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Luke Tryl

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
478 total appearances

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Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

That is driving people towards these newer insurgent parties, you put it, in particular social

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Reform UK.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Because what's really striking, if you look at some of our polling in Scotland, not the party polling, but if you ask people in Scotland,

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Do you think in Scotland it's time for change or should we stick with the plan?

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

70%, over 70%, 73% of Scots say it's time for change.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

So that time for change mood that is driving reform and the Greens in England is happening in Scotland as well.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

And in any normal circumstance, 70% of a country saying it's time for change would be an electoral death knell for the incumbent government.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

But of course...

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

In Scotland, you've got a tale of two unpopular.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

You know, last week in Wales, we talked about the double incumbency.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Here you've got warring incumbency playing out.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

You've got Labour in Westminster, SNP in Scotland.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

And so it's not quite clear who is the change from.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Although it's interesting, though, that when you talk about focus groups wanting a big change to sort of like kind of a structural thing, we'd maybe call it.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Actually, James, when you look at the manifestos of the various parties, and we've got all of them in Scotland now, apart from the Scottish Liberal Democrats, the cost of living measures are quite kind of retail-ish things, like your classic things like cheaper bus fares or tax cuts for middle earners or...

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

I know it's the SNP are saying they would put a law in place to limit the price of certain things in the shops.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

Yeah, that's right.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

I mean, I've got a pile of the manifestos here that we've had so far.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

As you say, we've not got all of them, but we've got, I'm just waving them for those who might be watching rather than listening to this.

Newscast
Mandelson Failed Security Vetting...The Prime Minister Speaks Out

A big pile of manifestos.