dominated by blacks but by scotland and the man steering that devolution legislation through was henry mcleish now under the u.k. government's plans for bret's that many believe the principles of devolution and compassed not legislation. as never before did that battle between the u.k. and scholarship ministrations is now being played out in front of the supreme court i thought. i would remember that campaign to establish the modern scottish parliament. a long career at labor party politics in the citadel of a central fife you had some interesting political opponents over the years all of them came and all of them went i set my heart and one of the most bizarre incidents was when i hosted the younger the smog this is jacob jacob not he's a last tree is father so he came up to kind of them get some experience politically so he fought me for four weeks of course he went don't very badly but what was interesting was my job during the campaign was to save him from places in fife save him from people that were going to just abuse them so i was he welcomed so at the end of the contest his father who

interview with henry mcleish rhys mowbray did more than a chaperon if you came to scotland to see oh i'm not so sure maybe get someone you're sure alex or maybe well susan says these dialogues are fit for the saw a fantastic henry i would be drawing mcleish and simon to chew over you keep politics past and present thank you susan and finally from peru and i he says henry mcleish excellent discussion with alex salmond on the show tonight professor chavez sally martin is one of the top economists in the world and is coming a professor at columbia university in new york city has also taught at yale harvard and the university in barcelona and the barcelona graduate school of economics he was president of f.c. barcelona during the electoral process of two thousand and six and remains a board member a columnist for spanish newspaper live and guardian he also has a weekly slot on our e.c. one i contribute regularly to c.n.n. alex speaks to him and barcelona. one of the top international columnists growth and development but what drove you to that field of economics.

alec salmon show today we feature a special interview with the former first minister of scotland henry mcleish. twenty years ago as a labor minister of state he was piloting the school and back to the house of commons he then became scotland's second first minister after the untimely death of donald sure his time at the top of scottish politics was cut short by an expenses scandal which nice seems relatively minor in light of many more recent issues however over the last fifteen years he has devoted himself to public service in scotland while also pursuing an academic career in the united states meanwhile his political journey from kinda evolutionist to being on the cusp of backing independence has been as much as scotland's today alex interviewed him on his career on the status front of scotland's parliament on the issue on scotland and on his thoughts on the direction of american politics under trump but first chair tweets your messages and emails and first from hazel he says thanks for today's got in the brown theme here interviewees so passionate as well as knowledgeable looked at the poor

welcome back and the second part of our interview with henry mcleish we turn to a break that means that the constitutional future of scotland and for health you i jump in and there. the turmoil over the last few weeks the continuing turmoil perhaps we should see in the in the house of commons that you were in the house of commons and some pretty good times the mastic debates for example a number of debates were split political parties but how do you in your table has covered ever witnessed anything to to even compare remotely well what we're seeing are no no and i think if people were asked that question in reply honestly then they will confirm i have never seen in my political life such pick my words carefully such a farce such a continuing fiasco and you know what the source of this is essentially as you well know that thatcher lost her head because of europe john major lost his her commonwealth heard until recently is heading the same way that it was as a sense of it chopped off absolutely the poison all of the good poison in the conservative party has spilled over and now we had the

chew over you keep politics past and present thank you susan and finally from bro and i who says henry mcleish excellent discussion with alex salmond on the show tonight. now professor shabby sally martin is one of the top economists in the world and is coming a professor at columbia university in new york city he's also taught at yale harvard and the universe a tad pump of fact in barcelona and the barcelona graduate school of economics he was president of f.c. barcelona during the electoral process of two thousand and six and remains a board member a columnist for spanish newspaper la vanguard he also has a weekly slot on i.e.c. one i contribute regularly to c.n.n. alex speaks to him and buy for than. one of the top international economist group for development but what point drove you to that field of economics that well i saw poverty for the first time i actually went to i was studied here in barcelona my undergraduate studies i went to harvard to study with my school a brahmin who is a prominent most important mathematical economist in the world in my travel to believe you're in for the f

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chew over you keep politics past and present thank you susan and finally from bro and i who says henry mcleish excellent discussion with alex salmond on the show tonight. now professor shabby sally martin is one of the top economists in the world and is coming a professor at columbia university in new york city he's also taught at yale harvard and the universe a tad pump in fact in barcelona and the barcelona graduate school of economics he was president of f.c. barcelona during the electoral process of two thousand and six and remains a board member a columnist for spanish newspaper la vanguard he also has a weekly slot on i.e.c. one i contribute regularly to c.n.n. alex speaks to him and by for the and. one of the top international columnists of the group for development but what drove you to that field of economics when i saw poverty for the first time i actually went to i was here in barcelona my undergraduate studies i went to harvard to study with my school a brahmin who is a prominent most important mathematical economist in the world in i travel to believe you're in for the first time