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Interview: Lord Jim Wallace

Interview: Lord Jim Wallace

FromPodlitical


Interview: Lord Jim Wallace

FromPodlitical

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Nov 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Lib Dem peer and former Deputy First Minister shares thoughts from his career. Lord Wallace talks to Lucy Whyte and Kirsten Campbell about the early days of Scottish Parliament, his conversations with First Minister Donald Dewar and Prime Minister Tony Blair, and his role as acting First Minister. Wallace shares his thoughts Brexit and Independence, as well as the UK Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition of 2010, and why he thinks political parties have a problem with offering things that aren't possible.

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Released:
Nov 7, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Politics chat with the latest goings on at Holyrood and Westminster through the eyes of BBC Scotland journalists.