The National Podcast

The SNP are facing anger from members after a leaked draft conference agenda, reported exclusively by The National, showed that no motions on a Scottish independence strategy had been chosen selected for debate.
 
Abbi Garton-Crosbie and Steph Brawn discuss what it means for the party

Political Editor Xander Elliards interviews SNP MP Brendan O'Hara.
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Editor Laura Webster and Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie discuss Andy Burnham totally avoiding Scotland on his 'UK listening tour', the energy price rise and Malcolm Offord's Scottish Parliament office demands
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Lucy Jackson and James Walker are here with this week's edition of Media Watch. The pair discuss the news that BBC Scotland is facing potentially being axed and ask why a FULL episode of Newsnight was devoted to the lives of Prince Harry and Meghan. Also they look at the latest comms form the government office who try and explain the Barnett Formula using fish and chips.
 
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Political Reporter Abbi Garton-Crosbie sits down with Mark Wilson (CEO) and Greig Templeton (Planning Manager) of ILI Group, who are in charge of The Stoics: 3 AI data centres across the central belt - Cato in Auchtertool, Fife, Aurelius in Newhouse, North Lanarkshire and Rufus, near Hurlford in East Ayrshire.
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Editor Laura Webster and Reporter Jamie Calder discuss the last eight months of The National's investigative work on AI data centres in Scotland, and answer your questions.
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See our AI data centre series (running this week) here www.thenational.scot/topics/scotlands-ai-data-centre-fightback/

Kat Jones, the director of Action to Protect Rural Scotland, joins Jamie Calder to discuss the boom in AI data centre in the country.
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Laura Webster is joined by Xander Elliards on The National Podcast LIVE. They discuss today's big stories - the arms industry ramping up Holyrood lobbying over Israel, Scottish Government bullying allegations and a new school bag for all P1s.
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Editor Laura Webster and Political Editor Xander Elliards host today's National Podcast. The BBC is going hard on the story of the Scottish Government's trip to the World Cup costing nearly £100,000 - should it be? Meanwhile, further questions emerge about the blocked Ming Yang development, and BBC Scotland faces an uncertain future.
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Political reporter Steph Brawn is joined by Allan Faulds of Ballot Box Scotland as the pair discuss the long-running polling and election project, and the current state of play in Scottish politics. 
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