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Apr 2023
35m 33s

Difficult Days For Humza Yousaf

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Is Humza Yousaf done before he even gets started? Patrick Maguire looks at the SNP leader's chances after two weeks in office and a series of revelations about the party's finances. He speaks to Times columnist Alex Massie - who thinks it's all over - and the journalist Ruth Wishart, who thinks he can recover.


Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss the junior doctors' leader going on holiday, Alice defends the Dalai Lama, and can the high street be saved?


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