Summary
The Podlitical team talk GB Energy, the two-child cap, PMQs, and pies. Following the suspensions of seven rebel Labour MPs for voting against the government on an SNP amendment to scrap the two-child benefit cap, the team discuss how the row unfolded, and what this means in terms of the optics that Prime Minister Starmer wants to project. As the new Prime Minister faced his first PMQs, with former PM Sunak as opposition leader, what was the mood like in the Commons, and what does it tell us about things to come? Also, do we have any clearer idea of who might be the next UK and Scottish Tory leaders, and could the SNP technically annex the moon right now?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.4 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.7 | Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you the biggest stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.8 | It is three minutes past two on Thursday |
| 0:22.2 | the 25th of July. I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in Glasgow. And today I'm joined by |
| 0:27.5 | I'm Roger Sheepson, they're a journalist based in Westminster. And I'm Phil Sim, a journalist based |
| 0:32.1 | at the Scottish Parliament, which is currently in recess, but is open enough for me to be here |
| 0:36.4 | recording the podcast and indeed getting a macaroni pie from the canteen. |
| 0:40.3 | So hold on a minute. |
| 0:41.3 | It's not actually functioning as a kind of parliament at the moment, |
| 0:46.1 | but it's functioning as something to get your lunch. |
| 0:48.7 | And a macaroni pie? |
| 0:50.2 | Essentially, yes, that's what Parliament is for. |
| 0:52.2 | No, I mean, like all of the MSPs still have offices here. |
| 0:54.6 | So they come in, the Edinburgh ones particularly can come in over the summer and do their work here. |
| 1:00.0 | But yeah, your pass gets you access to the building year round and the canteen stays open. |
| 1:04.3 | And yes, they have, they might not have the macaroni cheese every other Thursday, but they still have a macaroni pie, I can confirm. |
| 1:10.7 | Isn't that extremely heavy? Aren't you in like a food coma having carbs on carbs? |
| 1:16.3 | Well, but then that's the point of the macaroni normally because it's usually macaroni |
| 1:19.4 | chips and garlic bread. So, I mean, actually, I would have chips and garlic bread. |
| 1:24.7 | A pie case is like the least year words, basically, with the macaroni. |
| 1:28.8 | Yeah, I want you to keep me updated now every time you're there over the summer. |
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