Why is Nicola Sturgeon resigning?
Nicola Sturgeon is set to resign as Scotland’s first minister after more than eight years in the role, the BBC has reported. Thewill make the announcement at a news conference in Edinburgh at 11am today, but her date of departure from the office has not yet been confirmed.
Earlier this week, Salmond attacked his former protégé, saying ‘Thirty years of gradually building, building, building till we get independence over 50 per cent and then thrown away with some self-indulgent nonsense…hardly… the most astute manoeuvre when we’re meant to be taking Scotland to its next date with destiny.’
Sturgeon insisted that the next general election would instead be a ‘de facto’ referendum, meaning that if pro-independence parties received more than 50% of the vote, her government would start negotiations with its UK counterpart. It was a big ask - even at the height of its modern popularity the SNP failed to breach the 50% target – as Downing Street is technically under no obligation to accept the vote as mandate.
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