2 h. ago JK Rowling claims Sturgeon created a 'dystopian nightmare' in foul

JK Rowling has published a review of Nicola Sturgeon’s Frankly - and the Harry Potter author has not held back

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2 h. ago JK Rowling blasts Sturgeon memoirs as a 'shameless denial of reality and hard facts' in scathing review

Author JK Rowling has penned a scathing review of Nicola Sturgeon 's hotly anticipated memoirs on the day it was officially launched.

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3 h. ago JK Rowling rips into Nicola Sturgeon's memoir in brutal foul mouthed review

JK Rowling has published a scathing review of Nicola Sturgeon's memoir, Frankly, on her website.

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6 h. ago Sturgeon: I do not agree with Forbes being banned by Fringe venue

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes has been banned by the Summerhall venue because of her views on trans rights.

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7 h. ago Sturgeon says she could foster a child if her life ‘calms down sufficiently’

The former Scottish first minister spoke about the prospect at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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7 h. ago Sturgeon: I was not victim of ‘coercive control’ by former mentor Salmond

Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon was questioned on her relationship with her predecessor at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

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8 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon predicts Queen's death was 'beginning of the end' for monarchy in UK

The former first minister praised the late Queen's "mystique" which she claimed other members of the Royal Family lack.

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8 h. ago Sturgeon tells of fresh abuse in ‘toxic’ trans rights debate

The former Scottish first minister was speaking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Thursday.

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10 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon claims baby box will help reduce child poverty attainment gap 'in time'

The former first minister pledged in 2015 "to close the attainment gap completely" but latest exam results show it remains at 17 per cent.

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10 h. ago 'I could fall for a woman', says Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's former first minister explains why she doesn't see her sexuality as 'binary'

The former Scottish first minister said she was 'not sticking any labels' on her sexual orientation as she was quizzed about a passage in her newly-published memoir.

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14 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon admits 'soft spot' for the Daily Record and reveals paper helped her learn to read

The former first minister writes in her new book of her proud family connection to Scotland's number one newspaper.

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18 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon’s immense political talent is undeniable. The nationalism was the problem | Martin Kettle

Many of her admirers gloss over her desire to break up the UK as Scotland’s first minister. But in her open and touching memoir, it plays a starring roleNicola Sturgeon was – and still is – important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong, sometimes seriously so. There are examples of all these qualities in her newly published memoir, Frankly. Sturgeosceptics should concede at once that it contains much that is fascinating, especially about her relations with her charismatic mentor turned vengeful enemy Alex Salmond. Starry-eyed Sturgies should equally admit she made several deep and lasting errors that have left behind a divided nationalist party and movement.The book is more open and touching about private issues than most political memoirs, although Sturgeon deploys these qualities selectively. Many of the intimate reflections are about being a woman in politics. Other memoirs by female politicians – including those of Marg...

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31 h. ago Sturgeon’s ‘Stalinist’ approach disastrous for SNP, claims Joanna Cherry

Lawyer Joanna Cherry said she has never been friends with former first minister Nicola Sturgeon.

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31 h. ago Readers' letters: Calling Nicola Sturgeon 'divisive' is Orwellian revisionism

A reader takes issue with critics describing the ex-first minister as a ‘divisive’ figure

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31 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon's supportive lesbian circle as she says her sexuality isn't 'binary'... from TV presenter she shared warm embrace with to ally whose flat she used: GAVIN MADELEY

In her new memoir, Frankly, Nicola Sturgeon laughs off the baseless online rumours that she conducted some kind of lesbian affair with France 's ex-ambassador to the UK, Catherine Colonna.

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37 h. ago Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon: The secret to happiness? It’s not politics

Frankly is Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to “reveal the person behind the politician”. As she puts it, “The seemingly confident, combative woman who dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade, unnerved the Westminster establishment, helped lead Scotland to the verge of independence and steered it through a global pandemic, is painfully shy, an introvert.”

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38 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon book 'causing heartache for Alex Salmond's widow', claims former SNP minister

EXCLUSIVE: Alex Neil said the former first minister's "attacks" on her predecessor are hurting Moira, the later former first minister's widow.

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39 h. ago Nicola Sturgeon 'besmirching a man now dead' with attacks on Alex Salmond in new book

Kenny MacAskill, who succeeded Salmond as Alba Party leader, claimed Sturgeon had "demeaned the office of First Minister".

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53 h. ago JK Rowling pens searing 'review' of Nicola Sturgeon's autobiography as the pair's clash over gender rights rumbles on

Nicola Sturgeon's old nemesis, Harry Potter author JK Rowling, has once again taken a potshot at the former Scottish First minister by trolling her new autobiography 'Frankly' in a ruthless post online.

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56 h. ago Sturgeon: Salmond happier for SNP to be destroyed than succeed without him

The former first minister said she realised her ex-mentor came to view her as ‘public enemy number one’.

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