She's come a long way since being nicknamed "Seaweed" at school - back then even the tide wouldn't take her out. [265][failed verification], Sturgeon is a constitutional monarchist, telling journalists that it is "a model that has many merits". She has been a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, first as an additional member for the Glasgow electoral region, and as the member for Glasgow Southside (formerly Glasgow Govan) from 2007. [132][133] Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell, was called to this inquiry to give evidence on 8 December 2020. In her new role Sturgeon oversaw the legislative process for the 2014 referendum on Scottish Independence and she was in charge of the SNP's referendum campaign. However, that decision is not for today. 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[307], Sturgeon was elected leader of the SNP at a time the party enjoyed a surge in membership. In 2004, with five years in the Scottish Parliament under her belt, Ms Sturgeon ran on a joint ticket with Alex Salmond for him to be leader and her to be deputy leader. We meant it", resonated in areas that had voted strongly for the Union in 2014. and in August that year included the commitment in her agreement with the Scottish Greens on power sharing. She also served as Cabinet Secretary for Health, Infrastructure, and Parliament. [263] Sturgeon highlighted that Spain should follow "the shining example" that was created as part of the Edinburgh Agreement between the Scottish and British Governments that allowed Scotland to hold a legally binding referendum. After the SNPs success in the 2007 Scottish Parliament elections, Ms Sturgeon became Deputy First Minister and Health Secretary. As Health Secretary, she scrapped prescription charges and was widely recognised for her handling of the 2009 swine flu pandemic. [106] She was formally nominated for a second term on 17 May, defeating Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie by a vote of 63 to 5, with 59 members abstaining. [38] As Salmond was still an MP in the House of Commons, Sturgeon led the SNP at the Scottish Parliament until the 2007 election, when Salmond was elected as an MSP. On Salmond's resignation, Sturgeon said: The personal debt of gratitude I owe Alex is immeasurable. We feel we are being lied to. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. [8] On November 23, 2022, the UK Supreme Court ruled the Scottish government cannot hold an independence referendum without the UK government's consent. The conversation will go back to what it should be about people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. [100] On 21 November, she unveiled her Cabinet with a 50/50 gender balance, promoting Finance Secretary John Swinney to become her Deputy First Minister. She has made several demands for a Section 30 order, however, they have been declined by both Theresa May and Boris Johnson, with Liz Truss stating she would "ignore"[6][7] Sturgeon's future requests. Scottish hospitals will be allowed to cancel non-urgent operations and move patients into care homes to help tackle "exceptional and severe" pressures on the NHS, Nicola Sturgeon has announced . Mrs May said repeatedly that now is not the time for yet another referendum. [160] This followed an open letter two months earlier, written by 200 church leaders to Sturgeon, warning her that the prohibition could be unlawful. Overall, it concluded that ministers "could have been better prepared to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic". The fallout from the Alex Salmond affair is a potential problem. [175] Per head, Scotland's death rate among the homeless is the highest in Britain. [292] 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". Photograph: Fraser Bremner/Daily Mail/PA Sturgeon became a high-profile figure in Scottish politics and often clashed with First Minister Jack McConnell at First Minister's Questions. SNP convener Derek Mackay publicly congratulated Sturgeon as de facto leader in waiting, saying that she would be "a fantastic new leader" for both the SNP and for Scotland. [102] The party received 50% of the vote share in Scotland and replaced the Liberal Democrats as the third largest party in the British House of Commons. [207], In August 2021, Sturgeon wrote to Prime Minister Boris Johnson, asking him whether the development of the Cambo oil field west of Shetland should be "reassessed in light of the severity of the climate emergency". If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Absolutely not, there's no man I know who is less sexist. Nicola nicknames: Nico, Nic, Nikki, Nick, Niki, Nicola nicknames and names Nicknames, cool fonts, symbols and stylish names for Nicola - Nico, Nic, Nikki, Nick, Niki, . "[210] In November 2021, although no assessment had taken place, Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament she believed the oilfield "should not get the green light". [90][91], Nominations for the SNP leadership closed on 15 October, with Sturgeon confirmed as the only candidate. [236] She sought the Prime Minister to consent to the vote by signing a section 30 order, a move that Downing Street has refused to comply. Here, we look at the rise of the woman at the top of Scottish politics. Share the symbol Niko or copy to use from the list. [68] In June 2012, the Alcohol (Minimum Pricing) (Scotland) Act 2012 was passed after receiving support from the Liberal Democrats, Conservatives and Greens. [95] In her first speech as leader, Sturgeon said that it was "the privilege of her life" to lead the party she joined as a teenager. The down side is that you just end up talking about it all the time and you never leave it outside. [18] Her grandmother married Robert Sturgeon, a gardener from Ayr, at St Paul's Parish Church in 1943, and they both eventually moved back to the south west of Scotland. [139] Among the election casualties was Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson, who lost her seat in East Dunbartonshire. [248], While foreign policy remains a reserved matter,[249] Sturgeon has undertaken a number of visits to Europe, North America and Asia to promote Scotland as a place of investment and Scottish businesses to trade and do business with. She ordered a review of the thorny issue of hospital car parking charges - as high as 7 in some areas - and, after years of campaigning in opposition, found herself in a position to announce an inquiry into the infection of NHS patients with Hepatitis C and HIV from tainted blood products. [103] Sturgeon had stated that the party's success in the election was not a mandate for another independence, but primarily for a stronger voice for Scotland in London. [citation needed], In the mid-1990s Sturgeon and Charles Kennedy went together on a political study visit to Australia.