Could Reform surge in Scotland?
Episode description
This week Scottish voters will head to the polls for the Holyrood parliamentary elections. To understand what's on people's minds, we visited Motherwell - a town where, for decades, Labour used to dominate. This year Labour appear to be haemorrhaging support across Scotland and may even fall to third place. And an unlikely party is emerging from the fallout.
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Guests:
- Ross Thomson, editor, Wishaw Press
- Richard Bolton, community development officer, Forgewood Housing Cooperative
- Paul Murphy, corporate services office, Forgewood Housing Cooperative
- Justin Parkes, industrial history curator, North Lanarkshire Council Museums
Host: Manveen Rana.
Producers: Taryn Siegel
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