Bold prediction from Labour frontbencher after Nicola Sturgeon announces shock departure - follow reaction and fallout in our Politics Hub 👇
Scotland thought Sturgeon was doing well for most of her time in charge
Between 2017 and 2019 she fell in the opinion of the public, with a brief period of more people thinking she was doing a bad job than good. Next month a special conference is due to take place to assess whether the party should treat the upcoming general election as a de facto referendum. It has been reported that she was likely to have opposed the Scottish government's gender-recognition reforms had she not been on maternity leave.The current justice secretary and deputy leader of the SNP is viewed as being close to Nicola Sturgeon.
He became the first person from an ethnic minority background to serve as a minister in the Scottish government when he was appointed minster for external affairs and international development in 2012. "I always found Nicola a very warm person, articulate and thoughtful, and a very capable politician, who showed huge commitment to her country. She was also a true European.Watch in full: Nicola Sturgeon announces her resignationSunak thanks Sturgeon for 'long-standing service'Ms Sturgeon announced her resignation earlier today, after just over eight years.
"When Scotland wins independence, she will have been its architect and builder. She has laid the foundations we all now stand on.'It's all over for independence': One Labour frontbencher's bold prediction after Sturgeon news
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