April 05, 2023 5:30 pm
Peter Murrell, 58, resigned as the party’s chief executive on March 18 amid a controversy about the party’s declining membership and the contest to replace Sturgeon.
March 23, 2023 9:42 pm
Sturgeon's departure was hastened by a backlash over legislation she championed to make it easier for people in Scotland to legally change their gender.
March 28, 2023 7:43 am
Yousaf became the first Muslim to be appointed as a minister to the Scottish Government in 2012. Now, he will succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the governing Scottish National Party.
February 16, 2023 10:40 pm
Their resignations point to the toll the vitriol they face takes on politicians
May 09, 2021 4:07 pm
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the result meant she would push ahead with plans for a second independence referendum once the COVID-19 pandemic was over, adding that it would be absurd and outrageous if Johnson were to try to ignore the democratic will of the people.
May 07, 2021 7:38 am
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who leads the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP,) has described this election as the most important in her country’s history.
December 01, 2020 1:12 pm
The Scottish leader has refused to rule out legal action to force a Scottish independence referendum. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has refused a second vote on the issue after Scotland voted to stay in the UK in 2014.
October 07, 2018 9:58 pm
Britain as a whole voted in 2016 to leave the EU but Scottish voters backed staying in the bloc.
June 27, 2017 9:21 pm
Sturgeon said she would 'reset' the timetable for holding a referendum by spring 2019, when Britain is expected to leave the European Union
June 02, 2017 10:39 pm
Theresa May's office says she spoke to President Donald Trump after his announcement and ``expressed her disappointment with the decision.''




