handle her brief, and then angus robertson, the constitution secretary, also a very experienced figure who has had a leadership role at westminster and a ministerialjob in scotland, but the key thing really that stands out is that there is not an obvious frontrunner. in the past, when nicola sturgeon took over, that was almost in an ointment, everyone knew she would become the leader after alex salmond, that s not the case now, so in a sense there is a moment of dangerfor the snp, who in a sense there is a moment of danger for the snp, who will the in a sense there is a moment of dangerfor the snp, who will the new person b, and what difference will that make to how the snp is governed and how scotland is governed as well? , ., let s get more on this from political commentator and herald columnist brian taylor. first of all, what did you make of nicola sturgeon s statement yesterday? it was strikingly personal. yesterday? it was strikingly personal-