[27][28]. MPs lined up to support Scottish Secretary Alister Jack in the Commons as he laid out. So thats why weve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. Following the referendum defeat, Sturgeon said that "further devolution is the route to independence". The national mission is failing. [130], On 15 January 2019, the Scottish Parliament agreed to hold its own inquiry into the matter, the Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints,[131] to investigate how the Government breached its own guidelines in its original investigation into the harassment claims against Salmond, and then lost a judicial review into their actions and had to pay over 500,000 to Salmond for legal expenses. [56][57], On 26 April 2009, the Scottish Government announced two people, who had returned from Mexico, had been admitted to Monklands Hospital in Airdrie after experiencing "mild flu-like symptoms". The SNP leader, who entered the Scottish Parliament when it was created in 1999 aged 26, said she was surrounded by middle-aged men at the start of her political career. [70], In December 2012, Sturgeon said that she believed that independence would allow Scotland to build a stronger and more competitive country, and would change spending priorities to address "the scandal of soaring poverty in a country as rich as Scotland". [208] The letter represented a significant shift in policy for the SNP, which had historically been a strong supporter of the oil and gas industry; the party's blueprint for an independent Scotland in 2013 was predicated on tax revenue earned from domestic oil production, while Sturgeon had predicted in the run up to the referendum that, "Were on the verge of another North Sea bonanza". [222][223][224], 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". [29] Shortly after this, Sturgeon was appointed as the SNP's spokesperson for energy and education matters. [93], At a speech in Dundee's Caird Hall on 7 November, Sturgeon pledged to be "the most accessible First Minister ever" when she took over. 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. [15][16] Her younger sister, Gillian Sturgeon, is an NHS worker. [150], During the early stages of the pandemic 1,300 elderly hospital patients were transferred into care homes without receiving a negative coronavirus test result. Scotland would then have to reapply for EU membership and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso predicted this would be "extremely difficult, if not impossible". [126][127], Several weeks later Sturgeon told the Scottish Parliament that she would "reset" and delay her plans for a second independence referendum; the SNP losses in that month's election had led her to conclude that many Scots "just want a break from making big political decisions". [113] 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. [194][195], In the 2021 SNP manifesto, Sturgeon committed the party once again to reform the Gender Recognition Act[196] Across Scotland, 62% of voters backed the UK remaining a member of the EU, with 38% voting for the UK to leave. This win resulted in Sturgeon becoming the first First Minister in the history of the Scottish Parliament to form a third government. [288][289][290][291], Sturgeon has been highly critical towards the leadership of Boris Johnson's government. [140][141][142][143] In the wake of the results, Sturgeon said that Prime Minister Boris Johnson has "no right" to stand in the way of another Scottish independence referendum after an "overwhelming" SNP election victory. [266] On the day Queen Elizabeth II became Britain's longest reigning monarch, Sturgeon travelled with her to open the Borders Railway and told a crowd of well-wishers: "She [The Queen] has carried out Her duties with dedication, wisdom and an exemplary sense of public service. "[64] Four days later, a Scottish woman, with underlying health conditions, died at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. READ MORE:How Iran praised Jeremy Corbyn for shaking British ruling class. [302], Speaking after Johnson had resigned in 2022, Sturgeon said that he was the only prime minister she had worked with who was a disgrace to the office". [253], In response to the Brexit vote, to discuss Scotland's interests, Sturgeon travelled to Brussels to meet with both Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission as well as Martin Schulz, the President of the European Parliament.[254][255]. Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, 49, was born in Irvine, Scotland. She is the first woman to hold either position. The FM may be a wee wummin but she is head and shoulders above Boris, the bumbling buffoon who splutters and stutters and staggers his way from one crisis to the next. 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I AM now 80 and have been a member of the SNP for more than half of that time. If Scotland was outside Europe, they would lose the right to stay here."[79][80]. [20] Sturgeon was a fan of Wham! [35], However, once Cunningham emerged as the favourite to win,[35] Salmond announced that his intention to stand for the leadership; Sturgeon subsequently withdrew from the contest and declared her support for Salmond, standing instead as his running mate for the depute leadership. [164][165] The following week Sturgeon received an official reprimand from Police Scotland after a video emerged of her campaigning in a barber shop without a mask. [53] Sturgeon oversaw the scrapping of prescription charges In Scotland, an election pledge by the SNP originally for the chronically ill and those with cancer. [312], Sturgeon won the Scottish Politician of the Year Award in 2008, 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2019. [125] Observers also concluded that opposition to the EU's Common Fisheries Policy in coastal communities was a factor behind large swings to the Tories in North East seats previously held by nationalists for decades. Issuing apologies now is too late for thousands of people. [111] Sturgeon said it was "democratically unacceptable" that Scotland could be taken out of the EU "against its will".[112]. This will be the last chance of gaining independence for a generation. Answer (1 of 3): The version I heard is this. Nicola Sturgeon is a Scottish politician. [146] On 23 March, Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Sturgeon ordered Scotland into "lockdown", limiting the reasons as to why people may leave their homes in an increase attempt to limit the spread of the virus, to protect the health of the population, as well as to ease the pressure the virus places on NHS Scotland services and workforce. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. 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