To the SNP’s Dear Leader, who just can’t seem to keep out of the spotlight. Now Scotland’s former first minister – who is still a sitting MSP – has been accused of prioritising herself over her constituents after her declared extra earnings reveal she is earning more from her second jobs than her role as a parliamentarian. Alright for some!
Alongside her £74,000 a year MSP salary, it transpires that Sturgeon has declared almost £200,000 of additional earnings since resigning from the top job as FM in 2023. Alongside her day job, the Glasgow politician has received yet another bumper sum of £76,500 for her upcoming memoir, Frankly, which is already available to pre-order. It comes on top of an initial book advance of £75,000 from publishers Pan Macmillan, as the second in a series of four instalments for her writing. More than that, however, the former SNP leader banked a staggering sum of £25,000 for her punditry on ITV during the general election – where she ruffled nationalist feathers by referring to the SNP as ‘they’. She may still be getting paid for her parliamentary job, but clearly her mind is elsewhere…
Since stepping down from her leadership role, Sturgeon has spoken just seven times in Holyrood – prompting accusations from the Scottish Tories that she has ‘become a part-time MSP’. The latest revelation comes just a month after it emerged that people attending an in-conversation event with Sturgeon this October in Edinburgh’s Usher Hall will have to pay a hefty charge of £150 to meet the ex-FM before bagging a front row seat at the show. There must be better ways to spend your money, eh?
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