We discuss the ongoing hunger strikes in the UK as Justice Secretary David Lammy and his junior ministers refuse to meet with the families or legal representatives of the hunger strikers despite calls from 51 MPs and peers – including 19 Labour MPs

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Political reporters Abbi Garton-Crosbie and Hamish Morrison join Editor Laura Webster to discuss a range of stories, including the horrific terrorist attack in Bondi Beach, the BBC's response to its Question Time error in Paisley, and Ian Murray finally speaking up on his sacking as Scottish secretary. 

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On the latest edition of The National Podcast we discuss the BBC's basic and misleading error on Question Time. We also look at the ongoing controversy around Justice Secretary Angela Constance MSP and the plight of hunger strikers protesting against British complicity in genocide.

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We meet with Robina Qureshi, CEO of Positive Action for Housing and long time campaigner for the rights of asylum seekers. She tells us how Shabana Mahmood and Labour are continuing to send British immigration policy down a fruitless path and heavily criticises the recent comments of Nigel Farage on multilingual schoolchildren in Scotland.

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Content Editor Xander Elliards and Multimedia Reporter Lucy Jackson discuss today's biggest stories: Scottish independence support is in the lead in the latest polling while Labour's support keeps declining, the Sandie Peggie tribunal ruling is in (but what's not being reported on?) and the SNP's latest energy strategy provokes new questions.

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Political reporter Steph Brawn sits down with leading polling expert Mark Diffley to discuss a range of topics including Labour's polling nightmare, whether Reform UK have hit their peak and how the Scottish Greens can benefit from the Zack Polanski Bounce in England.

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Multimedia Reporter Lucy Jackson meets with columnist and campaigner Kelly Given to discuss Reform UK's attacks on neurodivergent young people and establish why they're so harmful.

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Political Reporters Abbi Garton-Crosbie and Steph Brawn discuss a range of stories from the past few days. They look at the SNP's new film promoting independence as a way to cut energy bills, Nigel Farage's trip to Scotland and the latest Scottish Reform defection, Labour Together's plot to replace to Starmer and what happened when our reporter Xander Elliards started a brand new X account. 

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Columnist and activist Jonathon Shafi talks to Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie about his years of campaigning in Scotland, on issues from Palestine to Scottish independence. 

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Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie and Multimedia Journalist Lucy Jackson discuss our front page timeline of Israel's ceasefire violations, Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves's trip to Scotland, and anger over Nigel Farage's comments on bilingual pupils in Glasgow ahead of his visit to Falkirk this weekend. 

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