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Each week we look at three pieces from the magazine with the writers behind them.

I'm William Moore, the Spectator's Features Editor.

On this week's episode, I'll be discussing the future of Scotland and the Union,

after Nicholas Sturgeon's announcement

of her resignation, looking at President Erdogan's reaction to Turkey's devastating earthquakes,

and asking why America is obsessed with UFOs.

First up, what happens after Sturgeon?

In her cover piece for the magazine this week, the Spectator's political editor Katie Boles writes about what Sturgeon? In her cover piece for the magazine this week,

the spectator's political editor Katie Balls writes about what Sturgeon's announced exit means for the future of the Scottish independence movement.

She joins me now alongside the political reporter and author of Disunited Kingdom, Ian McWurter.

Katie, so Nicola Sturgeon has announced that after eight years in charge, she is going to step aside

as head of the Scottish National Party.

But I want to ask you about her timings first.

After all, it wasn't that long ago when she said she had plenty left in the tank.

So what's changed? So I think you have a leader

under pressure on several fronts. And therefore when you're trying to work at what exactly was the,

you know, the final straw for Nicola Sturgeon? I mean, there are just plenty to pick from. I think

you can't escape the fact that independence, which is obviously the primary aim of the SMP, the Scottish

National Party, has started to seem pretty out of reach. The polls, and there will always be some

polls that are different, but there have been polls recently, which has been quite discouraging,

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