you sense to the tone from nicola sturgeon, it was pretty reflective. it became clear that this was something the first minister had been thinking about for some time. she said she had been wrestling with this decision for several weeks, and it crystallised for her when she attended the funeral of an independence supporter yesterday. she said the decision went from 99%, up she said the decision went from 99%, up to 100% certain that this was the right thing to do. she said notjust for her, but for her party and for the country as well, insisting that this was not about short term challenges facing her government, such as the row over gender reforms or the push for a second independence referendum, she said that this was a much longer term view. she said that now is the right time for a new leader to step in and take on all of those issues in government. take on all of those issues in government- take on all of those issues in rovernment. ,, , ., ., government. she has been around so l
will be thejob to drive through or get round that will be the job of the next snp leader, the next first minister. i hope whoever it may be that he or she takes that in a different direction by unifying the national movement, perhaps by the advice of an independence convention to take in all parties and nonparties, pressure groups, those arguing for independence. that might be the way forward. certainly, ithink independence. that might be the way forward. certainly, i think some candidates in the election will argue that, perhaps some won t, but that will be the task of the new leader, the nest greek next first minister, will be to find a way around that roadblock or through it. so when you say she took scottish independence into a cul de sac, you are saying she failed, effectively? there is a saying that all political careers end in failure, but would you say her sense? careers end in failure, but would you say her sense? well, the quote is from ian you say her sense? well, the quo
independence campaign and the labour party in scotland is replaced by the snp as the dominant force in scottish politics. i snp as the dominant force in scottish politics. snp as the dominant force in scottish politics. i put a couple of uuotes to scottish politics. i put a couple of quotes to you. scottish politics. i put a couple of quotes to you, let scottish politics. i put a couple of quotes to you, let me scottish politics. i put a couple of quotes to you, let me give - scottish politics. i put a couple of quotes to you, let me give you i quotes to you, let me give you another one. this is from nicola sturgeon. 0ne another one. this is from nicola sturgeon. one of the differences between me and alex salmond is that i have never tried to pretend that i am infallible. am infallible. well, i think nicola was fallible am infallible. well, i think nicola was fallible in am infallible. well, i think nicola was fallible in that am infallible. well, i think nicola was falli
i free the snp to choose the path it believes to be the right one, without worrying about the perceived implications for my leadership and in the knowledge that a new leader will steer us, i believe successfully, on that path. taking the country through covid was, nicola sturgeon said, the toughest thing she had done. many said she was surefooted in her communications through that crisis. but critics argue that on other issues, a second independence referendum, the gender recognition reform bill, and isla bryson the double rapist initially sent to a women s prison she s been less sure footed. too often i see issues presented, and as a result viewed, not in their own merits but through the prism of what i think and what people think about me. no one individual should be dominant in any system for too long. but while it s easy to hold that view in the abstract, it is much harder to live by it. with this decision,
westminster to devolved nations? for independence, the big question for the snp and other parties, the snp gains came largely as labour s expense, so labour on the conservatives are seeing this as an opportunity to regain ground in scotland. , , opportunity to regain ground in scotland. , ., , ., ., scotland. just hours after nicola sturueon scotland. just hours after nicola sturgeon announced scotland. just hours after nicola sturgeon announced her- scotland. just hours after nicola i sturgeon announced her intention scotland. just hours after nicola - sturgeon announced her intention to stand down, there is already speculation about who might succeed her. the betting shop chain coral has shared some of its odds. the current favourite is angus robertson, who currently serves as the constitution secretary in the scottish government. kate forbes and humza yousaf are also favourites. but kate forbes is currently on maternity leave away from politics. could it be second time round for t