Nicola Sturgeon, who has had the longest tenure of any Scottish first minister, has announced her plans to resign. Sturgeon said she would stay on until her Scottish National Party had completed the process of finding a successor.
Sturgeon, a strong advocate for Scottish independence, says decision was a long time comingNicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party , speaks during a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh where she announced she will stand down.Sturgeon, 52, said she would stay on until her Scottish National Party had completed the process of finding a successor.
She led her party to a resounding success at the 2015 U.K. election, winning 56 of 59 seats in Scotland and establishing it as Britain's third-largest party, before she retained control over the devolved parliament at more recent elections.But she has recently become embroiled in a row with the London government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, and some of her own voters, over a gender recognition bill, and London has blocked the path to another independence referendum.
Successive Conservative governments in London have said the 2014 referendum was a once-in-a-generation decision and could not be repeated so soon.Sturgeon said in response that she would turn the next British general election into a de facto referendum to ramp up pressure on London to grant another vote.
Sturgeon said Wednesday she believed in the fight for independence with "every fibre of my being" and vowed to continue to champion that cause. In recent months, Sturgeon became embroiled in a row over transgender policies after Scotland passed a bill to make it easier for people to change their legal gender.
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