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The Stephen Jardine Programme: 21/04/2017

21/04/2017

BBC Radio Scotland - The Stephen Jardine Programme, 21/04/2017

Stephen Jardine asks if there should be a leaders TV debate before the election.

Should there be a leaders TV debate before the election? Plus the school girl who believes her life was ruined by a vaccination.

PHONE IN: TV Debate
Theresa May "expects to get the job without an interview" according to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. The Prime Minister has ruled out a live TV debate as she prefers "to get out and about and meet voters". Would a TV debate make a difference to your voting intentions? What did you learn from previous debates?

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HPV VACCINE
Stephen talks to the 16 year old girl who believes a cancer vaccine left her in a wheelchair

YOUR WEEK - FOSTER FAMILIES
How's your week been? This week we get an intimate picture of the life of foster parent Tony whose eldest foster child just left home yesterday.

LONELY MOTHERS
Stephen asks if new mothers feel lonely and isolated after the Duchess of Cambridge shared her own feelings while launching a campaign to help other mums.

WHEN POLITICAL INTERVIEWS GO WRONG
Labour MP Dawn Butler stumbled and struggled through an interview on BBC Radio 4's PM programme - we look at the pitfalls of facing the media in a political interview and find how to spot the media training.

DOGGY BAGS - DO YOU WANT ONE?
Zero waste Scotland claim that a recent pilot of offering doggy bags in restaurants has reduced the amount of "Plate waste" by up to 42%. Do you want to take your left overs home from a restaurant

CHECHNYA + GAY PEOPLE
After protests in Scotland over reports that gay people in Chechnya are being detained, beaten and possibly killed. We take a global look at the treatment of homosexuality.

ARGUMENTS
We hear about the app that just might head off arguments in your house.

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