Nicola Sturgeons has finally got her independence.

That marriage has been over for years. The cynical nature of it's being announced to try to deflect from what she'd been saying last week about Alex Salmond is what is so infuriating. The woman has no shame.

What a nasty thread It's sad whenever a marriage ends and not funny

HousePlantQueen

Nobody knows what goes on in a marriage apart from the two people in it. It's not a humorous subject either

Totally agree, a sad occasion for any couple and not an occasion for gossip.

I understood her real Love, lives in France? Just saying

Might as well be these days Allira

ViceVersa

nanna8

Where’s Scotland ?

God's own country

I thought that was Yorkshire!

Apparently, although I don't necessarily agree. 😀

Joking of course- my granddaughter had a DNA test and is nearly 50 % Scottish ( me,only 15) . Our closest friends are Scots, they are gorgeous people.

nanna8

Where’s Scotland ?

God's own country

Where’s Scotland ?

This is all smoke and mirrors. What I want to know is why is Operation Branchform taking so long? Also, if I was an SNP member ( I'm not) where is the £600,000 of missing money? SNP members paid that money and I don't understand why they are not demanding to know where it is/ what it was spent on. Why is no one investigating the original auditors. They did not seem to be auditing anything Where is the £61m of the farmer's money? People are not asking the right questions.

Nicola Sturgeon would have had no official role at Charles' coronation as she had resigned by then. I can find no evidence that she attended in a private capacity. She was First Minister when the queen died so it may have been the Queen's funeral you are thinking of Nanna8.
Regardless, I consider this a tasteless thread which, of course, was gleefully jumped on by those who dislike her politics.

nanna8

At the coronation service I asked who she was as I hadn’t come across her before. Very feisty and opinionated. Likely a fun person privately but not a good public persona.

I don't think Nicola Sturgeon attended the King's Coronation. Although she's a privy councillor l don't think she was invited.

She's moved in with Val McDermid.

Humza who? That's politics!

My apologies to Humza Yousaf .
I shall sit in the corner, (Pedants’ Corner) of course in contrition and shame.

If you're going to criticise someone for not knowing who Nicola Sturgeon is, then you could at least spell Humza Yousaf's name right.

nanna8

At the coronation service I asked who she was as I hadn’t come across her before. Very feisty and opinionated. Likely a fun person privately but not a good public persona.

Seriously? Hadn’t come across her before?
I know Oz is the other side of the world, but she was Scotlands First Minister for 8 years until 2023.
TBH I had forgotten whether she was there or not, I suppose former Leaders were invited along with PMs.
Did you recognise Hamza Yousaf in the Coronation footage?

Granniesunite- I should do - she's publicised herself enough.

Aveline

I have no respect for Sturgeon.

At least you got her surname right.

At the coronation service I asked who she was as I hadn’t come across her before. Very feisty and opinionated. Likely a fun person privately but not a good public persona.

Never really liked the woman, but I can’t help feeling a bit sorry for her.
How far she’s fallen.

It's sad when people have to live their lives in the public eye and have everyone knowing all their business.
Still, I suppose it is their choice.

I have no respect for Sturgeon.

Litterpicker

“She is now in the winter of her first-ministership, which is all too apparent, but the personal commitment she has shown to her job over the past nine years, the steadiness with which she has carried on in what at times have been difficult and draining circumstances, the burden she has uncomplainingly borne, is not to be lightly dismissed. She has shown greater personal integrity than Boris Johnson, more skilful management of her party than Theresa May, and, well, better everything than Liz Truss.” Chris Deerin in The New Statesman 20 January 2023

To criticise politicians’ policies is one thing but to make unsubstantiated comments about personal motivation and character strikes me as unworthy. The article I quote above ultimately regards Nicola Sturgeon’s political career as a failure but it gives her the respect that I think she is due.

Good post!

Casdon

Oreo

Casdon

It amazes me that people think a marriage breaking up is an excuse for bitchy comments. Politics is one thing, say whatever you like about that, but the end of a marriage? Seriously?

Brought about by their own shenanigans so hard to feel sorry for them.

I must be clutching my pearls as Rosie’sMaw suggests. I’ve got no problem with anybody criticising any politicians for their political actions or bad decisions. For me, making fun of their marriage woes is off limits, there has to be a dividing line between public and private lives.

I’ve got no problem with anybody criticising any politicians for their political actions or bad decisions

It's a fine dividing line in this case, though, because the SNP First Minister's husband was also the CEO of the SNP and was suspected of dodgy dealings.

It's sad the marriage broke down but it presumably must have something to do with Murrell's actions.
Although perhaps Nicola Sturgeon isn't sad, just relieved.

We don't know.