A Holyrood Ending

Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government

Institute for Government

News, Politics, Government

4.6 • 252 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Who had “Nicola Sturgeon quits” on their 2023 bingo card? Not us. We look at the pressures behind the First Minister’s resignation and what her departure means for Scottish independence. Plus, as Yvette Cooper tells the IfG that the Government has “broken the justice system” we ask what a Labour government could do about it. And Keir Starmer closes the door on Jeremy Corbyn. Our special guest is Jess Elgot, Deputy Political Editor at the Guardian. “The past few months have been difficult for Sturgeon and her authority has been waning.” – Akash Paun “It’ll be hard to maintain the SNP’s reputation as insurgents when there are so many problems with health and eduction on Scotland.” – Jess Elgot “Sturgeon seems to have been very affected by the resignation of Jacinda Ardern. She saw that as a model of how to leave politics.” – Jess Elgot “Sunak has lost two big attack lines this week: the idea of Labour in the pocket of the SNP, and the return of Jeremy Corbyn.” – Jess Elgot Presented by Emma Norris with Cath Haddon and Akash Paun. Audio production by Alex Rees. Inside Briefing is a Podmasters Production for the IfG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Inside Briefing, the podcast from the Institute for Government. I'm
0:14.5	Emma Norris, the deputy director at AFG. Well, we didn't see that one coming. Not yet. Anyway,
0:19.4	Sturgeon has quit as Scotland's
0:21.0	first minister after more than eight formidable years in the role. So why has she gone?
0:25.5	What does it mean for the SMP's quest of Scottish independence? And what might it mean for
0:30.0	the UK's political map? It has also been a big week for Labour. Kirstama has announced
0:35.0	that former leader Jeremy Corbyn will not be allowed to stand as a
0:38.2	Labour candidate at the next election, and today Thursday at the IFG, Yvette Cooper, the Shadow Home
0:43.1	Secretary, declared that the government has broken the justice system and that Labor would deliver
0:47.5	13,000 new police officers and PCSOs as part of a wide-scale program of reform. And then, of course, there's the government,
0:55.9	which has been comparatively quiet this week, but as Westminster returns after recess on Monday,
1:00.8	we'll preview what's coming up. Joining me in the studio throughout is Kath Haddon, making a
1:06.1	welcome return to inside briefing after too long away. Kath, how have you been spending your
1:10.4	extended break?
1:11.1	I assume you've been listening to lots of think tank podcasts.
1:13.5	I have not.
1:14.8	That was the part of the joy of it.
1:16.3	Not that I don't like listening to our podcast in particular.
1:20.8	But no, I took a bit of a break from too much politics watching.
1:26.1	And also they don't let phones into spas so as I was in spas I couldn't
1:30.6	listen to them or look at Twitter so sorry fair excuse and I'm delighted that today we're also joined
1:36.6	by Jess Elgut the deputy political editor at The Guardian hi Jess how are you thanks thanks for joining us
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