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🗓️ 2 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond were once close allies and friends, but then the relationship turned sour, with the battle going all the way to the courts and to the heart of the question about whether the United Kingdom will follow their friendship in being broken up.
Matt Chorley is joined by Keiran Andrews, Scottish political editor of The Times, to explain the row. Professor James Mitchell from Edinburgh University and journalist Angela Haggarty assess the impact on the SNP; and Luke Graham, former head of Boris Johnson's Union Unit, on turmoil in the Tory camp.
PLUS: Finkelvitch: Daniel Finkelstein and David Aaronovitch on political retreads, and Trump's comeback.
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| 1:12.8 | Hello, this is the Red Box podcast. I'm Matt Charlie bringing you the best of my times radio show, |
| 1:16.8 | which you're going to listen to live Monday the Thursday 10 to 1 on your DAB radio on your smart |
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| 1:25.9 | packed episode for you today. Looking at what happens when personal friendships break up and the |
| 1:34.2 | impact on the breakup of the union, this extraordinary battle between Nicholas Sturgeon and Alex |
| 1:39.2 | Salmon, you might have been half paying attention to it, wondering what it's all about, why it matters, |
| 1:44.3 | we've got a cracking debate coming up on that later in the episode. Before that, it's Tuesdays, |
| 1:48.7 | of course, it must be Finkelvich, Daniel Finkelstein and David of One of Hitch. But before that, |
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| 2:06.4 | comes in at our whopping six minutes, although somehow managed to feel much longer. It's a video that's |
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