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Hi, you're listening to Podlitical, BBC Scotland's podcast that gives you an inside look

at the biggest stories coming out of Holyroods and Westminster.

It's about 20 past two on Thursday the 7th of May. I'm Lucy White, a journalist based in the Glasgow

newsroom and I am based in the Glasgow Newsroom today, all on my own. And I'm Rarsiep Sandhu,

Westminster correspondent, usually in Westminster, but currently at home alone. And I'm Philm, a Holyrood reporter currently based in my living room.

So we're all socially distant again, as looks like it's going to be the case for some time to come.

Just to say the position we're in at the moment.

So the First Ministers renewed the lockdown because of coronavirus.

As we record today, that was the date she legally had to do that by.

But on the other hand, it looks through hints and through newspaper reports

that the Prime Minister is thinking about easing restrictions in an address at the weekend.

So this week, in this week's political, we wanted to look at the psychology behind the lockdown.

And how do you possibly convince an entire population to stay at home?

Well, Steve Reisher is a professor of social psychology at St Andrews University and an expert in group behavior.

And he joins us.

Hi, Steve. Where are you joining us from?

I'm just outside Dundee in Newport-Honte, beautiful sunny Newport-Honté on the Té-Ripri-Piera.

The T-Rivirri-Biera, that sounds nice.

And you've got an advisory role as a social psychologist to both the UK and the Scottish governments. Is that correct?

That sounds very grand, but it's, yeah,

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