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5 May 2021

Podcast: ’Boris Johnson is in deep, deep doo-doo’

Nicola Sturgeon speaks on the fourth and final episode of the New Statesman podcast's Scottish Election specials.

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ALFORD, SCOTLAND - APRIL 14: Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon laughs as she campaigns on April 9, 2021 in Alford, Scotland. The Scottish National Party (SNP) is the largest political party in Scotland with 125,691 members and 61 MSPs in the Holyrood parliament. They stand on a centre-left platform advocating an independent Scotland, nuclear disarmament and social democracy. Scottish voters go to the polls to elect their parliament on May 6, 2021. (Photo by Russell Cheyne - Pool/Getty Images)

For this bumper final edition of the New Statesman’s Scottish Election special podcasts, Scotland Editor Chris Deerin speaks to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who explains why she doesn’t believe Boris Johnson is not ‘immovable’ when it comes to the question of Scottish independence. 

Chris is also joined by New Statesman colleagues Dani Garavelli and Ben Walker, as well as the Spectator’s Scotland Editor Alex Massie for their analysis of the Scottish election campaigns on the eve of the vote.

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Further reading

Read Chris Deerin’s full-length interview with Nicola Sturgeon.

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