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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.
Nicola Sturgeon is dividing Scotland over trans rights, not uniting it
The First Minister’s refusal to hold an honest debate doesn’t help the trans community – arguably, it endangers it.
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The SNP is shutting its eyes to the crisis in Scottish schools
After a prolonged period of lockdown and home-learning, the Covid hangover is being felt everywhere. What have education ministers and…
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What does life after Nicola Sturgeon have in store for the SNP?
The Scottish independence debate looks like a game being played by an elite few, leaving some observers wondering just how…
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Boris Johnson needs to stop treating Scotland like an irritating child
The Conservative government’s disdain for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP risks rotting the Union from the inside.
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Why climate activists should support the bin strikes marring Cop26’s elite spectacle
The walk-out of refuse collectors in Glasgow is an opportunity for a formidable show of solidarity with workers.
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The SNP needs to stop blaming everyone but itself
The party’s insistence that problems must always be laid at someone else’s door is exhausting, and politics at its worst.
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Will Scotland’s dizzying quest for a global role ever end?
Nationalists have modelled an independent Scotland on countries from every corner of the planet, often with little serious justification.
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The big problem with the SNP’s plan to measure Scotland’s success by “wellbeing”
Measuring a country’s GDP doesn’t give the whole story, but whichever metric you use, the SNP’s record falls short.
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Nicola Sturgeon: Boris Johnson is in “deep, deep doo-doo”
Nicola Sturgeon speaks on the fourth and final episode of the New Statesman podcast’s Scottish Election specials.
What does Alex Salmond’s Alba Party mean for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP?
Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea discuss the latest in UK politics on the New Statesman podcast.
The Alex Salmond inquiry has failed to unsettle the SNP, but the vaccine roll-out might
Polls show support for Scottish independence has fallen and the problem can be traced back to a laboratory in Oxford.
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Nicola Sturgeon: Britain’s most powerful woman
The First Minister, who turned 50 this month, has had a good crisis and the SNP is surging in the…
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