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SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon was sworn in by a majority of MSPs today NICOLA Sturgeon has renewed her vow to hold an independence referendum as she was re-elected as First Minister of Scotland by a majority of MSPs at Holyrood. The SNP leader said she wants to lead the country “to brighter and better times” and said recovery from the coronavirus pandemic was her “driving priority”. After her formal re-election by MSPs on Tuesday , Sturgeon argued there was a “clear mandate” for another Scottish independence referendum but promised to “exercise that mandate with responsibility, humility, and only when the crisis of Covid has passed”.
Unionist voters stopped Sturgeon winning a majority by a whisker
Scotland s Tory leader openly suggested that Conservative supporters should vote Labour in seats where his party was not in with a chance
8 May 2021 • 11:19pm
Unionist voters stopped Nicola Sturgeon winning an SNP majority by a whisker thanks to unprecedented levels of tactical voting in the Holyrood election.
The SNP benefits from the first-past-the-post system used to determine the result in the Scottish Parliament s 73 constituencies, with the vast majority of independence supporters voting for the party.
In contrast, the Unionist vote fragments between the Tories, Labour and the Liberal Democrats, allowing the SNP to come through the middle.
REOPENING after the lockdown last weekend, Dunrobin Castle in the far north of Scotland held its first falconry display of the season.
After demonstration flights from a barn owl and a Harris hawk, we were introduced to Alba the gyrfalcon. Tempted by resident falconer Andy Bunting with dummy prey, Alba circled and swooped and kept missing.
Finally, she hit bullseye. With Andy’s bait of little nutritional value, Alba was handed a snack as a reward for her efforts.
Like its namesake bird of prey, the Alba Party is unlikely to win anything more than a consolation snack when the Scottish Parliament regional list results are declared on Saturday.