💬 Here's what voters passing by the First Minister's official residence in Edinburgh's New Town had to say 24 hours after Nicola Sturgeon had announced her resignation
Mr Garioch, a former stock and commodity broker, said: “I think most SNP supporters will always vote for the party regardless of who the leader is but there are others who had drifted away because of Nicola.
Retired IT worker Lesley Hunter, 56, said: “I was Labour all my life but since Brexit I’ve voted for the SNP. Lesley Hunter, 56, said she switched from Labour to SNP during Ms Sturgeon’s reign and will stick with the party Claire Fairbairn, 26, an early years officer in a school nursery, said she was an SNP voter and had been upset at the leader’s announcement. She admitted she would have to consider her future plans.
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