RugbyRebels

So that's the end of Nicola Sturgeon. After 8 years as First Minister she is resigning. Her resignation speech had shades of Ahern in suggesting that she simply had reached a point where she didn't have the energy to continue.

Will this help or hamper the cause of Scottish independence? Lots of people I know north of the border argue that the SNP has had a very easy ride from the media who have not made a huge deal of its patchy performance in government. Yet Sturgeon seems to have been one of those politicians who is able to remain riding high regardless.Is there a natural successor?

She probably wants to go out while Scottish rugby is on a high.

ie before they meet Ireland.

There is no natural successor. The cupboard is about as bare as it gets.

In saying she might no have had the energy to continue, let's not forget, her husband is currently under police investigation for financial fraud, and she has been found to have lied in and to parliament several times. It's a bit like saying Boris went because he couldn't be arsed with it all any longer.

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:01 pm There is no natural successor. The cupboard is about as bare as it gets.

In saying she might no have had the energy to continue, let's not forget, her husband is currently under police investigation for financial fraud, and she has been found to have lied in and to parliament several times. It's a bit like saying Boris went because he couldn't be arsed with it all any longer.

I wasn't aware that her husband was under investigation, thanks for that. I'm always sceptical when a political decides to resign, whether they have genuinely run out of gas or whether they have 'read the runes' and realised their support base is dwindling and its best to get ahead of the inevitable rather than cling on for another 12 months and have the shame of being ousted.

Opinion polls & approval ratings on the slide, Supreme Court, Section 35, Ferries, A9..list goes on; she sees it would be a long painful slog ahead with uncertain returns unlike more attractive opportunities lying ahead on the global stage (maybe).
Forbes, Brown, McAllan ?...not exactly Phil Collins following Peter Gabriel ( a Jeremy Vine line.).but who knows.
The core SNP following will be there, but always a risk of damaging splintering and infighting after a departure like this.
A few messy looking investigations thrown in - will be a tough challenge for sure.

who has she re-signed for?

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:01 pm There is no natural successor. The cupboard is about as bare as it gets.

In saying she might no have had the energy to continue, let's not forget, her husband is currently under police investigation for financial fraud, and she has been found to have lied in and to parliament several times. It's a bit like saying Boris went because he couldn't be arsed with it all any longer.

Very clever at presentation- making people look one way, whilst all sorts of shyte was going on over there....Boris like, in fact. I laughed when I read her plea for dropping down hysteria and irrationality, when her whole schtick was based on emotion and rhetoric.

Glad she’s gone, that the numerous feck ups of her govt. have come home to roost and that the ‘if it weren’t for London’ schtick couldn’t hide all said feck ups. That said, as with Boris being replaced, the grass isn’t always greener and can in fact be yellower.

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Wed Feb 15, 2023 6:08 pm Glad she’s gone, that the numerous feck ups of her govt. have come home to roost and that the ‘if it weren’t for London’ schtick couldn’t hide all said feck ups. That said, as with Boris being replaced, the grass isn’t always greener and can in fact be yellower.

Or come with brown sticky stuff attached…

Looks like things are going to get really messy before the election of a new leader..
A carpet cleaner of the highest order may be required.

I see the Forbes' campaign is going... er... well...

The criminal charge last month against that successful transport business lady, seemed a bit odd at the time.

Humza remembering differently to Salmond, Swinney stepping down, murmurs of joint accounts - looks like the Continuity plan may struggle.

Sturgeons husband has been arrested:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... dApp_Other


This will just be one more thing that she doesn't know/can't remember anything about. Oh, and he'll get off Scot free, of course.

Latest reports are of the police digging up evidence from The Murrell's back garden????

Donny osmond wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 6:11 pm Latest reports are of the police digging up evidence from The Murrell's back garden????

Spare keys for the Motorhome ?..
Competitions on now for first sight of her ring-finger
All appears very staged.

It turns out the auditors looking at SNP finances resigned last October and the leadership at the time kept it a secret from EVERYONE ELSE and no one knew a thing, honest, until this week when suddenly everyone knew. The SNP have had such problems appointing new auditors that they've had to inform the electoral commission that they probably won't be able to submit their account before the cut off in July.

People from outside Scotland need to take a look at the unholy shitshow that she's left behind and wonder just how good of a politician she actually was.

She was a brilliant politician…

Mellsblue wrote: ↑Wed Apr 12, 2023 11:40 am She was a brilliant politician…

still a MSP for time being