The SNP’s Dear Leader has not had the smoothest 18 months since her resignation last year – what with the police probe into SNP finances, the exodus of members from her party and the nationalists’ staggering loss of support in the general election. But it’s not all bad news for Nicola Sturgeon. It has now emerged that Scotland’s former first minister was paid a whopping £25,000 for playing pundit back in July, after Sturgeon controversially appeared on Channel 4’s election night special. Alright for some…
The rather generous payment was logged by the SNP politician on the Scottish parliament’s register of interests’, which was published today. Sturgeon declared that her company ‘Nicola Sturgeon Limited’ received a £25,000 payment plus VAT from ITN Limited, ‘in respect of my appearance on the channel’s general election results programme’. More than that, the former FM logged ‘accommodation and car travel’, racking up an extravagant £2,800 on her hotel stay. Blimey.
Sturgeon’s media appearance has long been a source of controversy – with critics blasting the Queen of the Nats for accepting the gig after her party had slammed former Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson for appearing on a similar election night show back in 2019. Mr S reckons Davidson must be doubly annoyed about that now – she only received £7,500 for the slot!
Not that it was exactly a win-win scenario for the SNP’s Dear Leader. She was caught looking more than a little uncomfortable in camera close-ups during a rather humiliating exit poll – which rightly predicted the decimation of her Westminster group. There’s always a silver lining…
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