It’s been a year since Peter Murrell, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was arrested in connection with the police probe into SNP finances. Murrell was subsequently released pending further investigation, before the same fate met Sturgeon last summer. But while the SNP hasn’t caught a break since then, it seems Sturgeon has been enjoying a few too many.
The former FM now sits as a backbencher in Holyrood, after her unexpected resignation last February. And it seems Sturgeon has rather enjoyed relinquishing her power. Labelled a ‘part-time MSP’ by the Scottish Conservatives, it transpires that in the last year, Sturgeon has made just four contributions at Holyrood — leaving her time to sign a £300,000 book deal. Alright for some…
Sturgeon has spoken only twice since the start of 2024: once, during a session of FMQs, and a second time to inform the presiding officer that her voting app wasn’t working. Meanwhile, in the past 12 months, Kate Forbes has made 46 contributions, new First Minister Humza Yousaf has made 49 and former deputy FM John Swinney has made 64. In fact, Sturgeon’s contributions are the lowest of any MSP in the Scottish parliament — except Tory politician Tim Eagle who replaced Donald Cameron this year after Cameron was raised to a peerage. The rather big difference is that Eagle only entered Holyrood in, er, February…
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