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Feb 2022
37m 11s

Polling in the deep: Scotland edition

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Live from Glasgow, Matt Chorley speaks to Polling guru Sir John Curtice to take the temperature of Scottish politics before Ross Greer from the Scottish Greens and Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole Hamilton debate the role of the smaller parties.


PLUS Helen Stewart and Kenny Farquharson discuss the days news.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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