:28.6 | in the fairly deserted Scottish Parliament. |
| 0:31.1 | And I'm Raj Zipanthew, a journalist based in Westminster, |
| 0:34.5 | right next to the extremely buzzing Westminster Parliament. |
| 0:37.9 | Yes, the buzz has made its way to Westminster, Rajde, but you're feeling a wee bit kind of left out at some point. |
| 0:43.3 | Weren't you during the campaign? |
| 0:45.0 | Yeah, it was just quite quiet down here. |
| 0:47.6 | And when you walked through, like, Parliament last week, it was just like, you know, like in the movies with the, is it the tumbleweed that goes through? |
| 0:54.5 | That was the vibe then. |
| 0:56.4 | And now, oh my God, it's literally like the first day of Hogwarts. |
| 1:00.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:01.4 | It's, yeah, it's insane. |
| 1:02.9 | There are people everywhere. |
| 1:04.2 | There's like MPs being given tours. |
| 1:06.8 | There was this section, sorry. |
| 1:08.9 | Oils. |
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