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I am clear that I have to do what's right for my country, Scotland.

This isn't easy and it's not without pain.

The distraction needs to end

and the leadership in Downing Street has to change.

I'm Pippa Carrera.

And I'm Kieran Stacey.

You're listening to Politics Weekly Westminster for The Guardian.

Hello!

Hello again.

Well, after a Monday morning that began with Kirstarmer looking like he might not make it to the end of the day, Kieran,

Prime Minister somehow now looks safer, at least for the time being, all in spite of an attempted

perched by the Scottish Labour leader Anna Sauer.

Now, we should say, this is actually the second time we've recorded the podcast today, isn't it?

We are currently recording at almost 7pm on Monday night.

I'm really hoping this is the second and final time that we end up having to record today.

And our first recording was about 10 o'clock this morning when we were a meeting to talk all about the departure of Morgan McSweeney, who he, feels like, it feels like weeks ago.

Kirstarmer's Chief of Staff who, of course, was forced to resign over the Peter Madison scandal on Sunday.

And events have just unfurled at a rapid pace today, haven't they?

Okay, so just to let the listener in on the kind of magic behind the curtain, we have been

furiously calling and writing all afternoon. You, Pip, are about to file the piece that will

appear on the front page of The Guardian tomorrow. We are finally sitting down after an absolutely

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