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Radio Scotland,06 Jun 2025,29 mins

By-election: a tale of two winners?

Scotcast

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Scottish Labour has taken Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse from the SNP in a closely fought by-election. As Anas Sarwar celebrates a new colleague at Holyrood, Martin, Natalie and the BBC’s Scotland Editor James Cook discuss whether the vote was the moment Nigel Farage's Reform UK made a breakthrough in Scotland. Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins. Get in touch with us by emailing [email protected]

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