Page 421 - Peter Murrell News Today

“If you can’t be loved, you’d better be feared” has been a warning to leaders for as long as humankind has had bosses and people to boss around. It’s not entirely clear which of these, if either, Nicola Sturgeon is these days. There are those in the SNP who continue to cast palms in her path, but their faith in her seems more functional than quasi-spiritual – after all, her brand of technocratic incrementalism hardly makes the juices flow, but nevertheless it is the only game in t...

Nicola Sturgeon has questions to answer over finances, says Jenny Hjul. Her refusal shows the secrecy and arrogance at the top of the SNP

WILLIE Bruce (Letters, June 1) has got it right. This issue of the resignation of the SNP elected treasurer and members of the finance committee is…

Joanna Cherry becomes second MP to quit SNPs ruling body over transparency concerns The MP says she has been prevented from fulfilling her mandate of improving transparency and scrutiny in the party 31 May 2021 • 8:02pm Joanna Cherrys announcement came shortly after the SNPs treasurer resigned claiming he was not allowed enough information to do the job Credit:  Jane Barlow/PA Nicola Sturgeons most prominent SNP critic has become the latest senior party figure to quit its ruling body complai...

Nicola Sturgeon is in talks with the Scottish Greens to freshen the face of government and formalise Holyrood’s independence majority.

Subscription Notification We have noticed that there is an issue with your subscription billing details. Please update your billing details here Please update your billing information The subscription details associated with this account need to be updated. Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your subscription. Your subscription will end shortly Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in ...

Nicola Sturgeon has been lucky with her enemies – but trouble lies ahead The First Minister’s biggest problem is that there is little appetite for a second Scottish referendum among voters or Westminster. Nicola Sturgeon stands on the steps of Bute House with her new cabinet on 19 May 2021. Arrayed on the steps of Bute House on Wednesday, Nicola Sturgeon’s newly appointed Scottish cabinet kept the requisite two metres from one another. They looked like an unusual and slightly rash foo...

Comment After Thursday, many of the criticisms that have been made of Nicola Sturgeon should be consigned to the dustbin of history I DON’T ever remember anyone using the term “Sturgeonism”. But Sturgeonism surely exists and now might be a good time to give it a brand name. For it is impossible to dismiss the political triumph of Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon in last Thursday’s Scottish Parliament elections. And that very success has implications for Scotland, the UK and Europe. For...

Sturgeon predicts rift with Salmond will never heal NICOLA Sturgeon has said she does not expect to reconcile with Alex Salmond after the pair’s bitter falling out. The First Minister said she didn’t think she and her predecessor would ever “go back to the way things were”. It was a “source of quite deep sadness” for her, she said. The present and former SNP leaders fell out spectacularly in 2018 after the Scottish Government launched a probe into sexual misconduct claims ag...

Nicola Sturgeons SNP may not win a majority, but there is no doubt that there will be a pro-independence majority AN award-winning German political journalist has criticised the mainstream UK media’s focus on an SNP majority as Holyrood results come in. Annette Dittert, a senior correspondent at Germany’s ARD broadcaster, said a pro-independence majority is “certainly just as legitimate” and would be a mandate for a new referendum. The SNP gained three seats yesterday – Edinburg...