The former first minister started lessons after quitting Bute House earlier this year.
Nicola Sturgeon has passed her driving test, less than a year after leaving Bute House.On Monday, Ms Sturgeon posted a photo of herself and her driving instructor to Instagram, announcing she had passed her test.
“So this happened today – at the tender age of 53, I passed my driving test ,” she said in the caption. “I couldn’t have done it without my brilliant instructor Andy MacFarlane of Caledonian Learner Driver Training. “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 – Andy was all of that and more.
“The whole experience has taken me well out of any notion of a comfort zone, but hopefully proves that it’s never too late in life to do something new.”Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention.
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