How did Nicola Sturgeon rise to power?

The short answer is she is good at her job,. When she was Cabinet Secretary for Health, her first actions were to halt two unpopular hospital closures and remove the irritating and inefficient staff parking charges. She is exceptionally well briefed. read more

The process in which the Salmond-Sturgeon power swap took place is very similar to the transition from David Cameron to Theresa May as leader of the Tory Party and Prime Minister of the UK. read more

Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon was born in Ayrshire Central Hospital in Irvine, on 19 July 1970. She is the eldest of three daughters born to Robin Sturgeon (born 1948), an electrician, and Joan Kerr Sturgeon (née Ferguson, born 1952), a dental nurse. read more

Nicola Sturgeon's SNP ahead of Labour in new poll Rivals blast SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon's plans for full fiscal autonomy The controversy once again pushes to the forefront of British politics a woman who is proving to be one of the UK's most formidable operators. read more