Reversal Of Fortune
Nicola Sturgeon, sitting stony faced, had to listen to this man — THIS man — cover himself in the reflected glory of Madame Écosse!
— A Bairn of Jock Tamson (@nats_tired) July 16, 2023
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Iain Macwhirter's column in The Times focuses on the stunning reversal in fortune which has taken place since Nicola Sturgeon announced her sudden resignation as SNP leader and Scotland's First Minister.
"Whatever you thought of his politics, Salmond was a brilliant campaigner and an insurgent politician who could never regard politics as an exercise in cautious party management. At least, that is the story he has now written for himself."
"Nicola Sturgeon by contrast is now regarded by many in the party as a failure who plunged the SNP into needless chaos by resigning in a fit of pique in February and then turning the SNP into an episode of Line of Duty."