right. so today, a big, big figure left the political stage nicola sturgeon had her last ever episode of first minister s questions because, after monday, she s not the first minister anymore. it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political, legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know sh
it was her, what, 286th or seventh? i think? it was a lot. and this is how she sounded. and actually, spoiler alert, she s quite emotional. words will never adequately convey the gratitude and the awe i hold in my heart for the opportunity i have had to serve as your first minister. it truly has been the privilege of my lifetime. and with these words, presiding officer, i draw it to a close. applause. and yeah, then the other party leaders just dived in with loads of party political points, like a classic first minister s questions. i suppose nicola sturgeon s immediate political legacy is quite a lot of chaos in her party as they pick a successor. yeah. so we ll hear who the new first minister is going to be on monday. and i mean the extraordinary thing i mean, firstly, the very human moment for nicola sturgeon there, you know, to have reached the pinnacle of her trade, i suppose. i know she hasn t delivered the very thing she would have loved to, which is scottish indepen
but i think the bank had no other option, sadly, but to raise interest rates. i hope they ll bring them down fairly soon if this doesn t go through. final question. i read in various places that you might have at some point acquired an extra i in your name. were you born ian and then an extra i popped in at some point? no, we added it. my father insisted on it later on, because, of course, i was born in scotland. right. he was a proud scot. right. and he said when it was put on the register, he then later on said, this is not the right spelling. so it was put on the register as ian if you like, the english way. the anglicised way of spelling it. and he said to me when i was about ten, i think it was, or maybe a bit earlier, i m not sure, but i seem to recall he said to me, i want to change this and you should have it iain. isaid fine. i didn t know much of the difference by then. you know, my first name is actually robert. so, robert adam fleming. i ve known you for 20 years an
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and didn t know that. so i don t go for the whole three name things. just adam fleming will do. on my passport it says robert adam fleming for any identity theft people out there! well, actually, my first name is george. oh, right, ok. how many names have you got? just george iain. but that was all, so ijust. i was called iain. right. thanks for giving us lots of food for thought. iain duncan smith. pleasure. now for something completely different. this week the bafta nominations came out and there were six for the big bbc one drama the responder, which is where martin freeman plays a police officer in liverpool. and we can now congratulate the writer of that show, tony schumacher. hi, tony. hello, hello, hello. yes, congratulations. i mean, it s quite something. although you re harvesting so many nominations. it s incredible. it s so exciting. it s amazing. i mean, obviously, i m totally conscious that we re not going to win anything, but that s all right. you know what i mean? i se