# Nicola Sturgeon on leadership, scandal and trolling the trolls

An episode of [Politics Weekly UK](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/136697472), 7 Nov 2025, 32 min.

Audio: https://flex.acast.com/audio.guim.co.uk/2025/11/06-61883-gdn.PW.07112025.hm.nicola_sturgeon.mp3

In a special, bonus episode of Politics Weekly, Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey sit down with Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon for a frank conversation about her time in office and the future of nationalist politics. Nothing is off the table: her leadership, Covid, the gender row that dogged her final days in office and the alleged financial fraud at the SNP. Oh, and how she dealt with some wild stories about her personal life... Send your thoughts and questions to politicsweeklyuk@theguardian.com. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/politicspod

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