Nichola Sturgeon has destroyed her own reputation
My Spectator article on how Sturgeon’s departure was always going to be a shock, but it needn’t have been a crisis
I don’t know about voter’s remorse but there was precious little remorse from Nicola Sturgeon on Loose Women on Monday for the chaos she inflicted on her party by resigning in pique without giving it a chance to organise an orderly transition. She showed all the insouciance of a teenager who had just wrecked the family car. Nothing to do with me – it’s really your fault for giving me the keys.
It was fitting that Nicola Sturgeon should have decided to deliver her valedictory, not to a committee of her peers in parliament – she reportedly sidestepped an invitation from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee – but to a gaggle of D-list daytime celebs on Loose Women.
At any rate, Sturgeon doesn’t seem to be much concerned with her legacy. Most commentators, myself included, had considerable respect for Nicola Sturgeon as a politician. Even those who objected to her politics admitted that she was good at her job: hard working, dedicated, intelligent, responsible. Not anymore.
What did she have against the SNP to treat them this way? What did they do to her – other than shower her with praise and try to make sense of her increasingly erratic and headstrong behaviour? Who does she think she is?
What I can't figure out is why she was able to appear so relaxed and laid back when she appeared on Loose Women yesterday and elsewhere when there is so much absolute chaos within her Party right now all caused by her.
Either the fix is in or she's a darn good actress. To add insult to injury one of her final claims is that she is not "out of step" with the public on GRR. She is defiant to the end on GRR. She is still lying about it.
You hit the nail on the head, Iain, with her lumbering us with a nobody to try to make her look good. The alternative is that she’d have to look in the mirror and admit that the person she sees is a serial failure. I don’t accept the good politician bit, she was better than the competition but has been responsible for destroying our public services, ignoring our businesses, dividing our country and alienating women in favour of men who think they’re women. Good riddance.