{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6b2fc9ba-b9b7-4b7a-b980-e0024facd926/d336e3b2-570f-43b3-ad79-d306ec855703?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Scottish Election Special: Balancing the books","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f75c1a8cbe0c083cee79/61b9f7b97bc5dd00128e2ea9.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Chris Deerin's guest this week is Kate Forbes, SNP Cabinet Secretary for Finance and young star of the independence movement.</p><p><br></p><p>She responds to the Institute of Fiscal Studies report which claims the manifestos for the May 6th Scottish Parliamentary elections are united by a \"lack of credibility\".</p><p><br></p><p>Also, New Statesman polling analyst Ben Walker joins the podcast to discuss the latest developments in the campaign.</p><p><br></p><p>See the latest polling data in the New Statesman's Scottish Election poll tracker: https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/scotland/2021/04/scottish-independence-poll-tracker-will-scotland-vote-leave-uk</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>Watch the IFS presentation with the University of Glasgow here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2TvXc8LSjo&amp;t=181s</p><p>See Anas Sarwar dance to Uptown Funk here: https://twitter.com/GordonMcKee_/status/1385935122038415360?s=20</p><p>Douglas Ross' rendition of Atomic Kitten's 'Whole Again' courtesy of @STVnews: https://twitter.com/STVNews/status/1386701339225378817</p><p>Clips from the #NextLeaderofScotland debate courtesy of Channel 4. Watch the full debate online here: https://www.channel4.com/news/nextleaderofscotland-debate-scotlands-5-main-party-leaders</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Subscribing</strong>&nbsp;to the New Statesman helps us keep producing this podcast. You can now subscribe for 12 weeks for just £12. Visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.newstatesman.com/subscribe12\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">newstatesman.com/subscribe12</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We'd love to hear from you.</strong></p><p>Contact the team at podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</p><p>Chris Deerin is on Twitter at @ChrisDeerin</p><p>Ben Walker is on Twitter at @Bnhw</p><p><br></p><p><strong>More audio</strong>&nbsp;from the New Statesman: listen to our weekly global affairs show&nbsp;<a href=\"https://play.acast.com/s/world-review/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>World Review</em></a></p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}