Sturgeon - "I want to be judged"

While Nicola Sturgeon is desperately trying to rebuild her public image (instead of doing her day job as a Glasgow MSP) Alex Massie points out the former First Minister has been a miserable failure:

"Let me be clear - I want to be judged on this. If you are not, as First Minister, prepared to put your neck on the line on the education of our young people then what are you prepared to do. It really matters." 

Scotland's attainment gap now is 17.1 compared to 16.9 in 2019 when Sturgeon was halfway through her 10 years in office.

A case of 'say what you mean - and mean what you say'?


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