Johnson, Sturgeon and Trump: Former leaders and the latest fallouts
This Is Why
Sky News
4.0 • 552 Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2023
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Our chief political correspondent Jon Craig explains how Mr Johnson’s shock resignation could impact the next general election.
It wasn’t just Mr Johnson making headlines though.
Our Scotland correspondent Connor Gillies explains what happens next following Nicola Sturgeon’s arrest. The former SNP leader insists she’s innocent after being held over the weekend as part of an investigation into the party’s finances.
Plus, US correspondent Mark Stone talks about how damaging Donald Trump’s indictment could be for his 2024 presidential ambitions.
Rosie Gillott – podcast producer
Paul Stanworth – editor
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Sky News Daily. I'm Neil Patterson and the more eagle-eared of you will have realised |
| 0:04.8 | I've been on holiday for the past fortnight, during which I decided not to consume much news |
| 0:11.0 | at all. So apologies in advance if I'm just a wee bit rusty. But I've got back to the office |
| 0:15.4 | tanned and relaxed to discover three potential stories for today's episode. And so we decided to do all three of them. |
| 0:26.3 | They involve a trio of former political leaders |
| 0:29.8 | as recognisable by their first names as their last, |
| 0:33.2 | and they're all still causing their successors' headaches. |
| 0:37.4 | They are, of course, Johnson, Sturgeon and Trump, |
| 0:41.1 | or, rather, Boris, Nicola and the Donald to their supporters. |
| 0:45.3 | Skies Mark Stone will take us through the charges that the former US president is facing. |
| 0:50.1 | In a few moments, our Scotland correspondent, Conor Gillis, |
| 0:52.7 | will explain the fallout from the |
| 0:54.4 | arrest of the former First Minister. But let's start in Westminster. Well, whilst I was off |
| 1:03.8 | enjoying my holidays, in fact, enjoying a rather beautiful weekend. Our chief political correspondent, |
| 1:09.1 | John Craig, was of course in the office. You'll have heard him on the last episode. Good to speak to you, John Craig, was, of course, in the office. |
| 1:11.4 | You'll have heard him on the last episode. Good to speak to you, John. I also went to Uxbridge on |
| 1:15.8 | Saturday, where it was so hot that my iPad overheated. It said it was 31 degrees, and I had to put the |
| 1:23.0 | iPad in the glove compartment of the car and scribble my script down on a piece of paper. |
| 1:28.4 | How 20th century of you, John. But, you know, that was, took you right back, I'm sure, |
| 1:32.4 | to your early days. Listen, I know about Google, Doc. Well done, well done. But what do you know |
| 1:37.2 | about Boris Johnson? Because, of course, the reason that you were working this weekend was |
| 1:41.1 | Boris Johnson's somewhat shocking decision to announce that he was going |
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