Whoever takes Sturgeon’s place will not be embarking on giddy, celebratory tours of the country. There is a huge amount of work to be done.
- Martyn McLaughlin
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“There’s ane end of ane auld sang,” said Nicola Sturgeon as she delivered her first speech to Holyrood as first minister back in November 2014, writes Martyn McLaughlin.
Political anoraks would have recognised a reference that stretched back more than three centuries, first uttered by the Earl of Seafield as he signed away Scotland’s sovereign independence. Ms Sturgeon, a glint in her eye, told MSPs that under her watch, that lament would be adorned with new verses, ones that tell the story of a “modern and confident Scotland, fit for purpose, and fit for all her people”.
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