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SNP national executive to meet to set out ‘shortened’ process for ‘contested’ election

Scotland’s first minister seized control of the narrative and timing, leaving no obvious successor

Labour Party mulling over the opportunity Ms Sturgeon’s departure could present at the next UK-wide election

The Labour Party mulled over the opportunity Ms Sturgeon’s departure could present it at the next UK-wide election.

Five people share their views on what the first minister has – or has not – achieved

With the cause of Scottish independence stalled by a Westminster government veto on a new referendum, nationalist leader Nicola Sturgeon on Wednesday offered a new approach to break the deadlock - her resignation as first minister of Scotland.

When Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand’s prime minister a few weeks ago, Nicola Sturgeon assured voters she still had plenty left in the tank. Yet apparently, Scotland’s first minister had been thinking about her own future for some time. She said so in her resignation speech on Wednesday, which…

Mr Anderson was at Westminster when two Lib Dem councillors delivered the posters on Wednesday, and he said that they had ‘failed’

As she resigns after eight years in the top job, Robbie Smith looks back on a remarkable career — and asks what’s next for the SNP’s ‘nippy sweetie’?

As the sun rose over Calton Hill above Edinburgh on the misty morning of September 19 2014 the dream of Scottish independence lay shattered.

She said she will continue as an MSP on the backbenches at Holyrood.