
Sign up to save your podcasts
Or


Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is standing down after eight years as First Minister. The team react to the bombshell news which has sent shockwaves across Scottish politics. As the First Minister says she will stay on until a successor is chosen, she claims that the time is right for her to leave the top of Scottish politics. The team discuss why she's chosen to go now, what happens next, what it means for the independence movement, and who the potential candidates to her replace her might be, as well as reaction from opposition parties.
By BBC Radio Scotland5
1717 ratings
Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is standing down after eight years as First Minister. The team react to the bombshell news which has sent shockwaves across Scottish politics. As the First Minister says she will stay on until a successor is chosen, she claims that the time is right for her to leave the top of Scottish politics. The team discuss why she's chosen to go now, what happens next, what it means for the independence movement, and who the potential candidates to her replace her might be, as well as reaction from opposition parties.

7,913 Listeners

1,067 Listeners

5,576 Listeners

1,808 Listeners

1,729 Listeners

1,018 Listeners

1,952 Listeners

3,245 Listeners

779 Listeners

1,010 Listeners