Summary
What does the King's Speech tell us about the new Labour government's priorities? Beyond the ceremony and pomp of the day, the team discuss the policies and priorities of the new government, including the future of devolution, what might impact devolved areas (and what won't), and what's been left out. How did the speech sit with opposition parties like the SNP? Also, Prime Minister Starmer meets with European leaders as he looks to "reset" the UK's relationship with Europe, and names begin to emerge for potential Scottish Conservative leader candidates.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds |
| 0:02.0 | You're listening to BBC Scotland |
| 0:09.7 | Hello, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that brings you an inside look at the big stories coming out of Hollywood and Westminster. |
| 0:19.6 | I'm Phil Sim, a journalist |
| 0:20.9 | normally based at the Scottish Parliament, which is currently in recess, so I'm currently based |
| 0:24.5 | in my house. But today, thankfully, I am joined by... |
| 0:27.9 | I'm Lindsay Bews, a journalist also normally based in Holyrood, but today I'm in Westminster |
| 0:32.5 | with Rajdeep. Hello, and I am Rajdeep. I am Rajdeep. I am sitting in this studio with Lindsay in Westminster as well. |
| 0:39.6 | Like Lindsay giving us a spoiler about Asdeep being here. |
| 0:43.1 | Yeah and then I didn't quite know what to say because it was like, well, she said my name and where I am. |
| 0:47.9 | So I'll just repeat. |
| 0:48.8 | It's like you'd forgotten your own name. Yeah, good. |
| 0:51.9 | Obviously, yeah, excitement running high down at Westminster amid the King's speech. |
| 0:57.1 | What's it like down there for you guys? Because there's all this sort of pomp and pageantry. |
| 1:01.4 | When you watch it on the TV, there's people going about in golden carriages and tights. |
| 1:06.6 | You know, are there people going about wearing swords all day, you know, in the canteen where you are? |
| 1:11.1 | Not quite in the canteen. |
| 1:12.7 | When I was kind of, what's been quite weird watching this week is like seeing Parliament get ready for yesterday. |
| 1:18.9 | Because it was a bit like, you know, in like your in-laws where your parents come over to your house and you're like doing a deep clean of everything. |
| 1:25.4 | And there were so many kind of people walking around in hard hats, high viz, like maintenance |
| 1:30.2 | staff, literally like cables everywhere because obviously it's televised. |
| 1:34.3 | Like the whole place was like just like running through lots of different things and like loads |
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