Show 302 - *Nicola Sturgeon Resignation Bonus Episode with Stewart McDonald MP*
Matt Forde's Political Party
The Political Party
4.7 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Stewart McDonald is an ally of the First Minister and in this candid interview he reacts to the shock news of her resignation. Nicola Sturgeon bows out of Scottish politics at the very top, enjoying an unprecedented electoral record it is all but impossible to surpass. So why has she resigned now and what does it mean for the SNP, Scotland and the UK? What will she do next? And more importantly, what 'low and no' beers does Stewart recommend?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Political Party. This is a special bonus episode covering the |
| 0:15.3 | surprise, shock resignation of the First Minister of Scotland, Nicholas Sturgeon. And my |
| 0:19.5 | guest is Stuart McDonald, the MP for Glasgow South, SMP, Member of Parliament and a strong |
| 0:24.7 | ally of Nicholas Sturgeon. And we talk about just firstly the surprise of it, but we cover it |
| 0:29.7 | in every angle. I won't do the usual PR spiel at the start of this episode, but just to let you know |
| 0:36.2 | who my fourth coming guest is, because that would seem like a sensible thing to do. The next show |
| 0:41.8 | on the 20th of February, my guest is Keir Starmer, then on the 6th of March, my guest is Eddie Isard, |
| 0:47.1 | then on the 20th of March, my guest is Krishmanger-Rimmerthy, on the 3rd of April, my guest is the |
| 0:52.0 | formalied with the Scottish Conservatives, Ruth Davidson, I'm sure, will have a lot to talk about |
| 0:55.9 | based, if not just on today's news, recent events, I guess still to be seen for Monday the 17th |
| 1:02.3 | of April, but I can reveal now for the first time that my guest on Monday the 22nd of May will be |
| 1:06.8 | David Blunkett, and you can get tickets to all those shows by clicking on the link in the |
| 1:11.7 | in the blurb on the show notes, or going to map 4.com. So, on to today's just incredible news, I mean, |
| 1:17.2 | obviously things have been going less well for Nicholas Sturgeon recently than they had been |
| 1:21.1 | going, but that is also, it has to be put in the context of still remarkable levels of personal |
| 1:27.3 | and party popularity throughout her eight years as First Minister, I don't think there's any |
| 1:32.4 | underestimation to say, I'm not, I'm not, understatement rather to say, I'm still waffling because |
| 1:37.3 | it's just so, I actually can't believe what's happened. So, I'm very grateful to Stuart for, |
| 1:42.8 | for giving me 40 minutes of his time just to pick through it all, as an ally of hers about what |
| 1:47.3 | it means for the party, for the country, for Scottish and British politics about the reasons behind |
| 1:53.0 | that decision, the effect of it, how it's going to make people feel just in every single way. So, |
| 1:58.0 | this is a very human way to deal with just such a big news story, as we all react to the fact that |
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