[61][62] This marked the first death in Scotland and Europe. The victims of drugs and their families were failed. [67] Sturgeon said the Scottish Government would "not wait" for Westminster to build a high-speed line to Scotland. [246], In August 2021 the Scottish Government announced there had been 1,339 drug deaths in the previous year a new record high. I owe the Daily Mail big time for that', "Election 2015: SNP wins 56 of 59 seats in Scots landslide", "SNP planning to honour Nicola Sturgeon with statue in Scottish Parliament", "Nicola Sturgeon crowned 'Politician of the Year', "Nicola Sturgeon ranked second most powerful woman in UK", "Nicola Sturgeon tops Woman's Hour power list", "Voting SNP is the only way to ensure Scotland can be heard, says Nicola Sturgeon", "Nicola Sturgeon announces wedding plans", "Nicola Sturgeon ties the knot but she won't be calling herself Mrs Murrell", "Nicola Sturgeon spills the beans on her home life as she reveals she's a disaster in the kitchen Daily Record", "Nicola Sturgeon discusses favourite books with author Maggie O'Farrell | The Scotsman", " I love reading it gives me a lot of joy and helps with the stresses and strains of work. [citation needed] She later studied law at the University of Glasgow School of Law, graduating with a Bachelor of Laws (Hons) in 1992 and a Diploma in Legal Practice the following year. The up side is that Peter understands what's going on and why I am late home all the time. The NFL team confirmed in a statement on Monday they would be retiring the name and logo. [144] Opposition parties criticised Sturgeon on disparity and contradictions between the narratives of Murrell and herself. After Salmond had told Tory MP Anna Soubry, "Behave yourself, woman" in 2015, Sturgeon said: "The fundamental question, 'does that language indicate that Alex Salmond is sexist?' Thatcher was the motivation for my entire political career. [93], On 20 November 2014, Sturgeon was sworn into office at the Court of Session in a ceremony presided by Lord Gill,[94][95] after receiving the royal warrant of appointment by Queen Elizabeth II. Kim adopted the nickname Potty Mouth back in 2015, as she watched on as her man played Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open semi-final. [46], Sturgeon served as Health Secretary in Salmond's first, and for a year, in his second cabinet. [228][229][230] In the 2021 SNP manifesto, Sturgeon committed the party once again to reform the Gender Recognition Act 2004 of the UK Parliament and in August that year included the commitment in her agreement with the Scottish Greens on power-sharing. Boundary changes meant that the notional Labour majority in the seat had increased substantially. Bryson was initially sent to a women's prison before being moved to a men's prison[235] Sturgeon refused to say if she regards Bryson as a man or woman, though she used female pronouns when talking about Bryson. 
The veto of the legislation, under the auspices of the Scotland Act of 1998, marked the first time in the roughly quarter of a century since devolution that the British government had overruled an action by Scotlands Parliament. [115] Sturgeon announced her intention to seek a second term in office as a minority government. [16] She developed a passion for books and reading which continued into adult life. She won a seat as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) in the new legislative bodys first election in 1999. "[55] The following day, she confirmed that these were cases of the swine influenza A (H1N1) virus. [123] An emergency Scottish cabinet meeting on 25 June agreed that the Scottish Government would seek to enter negotiations with the EU and its member states, to explore options to protect Scotland's place in the EU. "[164], In April 2020 whistle-blowers in the NHS came forward to reveal that staff were being made to reuse dirty personal protective equipment (PPE) while at work. [234], In 2023, Sturgeon was criticised in connection with the Isla Bryson case, in which a transgender woman who had raped two women when named Adam Graham began self-identifying as a woman after being charged. On 15 February 2023, Sturgeon announced her intention to resign the leadership of the SNP and as First Minister; she was succeeded by her Health Secretary, Humza Yousaf, who won a leadership election held the following month. If you are as appalled as we are at the path this Westminster government is taking, come and join us. Nicola Sturgeon, (born July 19, 1970, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland), first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party (201423), Scotlands fifth leaderand first woman leadersince the establishment of the Scottish Parliament and government in 1999. [327], Sturgeon won the Scottish Politician of the Year Award in 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019. "[249], In July 2022 the figures for 2021 were released, revealing that 1,330 had died nine fewer than in 2020. [242] In December 2020 figures were released revealing that 1,264 people in Scotland had died from drug overdoses in 2019 the highest number in Europe per head and more than double the number in 2014. As the expected date approached for new British Prime Minister Theresa Mays invoking of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treatywhich would trigger separation negotiations between the United Kingdom and the EUSturgeons indignation at Mays hard Brexit approach led her to offer Scotland as a sanctuary for disaffected Britons in her speech to the SNPs spring