Alex Massie on the Sturgeon succession
Nicola Sturgeon's resignation on Wednesday morning was a slightly puzzling political event – 'shocking', in the sense that it heralds the departure of a politician who has occupied the highest perch in Scottish politics for so long, but also not all that surprising, given both the First Minister's recent political travails and the fact she had started to openly discuss how long she'd be in the top job.
So what comes next? Who will succeed Sturgeon and how will her exit affect the cause of independence?
To run the rule over Sturgeon's record and the shape of the succession, we were delighted…
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