Resignationcast: Nicola Sturgeon

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BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Scotland’s first minister says she will resign. Chris Mason (who was on a train en route to Edinburgh) gives his instant reaction to the decision... And we get more analysis about Sturgeon's resignation speech, her legacy and the future of Scottish and UK politics with the BBC’s Alex Forsyth (in Westminster), Scotland editor James Cook (in Edinburgh) and special correspondent Jim Naughtie (in the studio with Adam in London). Today's episode was presented by Adam Fleming and was made by Tim Walklate and Danny Wittenberg with Cordelia Hemming, Chris Flynn and Miranda Slade. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The senior news editor was Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts Hello!
0:05.7	We have had to interrupt Chris Mason's well-deserved break because Nicolas Sturgeon has announced
0:10.8	her surprise resignation as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National
0:15.5	Party.
0:16.5	So let's interrupt Chris Mason's holidays right now, right here.
0:19.2	Hello!
0:20.2	Yes, hello Adam.
0:21.2	From Carl Isle.
0:22.2	I've just got off the settle Carl Isle well away.
0:23.2	Without question the greatest railway in the world, but not known for its digital connectivity.
0:27.2	So not ideal when you're trying to find out what's going on in Scotland, but hey, I'm
0:30.3	on route from the Yorkshire Dales to Edinburgh, hopefully the day when a few ask.
0:34.5	And what was your first reaction when you saw the breaking news?
0:37.3	Well, called, blind me.
0:38.6	It was the reaction really, or something a little less called, castable, because we weren't
0:43.6	expecting it.
0:44.6	The interesting thing here, Adam, is that it's been known for a while that Nicolas Sturgeon
0:49.6	was probably ticking towards the tail end of her time as First Minister.
0:52.7	Now, when you spoke to her or those around her about what might come next, they didn't
0:57.0	instantly dismiss it out of hand as if it was something that was never going to happen
1:00.4	at any point.
1:01.4	But the expectation had been that it was a little while off, perhaps after the next
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