Why Kate Forbes has had enough
Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins discuss deputy first minister Kate Forbes鈥檚 decision to stand down as an MSP at the age of 35.
Deputy first minister Kate Forbes (pictured) is standing down as an MSP at the 2026 Holyrood elections.
Martin and Natalie wonder why someone who was so close to becoming first minister of Scotland in 2023 is chucking politics at the age of 35.
And after her successful campaign to ban disposable vapes, Laura Young (aka Less Waste Laura) tells us why she鈥檚 now targeting dental floss.
Scotcast is the 麻豆社鈥檚 Scottish news podcast, with Martin Geissler, Laura Miller and Natalie Higgins.
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