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Politics show: Candidate controversies and the North Sea debate

David Wallace Lockhart, Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim on parties dropping election candidates and North Sea oil and gas.

This week saw a series of candidate controversies across the political parties ahead of the deadline to stand in the Scottish Parliament election on 7 May.

David, Natalie and Phil discuss who is out of the race, and whether SNP leader John Swinney is softening his stance on new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.

Scotcast is the BBC’s Scottish news podcast. This episode of the Politics Show is hosted by David Wallace Lockhart, Natalie Higgins and Phil Sim.

Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk

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