Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s First Minister and leader of the SNP, has announced that she wants to hold a second independence referendum on 19 October 2023. The constitutional debate was widely seen to be at a political deadlock, but now it enters a new phase.Anoosh Chakelian is joined by Chris Deerin, theNew StatesmanScotland editor, to discuss themotivationsbehind this latest bid for independence and the means of securing it. They also touch on how Scots have said they would vote in recent polls, and whether plans to fight the next general election on this single issue couldbackfire, presenting an opportunity for Scottish Labour.Then in You Ask Us, Anoosh is joined by theNew Statesman’s political reporter Freddie Hayward to answer a listener’s question on whether,byrejecting Corbynism, Keir Starmer has dropped the party’s most appealing policies.If you have a question for You Ask Us, emailpodcasts@newstatesman.co.ukPodcast listeners can subscribe to theNew Statesmanfor just £1 a week for 12 weeks using our special offer. Just visitnewstatesman.com/podcastoffer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.