To Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon is, er, not very busy. In fact, Mr S can reveal the SNP’s former Dear Leader has made a grand total of two spoken contributions in the Holyrood Chamber over the last 12 months. One was during a debate on Ukraine while another speech reminded MSPs that more needs to be done by her own government to protect Scotland’s young people. Talk about taking a back seat, eh?
The former first minister may be keeping a low profile in the Scottish parliament but she has suggested, rather curiously, that she might not quit frontline politics just yet. It transpires that Sturgeon has submitted her application to the SNP to be considered for the election – and she has passed internal vetting. Speaking to local radio station Glad Radio, Sturgeon first insisted it was ‘bunkum’ to say she spent too much time on gender politics as SNP leader before warning other politicians against ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump. On her own career, the Queen of Nats reflected:
Being a member of the Scottish parliament is a huge privilege. I’ve been fortunate to be in Holyrood since 1999 and it’s a hard thing to voluntarily give up. On the other hand, that’s a huge chunk of my life and maybe it’s time to give other people a chance. These are the things I’m weighing up, but I’ve not yet come to a final decision.
Going on, the ex-FM suggested it may be possible she would stay on in the job ‘with the consent of the people, obviously, for another 10 or 20 years’, adding ‘there’s always going to be a sense of unfinished business’. After 18 years of SNP rule, Scots know the feeling of unfinished business a little too well…
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