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This episode discusses Kier Starmer's challenges, Scottish opinion polls, and the implications for the independence movement and upcoming elections.

In this week’s episode, we look at Kier Starmer’s ongoing Mandelson woes. We discuss the wildly oscillating Scottish opinion polls and MRP extrapolations that come from them and what they mean for the Scottish election campaign and the future of the independence movement. We discuss what you need to get over the line on the regional list and the prospect of smaller independence-supporting parties. We also look at the brouhaha which got up around Labour and Reform and whether Anas Sarwar had asked Malcolm Offard to do a deal to keep the SNP out of power. We take a dig into the recent party manifestos and the reaction to some of the more eye-catching ideas. Watch the Finland Film on YouTube https://youtu.be/J1mpytgMIBU ★ Support this podcast ★

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Hosts: Lesley Riddoch, Fraser Thompson

Topics covered

• Scottish opinion polls
• Scottish election campaign
• independence movement
• party manifestos
• Labour and Reform
• regional list
• independence-supporting parties

Keywords

• Kier Starmer
• Scottish polls
• independence movement
• Labour
• Reform
• Anas Sarwar
• party manifestos
• SNP

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Labour, Reform, SNP

Books & works: Finland Film

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