Amy Matthews, Scott Agnew, Athena Kugblenu and David Kay
About this episode
Des and the teams discuss the week's major news events including the Holyrood Election debate and Donald Trump's comments.
Des and the teams break up the week's big news, including: The first TV debate of the 2026 Holyrood Election, Donald Trump having a war of words with the Pope, an unusual job interview, the Hungarian election and more. Lead Writer: Madeleine Brettingham Additional material: Robbie Taylor-Hunt, Claire Cox, Alan Hazlie, Cooper Mawhinney Sweryt, Ben Moore, Stuart Beale, Alex Buchanan & Mark Granger, Ruaridh Miller, Christopher Stanners, Jon Paisley, Duncan Black Producer: Chris Quilietti Senior Producer: David Flynn Researcher: Jodie White Script Editor: Keiron Nicholson An Eco-Audio certified Production
People in this episode
Host: Des
Guests: Amy Matthews, Scott Agnew, Athena Kugblenu, David Kay
Topics covered
- Holyrood Election
- Donald Trump
- Pope
- job interview
- Hungarian election
- news commentary
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Organizations: BBC Radio Scotland
Places: Hungary
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