TheRedeemed
Well-Known Member
Scottish First Minster and SNP leader today announced her intention to stand down after 8 years in the job.
She was the U.K’s longest serving leader and has overseen the SNP‘s phenomenal rise to power in Scotland and at Westminster.
Her party failed to secure another independence referendum from Westminster, which was her flagship policy at the last Scottish general election.
Over her 8 years in the job she secured two general election victories in Scotland and saw the SNP grab 53 of the 59 Scottish seats in the U.K. Parliament. As recently as a dozen or so years ago the SNP were not just a minority party in the U.K. bagging as little as 6 of the 59 seats there, but also in Scotland where they regularly polled poor in elections.
It will be interesting to see who takes over in the leadership contest and if the SNP change tack and lose or maintain the popular vote in the next election.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64647907
She was the U.K’s longest serving leader and has overseen the SNP‘s phenomenal rise to power in Scotland and at Westminster.
Her party failed to secure another independence referendum from Westminster, which was her flagship policy at the last Scottish general election.
Over her 8 years in the job she secured two general election victories in Scotland and saw the SNP grab 53 of the 59 Scottish seats in the U.K. Parliament. As recently as a dozen or so years ago the SNP were not just a minority party in the U.K. bagging as little as 6 of the 59 seats there, but also in Scotland where they regularly polled poor in elections.
It will be interesting to see who takes over in the leadership contest and if the SNP change tack and lose or maintain the popular vote in the next election.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-64647907
