Nicola Sturgeon: “Where does JK Rowling get the time to obsess about me?”
On the New Statesman Podcast, the former Scottish first minister talks flag-flying nationalism, the rise of Reform and the Harry…
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Nicola Sturgeon is a well-known Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2014 until 2023. Her leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland was widely acclaimed, establishing her reputation as a competent and strategic political figure. Although she is no longer First Minister, Sturgeon remains a significant player in Scottish politics and a strong advocate for Scottish independence. Sturgeon was born in 1970 and made history as the first woman to lead her party and to be appointed First Minister of Scotland. Stay up to date with the latest news and commentary on Scottish politics from our Scotland editor Chris Deerin, here.
John Swinney reckons with Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir
Speaking to the New Statesman, he tried to negotiate the fallout of his predecessor’s new book.
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Nicola Sturgeon is finally free
In her new memoir, Scotland’s former first minister reckons with the failures and pain of a career in politics –…
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Why the Scottish trans movement lost
Through its dogmatism, the SNP alienated even those sympathetic to trans rights.
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Nicola Sturgeon still thinks she was right
The former first minister has shown little interest in self-reflection since leaving office.
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How the SNP lost itself in hyper-liberalism
Scotland’s hegemonic progressive regime was a chimera. Labour should take note.
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Salman Rushdie’s warning bell
His memoir Knife is a defence of free speech for a new age of intolerance. We should listen.
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We should feel sympathy for Nicola Sturgeon
There is an unpleasant witch-hunt element to the coverage and tone of the Covid Inquiry.
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Lessons from The World of Yesterday
Stefan Zweig’s 1942 portrait of the late Austro-Hungarian empire remains a stark warning against taking national security for granted.
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The problem with Nicola Sturgeon wasn’t a “cult of personality”
Policy did trump personality under the former Scottish first minister – but the wrong kind.
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Why did Nicola Sturgeon fail her own education mission?
The former Scottish first minister made schools her priority but the reality has been drift and decline.
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Liz Lloyd: Labour would make Scottish independence more likely
Nicola Sturgeon’s former chief of staff on what she got right. And where she went wrong.
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Scotland’s stand against misogyny is an example to others
Jury-free rape trials are a necessary attempt to change a system stacked against women.
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The Scottish state is broken
Under the SNP, the government has continually swung its great clunking fist only to punch itself in the face.
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When will the SNP put itself before the Greens?
The junior partner is the biggest winner from the continuation of the discredited power-sharing deal.
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Why the SNP is eating itself
Vicious internal feuds at Westminster and Holyrood are a sign that panic is setting in.
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Orkney’s bid to join Norway is a symptom of SNP arrogance
Scotland’s ancient, far-flung communities have had enough of being mistreated by the distant and the ignorant.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s encore – and Humza Yousaf’s new(-ish) plan for independence
Scotland’s former first minister gives evidence to the Covid inquiry, as her successor sets out his agenda for the next…
Nicola Sturgeon is back on form at the Covid Inquiry
This was the Sturgeon Scotland grew so used to – confident, eloquent and keen to land a blow on the…
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The humiliation of the populists
Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon have both been undone by democracy.
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