LONDON — Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday (Feb 15) she will resign as first minister of Scotland on Wednesday after eight years in the job, leaving office with no clear successor and with the question of independence unresolved. She told a news conference at her official Bute House residence in Edinburgh that she would remain leader of Scotland's devolved government...
The BBC cited a source close to Nicola Sturgeon as saying "she's had enough".LONDON — Nicola Sturgeon said on Wednesday she will resign as first minister of Scotland on Wednesday after eight years in the job, leaving office with no clear successor and with the question of independence unresolved.
Sturgeon became the leader of the ruling Scottish National Party in the wake of its 2014 independence referendum when the country voted 55 per cent to 45 per cent to remain as part of Britain. But she suffered a blow in November when the UK's top court ruled that the Scottish government could not hold a second referendum without approval from the British parliament.
The Conservative government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak responded by saying it would block the Bill, the first time it had invoked the power to veto a Scottish law, because it would have a broader impact on the UK.
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