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let s start with big news here in the uk. scotland s longest serving first minister, nicola sturgeon, has resigned. she s been the leader of the scottish national party which wants independence from britain for more than eight years. she steered the country through brexit, covid, ukraine, five conservativce prime ministers and enjoyed huge ongoing public support. have a listen to some of what she had to say. in my head and in my heart i know the time is now. let s take a look back at her career. she entered politics full time in 1999 when she was elected to the new scottish parliament. she was twenty nine years old. herfirst big test in government came when she was deputy first minister and health secretary, as swine flu was declared a pandemic. she then oversaw planning for 2014 s independence referendum. the scottish people voted to stay part of the uk but today she said she remained committed to the independence cause. am firmly of the you there is no majority ....
No to independence. so, although there will be many who look back very fondly on her time as first minister, there will also be those who will be quite glad to see her gone. and for many people that fault line will be their view on scottish independence. and will the opposition parties, labour, the conservatives think actually it s going to be quite hard to find such a charismatic leader, whether you agree with her or not, and therefore they might fancy their chances of winning more seats. i don t have any doubt that opposition parties in scotland departure as an opportunity for them to do well. as i say she has dominated politics in the last ten years ago and she has taken the snp two levels of success that they could only have dreamt of not that long ago. could only have dreamt of not that lona auo. . , could only have dreamt of not that lonauao. ., , could only have dreamt of not that lonttao. ., , ,, long ago. that being said, speaking to one politician long ago. that being said, ....