Annie Brown says on the global stage Sturgeon represented the possibilities beyond a world contaminated by the sexist strongmen of populism
This fixture of female power lists was the antithesis of the macho old guard of Scotland’s previous incumbents.
The poverty gap still gapes, but there is no doubting there was heart in Sturgeon’s fight against it. When those social media role models were promoting their handbag line, she was being admired for her substance, her smarts and social conscience. Of course, in right-wing English media circles, she was skewered for it in an endless replay of the “Wee Jimmy Krankie” jibes. This was not a “joke” but an insult not just to her but to women and all Scots and came from an innate sense of superiority.
Yesterday she said: “I feel more and more each day now that the fixed opinions people increasingly have about me, some fair and others a little more than caricature, are being used as barriers to reasoned debate in our country.” The trans issue and her controversial insistence the general election is a de-facto referendum have been cited as contributing to her resignation.
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