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Radio Scotland,21 Oct 2018,64 mins

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition 20th/21st October, 2018

Good Morning Scotland: The Weekend Edition

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This edition includes: Gordon Brewer talks to political scientist and author of the End of History, Francis Fukuyama in our Long Interview about the politics of identity; Dr Ian Black, Visiting Senior Fellow at the LSE's Middle East Centre, discusses how the character of the current Saudi state lies in the roots of its foundation; as Donald Trump attempts to halt a caravan of immigrants travelling up from Central America, Washington Post reporter Bob Moore and Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights, reveal the human cost of the migrant camps along the US's southern border; Paul Seaward, while British Academy Wolfson Research Professor at the History of Parliament project, looks at the role of Speaker of the House Commons over the centuries, and journalist Lee Carter sketches out the highs and lows of Canada's historic decision to legalize cannabis.

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