conference in mid-March 2017: Scotland isnt full up. Most of the chapters are How to guides for would-be keepers. In the wake of these developments, Sturgeon made a surprising announcement on February 15, 2023, that she would be resigning as SNP leader and first minister, not because of mounting pressure in response to her handling of these issues but because she felt that she could no longer bring the energy to her job that was necessary to perform it. Nicola Sturgeon detests Tories and still craves independence. [329][330] She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2014. [200][201][202], Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament of her "deep regret" that islanders were enduring such chaos and said that the Government was "learning lessons from this experience". [305] Following Johnson's appointment as British prime minister, she claimed he "rambled" in his first speech outside 10 Downing Street and suggested he was "blame shifting". [293][294][228], In April 2020, the reforms were again delayed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [27], Sturgeon served as Shadow Minister for Health and Community Care from 2000 to 2003, and Shadow Minister for Justice from 2003 to 2004. But the journalist never asked how she might have felt about being called wee. Come here to live, work, invest, or study. As May was triggering the separation negotiations with the EU in late March, Sturgeon won support from the Scottish Parliament to formally request that the British government grant Scotland the powers to hold a new independence referendum by spring 2019, when Britain was expected to formally leave the EU. [172][173], At a session of First Minister's Questions in June 2021, Sturgeon was asked about mistakes made early on in the pandemic and she replied: "If I could turn the clock back, would we go into lockdown earlier than we did? Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive, has been arrested following an investigation into the party's finances. Call Now! We believe that the value of marriage should be clearly referred to in the guidelines, without denigrating other relationships or children brought up in other kinds of relationship." She has described herself as being an austere teen whose style tended towards goth, adding that if you see pictures of me back then, you would struggle to know whether I was a boy or a girl. Following the referendum defeat, Sturgeon said that "further devolution is the route to independence". 3: Robert Aderholt and Alabama's 4th District", "Sturgeon backs Catalan referendum calls", "Iain Macwhirter: Madrid should have learned the lesson of the Scottish independence referendum", "Nicola Sturgeon has first audience with the Queen", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon leads Scottish tributes to Queen", "First Minister Nicola Sturgeon: 'The Queen was special to Scotland', "Nicola Sturgeon attacks 'Westminster austerity economics', "What's in the SNP's growth commission report? In 2022 Audit Scotland concluded that the final price tag for the vessels would be somewhere between 250m and 400m once the ships were finished in 2023. Her second term was dominated by the result of the 2016 Brexit referendum, when the UK voted to leave the European Union, in spite of 62% of votes in Scotland backing remaining in the EU. 
", "Donald Trump is 'misogyny at its worst' says Sturgeon", "Scottish independence: Sexist envoy Tony Abbott is boost for second referendum, says Nicola Sturgeon", "Sturgeon slams 'sexist' tweet by Labour MSP Neil Findlay", "Sturgeon Insists Salmond is the 'Least Sexist Man' She Knows", "Sturgeon rejects sexist jibe about Salmond", "Challenge friends over sexist conduct, Nicola Sturgeon urges men", "Men must challenge misogynistic behaviour, says Nicola Sturgeon", "Several women 'close to quitting SNP over gender recognition plans', "Joanna Cherry accuses SNP colleagues of 'performative histrionics' over transgender issue", "Anger over trans woman on all-female SNP shortlist", "Why has the SNP been accused of 'transphobic views' and who is Teddy Hope? She opposed the decision made and criticised Scottish Secretary Alister Jack for blocking the bill and said that the decision was an attack on the Scottish Parliament and Scottish democracy as a whole and said that the matter would be brought to the courts. Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell arrested in connection with SNP investigation. [119], In response to the result, on 24 June 2016, Sturgeon said that Scottish Government officials would begin planning for a second independence referendum. 
[250] Annemarie Ward, chief executive at the FAVOR Scotland charity, said: "Nicola Sturgeon said she would make it her national mission to save lives but were still losing more than 1000 people a year. Initially, the Scottish Government resisted banning public events and on 12 March allowed 47,000 fans to attend a Rangers match at Ibrox, insisting that, "stopping mass gatherings [is] not the best way to contain this virus. [255] In some local authorities the attainment gap between the richest and poorest students had widened. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Sturgeon stood for election to the Scottish Parliament in the first Scottish Parliament election in 1999 as the SNP candidate for Glasgow Govan. First Minister of Scotland from 2014 to 2023, Deputy First Minister of Scotland (20072014), Leadership of the Scottish National Party, Criticism of Boris Johnson administration. 
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