It’s a red letter day for Nicola Sturgeon: she’s finally achieved something of lasting value. For the former First Minister has managed to pass her driving test at the precocious age of, er, 53. That’s just one year less than the average life expectancy of some of her male constituents under the SNP-run health service. Impressive stuff!
Sturgeon praised her driving instructor for his help, writing on Instagram that ‘It was really important to me, as a 53-year-old former FM, not just to have an excellent teacher but someone I could trust and feel comfortable with.’ So clearly not Humza Yousaf then. She added that the experience of passing her test ‘proves that it’s never too late in life to do something new.’ Mr S presumes this embrace of all new experiences did not extend to the novelty of the police probing Sturgeon’s shed back in April. Still, at least today’s driving test triumph means that finally someone can use that blasted motorhome…
But while Sturgeon is moving on with her life, her party isn’t quite able to yet. Operation Branchform – the ongoing police probe into her party’s finances- still hasn’t been concluded with the investigation continuing to hang ominously over the party leadership. It’s an issue that was raised ‘constantly’ on Rutherglen doorsteps in the lead-up to the recent by-election, according to Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar. So, the question remains: will the mystery of the ‘missing’ £600,000 be solved before the next general election? The SNP certainly hope so, if only to avoid electoral Armageddon.
Talk about a car crash, eh Nicola?
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