closer to the dream of independence, certainly closer than she was in the 19805, certainly closer than she was in the 1980s, but how she advanced that because during her eight years? her critics will say, not really. don’t critics will say, not really. don t no critics will say, not really. don t to too critics will say, not really. don t go too far. critics will say, not really. don t go too far. we critics will say, not really. don t go too far, we will critics will say, not really. don t go too far, we will come - critics will say, not really. don t go too far, we will come back . critics will say, not really. don t| go too far, we will come back to critics will say, not really. don t - go too far, we will come back to you a little later in the programme. nicola sturgeon has dominated scottish politics for nearly a decade. shejoined the snp and backed independence for scotland from a young age. she was praised for her handling of the covered pandemic covid pandemic. like e
greenock and inverclyde, on its quiet high street the news and noise surrounding nicola sturgeon s surrounding nicola stu rgeon s resignation surrounding nicola sturgeon s resignation has been filtering through. resignation has been filtering throu~h. ., ,~ through. i m sad, i nearly cried. reall ? through. i m sad, i nearly cried. really? yes- through. i m sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big through. i m sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big deal, - through. i m sad, i nearly cried. really? yes. big deal, nicola i really? yes. big deal, nicola sturueon really? yes. big deal, nicola sturgeon going really? yes. big deal, nicola sturgeon going for really? jazz big deal, nicola sturgeon going for you? yes, but really? iezs big deal, nicola sturgeon going for you? yes, but you got to move on. popular among some, others glad she is going. it is got to move on. popular among some, others glad she is going. others glad she is going. it is time she resigned others glad she is goi
it was time, you know? we ll look at the legacy of a leader who led the snp to repeated election victories and ask what next for the party and for scotland. also on the programme: the latest on the search for the missing mother nicola bulley. police reveal that the as year old, who s been missing for 19 days, was considered a high risk missing person from the start. because of alcohol related issues related to the menopause. as soon as she was reported missing, following the information that was provided to the police by her partner, paul, and based on a number of specific vulnerabilities that we were made aware of, nicola was graded as high risk. and the one year old who s received the most expensive medicine ever approved for the nhs a £3 million life saving gene therapy.
concerned. she is sharp as a tack, but i think she has probablyjust had enough. ads, but i think she has probably ust had enoughfi but i think she has probably ust hadenou:h. , ., ., had enough. a bit of a shock today. the news this had enough. a bit of a shock today. the news this morning. had enough. a bit of a shock today. the news this morning. i m - had enough. a bit of a shock today. the news this morning. i m quite i had enough. a bit of a shock today. | the news this morning. i m quite pro snp myself, the news this morning. i m quite pro snp myself, sol the news this morning. i m quite pro snp myself, so i think she has been -ood snp myself, so i think she has been good for snp myself, so i think she has been good for scotland. | snp myself, so i think she has been good for scotland. i am snp myself, so i think she has been good for scotland. good for scotland. i am an ex nhs and i good for scotland. i am an ex nhs and i think good for scotland. i am an ex nhs and
the independence campaign and starts articulating the fundamental coast for scottish self determination. nicola sturgeon s sudden departure creates a moment of uncertainty for the snp, for scotland and for the future of the uk itself. and james joins me now. a resignation out of the blue what are we to make of it? it s certainly a surprise. the pressure had been building on nicola sturgeon but not to the extent that anybody seriously thought she was going to leave the stage in such a sudden and dramatic fashion. people are now already thinking, how is she going to be remembered because mike i think she will be remembered as a politician, one of the leading politicians of a generation here in scotland, not least because she delivered a string of landslide election victories. having said that, why was she in politics? she is here for one reason above all, right back to when she was a teenage girl in ayrshire in the 1980s, a time she once described to me as a