It was a day that rocked Scotland. As late as teatime on Tuesday, fewer than ten people knew Nicola Sturgeon would announce her resignation the following morning, sending shockwaves through Scottish politics and the wider independence movement.
As late as teatime on Tuesday, fewer than ten people knew Nicola Sturgeon would announce her resignation the following morning, sending shockwaves through Scottish politics and the wider independence movement.
- Alistair Grant, Scotsman Political Editor
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The First Minister and her closest advisers had been discussing her future “off and on” for some months. But in recent weeks, the tone changed.
“Over the last couple of months, it’s been a bit more of a serious conversation, and over the last few weeks increasingly so," said a source close to Ms Sturgeon. Things “crystallised” over the weekend. “She tried the idea on for size and found that it fitted,” they said.
Announcing her resignation during a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh, a visibly emotional Ms Sturgeon spoke of attending the funeral of Allan Angus, a “dear friend and long-standing independence activist”, on Tuesday morning.
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