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Foreign Correspondent David Pratt (The National, The Herald) joins Stuart Cosgrove (Off The Ball, BBC Radio Scotland) to discuss the latest from the front lines of conflicts in Iran & Ukraine and how the UK media is portraying the conflicts. They also discuss the ongoing Labour leadership battle.

Will it be Andy Burnham, Wes Streeting, or can Keir Starmer hang on?

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Paddy Duffy, the Quiz King of Glasgow, returns to give his verdict on the Holyrood elections. A Reform surge, a Labour collapse and an Independence Supporting majority. Who are the big winners in the new Scottish Parliament?

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Quiz King Paddy Duffy sits down with Stuart Cosgrove to discuss the upcoming Holyrood election. Who will be First Minister? Will Reform UK take a big ol' pile of seats? Will Scottish Labour collapse after Anas Sarwar tried to chuck Keir Starmer?

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We are delighted to welcome back Laura Webster to the show again this week. Thanks to Laura for taking time away from The National to chat with us.

Later today, we will post an unedited video version of the main show recording - give us your feedback and let us know if it is something you'd be interested in having as well as the audio version.

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A special episode with Prof sir John Curtice.

Many thanks to John for giving us his time.

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