The day before a new PM | Nicola Sturgeon, Philip Hammond, Edward Lister

Sophy Ridge On Sunday

Sky News

Politics, News, News Commentary, Government

4.2 • 157 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Sophy Ridge is back after the summer recess to a busy week in politics, interviewing Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, former chancellor Philip Hammond, and former adviser to Boris Johnson Lord Edward Lister.

The day before a new prime minister is chosen by Conservative party members, Sophy is joined by Sky’s political correspondent Amanda Akass and producer Scott Beasley to discuss the fractures in the Tory party, and analysis of today’s interviews.

Producers: Soila Apparicio and Scott Beasley

Transcript

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0:00.0	The world is becoming increasingly complex and volatile.
0:03.5	How can we make sense of it all?
0:04.9	I'm Richard Engelt.
0:05.7	And I'm Yalda Hakim.
0:06.7	And we're the top international correspondents at NBC News and Sky News.
0:10.9	And we present Sky News's latest podcast, The World.
0:14.6	Each week, we'll cut through the noise to guide you through the week's global events
0:18.6	and explain to you why, what happens out there
0:22.4	matters to you wherever you are. Listen now to the world with Richard Engel and me Yalda Hakim,
0:28.2	wherever you get your podcasts.
0:34.5	Hello and welcome to the Safely Ridge on Sunday podcast. We are back after the summer recess
0:40.1	and what a time to be back for as we await the result of that leadership contest. We've got
0:45.4	interviews with three key people today, Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland. Lord
0:51.5	Eddie Lister, the man who perhaps knows Boris Johnson better than anyone I've
0:55.1	ever interviewed, plus the former Chancellor Philip Hammond. And we also have a bit of a refreshed
1:01.8	podcast for you. Scott is here as usual. Scott Beasley, my producer. Hello, hello.
1:07.8	We are also joined by Amanda, Amanda Acas, who is our lovely political correspondent,
1:12.8	lovely to have you with us.
1:13.8	Thank you very much for having me.
1:14.9	Welcome to the pod.
1:17.6	The show's been off for a month over the summer and it kind of feels like not much has happened
1:21.8	over those four weeks, even though a lot's happened.
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