Kate Forbes emerges as early favourite for SNP leadership
With Angus Robertson, the bookie’s favourite, out of the race, the finance secretary is the frontrunner to replace Nicola Sturgeon.
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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.
Three cheers for Nicola Sturgeon for knowing when to walk away
It takes a lot of courage to go against the momentum of your life and quit a high-pressure job, but…
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Who will replace Nicola Sturgeon as SNP leader?
We profile the leading candidates to succeed the Scottish First Minister, including Kate Forbes, Angus Robertson and Keith Brown.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation marks the end of the feminist moment
In the wake of Jacinda Ardern, Angela Merkel and Sturgeon’s departures, we may see fewer women in power in the…
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Nicola Sturgeon resigns – what next for Scottish politics?
The outgoing First Minister took the SNP to electoral dominance but never achieved her most-prized aim of independence for Scotland.
Steady as she goes
The lesson from Nicola Sturgeon’s time in power is that Scotland is a powerless nation.
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Will Kate Forbes’s religion stop her leading the SNP?
Her conservative beliefs on abortion and gender put her at odds with her party’s image.
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Westminster Tories can beat the SNP after all
With Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation, Alister Jack can call himself giantslayer.
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Why Nicola Sturgeon was destined for failure
The First Minister’s overriding obsession with Scottish independence led to the neglect of other policy areas.
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What is behind the fall of Nicola Sturgeon?
The SNP’s fraught divisions over the gender bill and the path to independence destroyed the First Minister’s leadership.
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Kate Forbes is the SNP’s best hope
The finance secretary is the outstanding candidate to succeed Nicola Sturgeon and give the party the reset it desperately needs.
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What will Nicola Sturgeon’s legacy be?
Given the favourable circumstances, the SNP should arguably be much closer to achieving independence than it is.
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Nicola Sturgeon is running out of time – and her rivals know it
As the First Minister’s popularity declines, her grip on her party and the country is slipping.
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The SNP revolt against Nicola Sturgeon’s independence strategy is growing
A pamphlet by the SNP MP and traditional ally of the First Minister, Stewart McDonald, is leading the charge against…
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Alex Salmond knows Nicola Sturgeon’s grip on power is slipping
There are plenty of people in the SNP who agree with the former first minister on the disastrous gender bill.
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Nicola Sturgeon is the author of her own misfortune
The First Minister’s careless handling of the gender bill has split her government, her party and the nationalist movement.
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Why liberals keep being fooled in the gender debate
Had supposedly progressive politicians listened to women’s concerns over trans prisoners they would not have been so badly exposed.
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A Scottish transgender rapist has exposed Nicola Sturgeon’s dangerous complacency
The First Minister’s insistence that women had nothing to fear from the gender bill has been proved wrong.
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Stephen Flynn: “The Tories and Labour are one and the same”
The SNP’s new man in Westminster on the party’s internal divisions, Scotland’s gender bill and Brexit.
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Scottish Labour’s gender bill farce shows it’s not ready to lead
Anas Sarwar’s party risks coming across as a limp facsimile of the SNP.
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