Nicola Sturgeon's brand of nationalism was just as dangerous as Boris Johnson's Brexit hysteria ✒️ ianbirrell via ipaperviews
Ian Birrell: ‘For nationalism, rooted in a culture of blame, disunity and grievance, is inherently malign.’ Nicola Sturgeon is standing down as Scotland’s First Minister
Sturgeon’s impressive political skills are beyond dispute. “Eight election victories in eight years as first minister, that’s the verdict that matters to me,” she declared in her 286th and final session of question time at Holyrood last week.
Sturgeon’s track record is all the more dispiriting given the power she has enjoyed, which might have permitted her party to drive through radical reforms. Instead, the one time she attempted something genuinely daring with gender self-identification, she was outflanked by opponents.
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