Scottish National Party

"There has been no question of Nicola’s talents as a first-rate political communicator and election winner and – having been there – I feel for her personally on the day of her resignation... There are two questions for the future. One is that the movement has been left with no clear strategy for independence. The previously accepted referendum route has been closed and the de facto referendum/election proposal is now, at best, up in the air. Secondly there is no obvious successor."

14 Quotes from politicians in response to Nicola Sturgeon's resignation

Nicola Sturgeon will resign as the longest-serving and first female First Minister since the creation of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have clashed in a heated exchange in the Commons following the Supreme Court ruling.

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Vladimir Putin has an interest in bogging down European countries in years of wrangling about independence for places like Scotland, Catalonia and northern Italy (Picture: Wang Zhao/AFP via Getty Images)

SNP are playing into Russia's hands as Putin plots to break up Europe

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon plans to share her vision for IndyRef2 soon (Picture: Andrew Matthews - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Readers Letters: Sturgeon has not earned right to Indyref2

Politics, in its purest form is about helping people (Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA)

Council elections are a chance to elect politicians who will actually listen

A Ukrainian refugee is comforted by a journalist at Zahony train station in Hungary (Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Scottish nationalists must not exploit Ukrainians' suffering – Murdo Fraser

Boris Johnson and Douglas Ross.

Boris Johnson praises leadership of Douglas Ross as he seeks to build bridges

Nicola Sturgeon announced in the Programme for Government last year that civil servants would resume work on a plan for how Scotland would look outside the UK

Labour call for civil service chief to step in over independence prospectus

Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the media at Whitelee Wind Farm ahead of launch of the SNP's annual conference (Picture: Russell Cheyne/pool/Getty Images)

Renewed indy campaign must not distract from good governance – Scotsman says

Scottish Independence: John Swinney says it could be years before Scotland gets its own currency after independence.

John Swinney says it could be years before Scotland gets its own currency

Voters, rather than parties, could be given the power to decide who comes top of the regional lists in Scottish Parliament elections (Picture: Robert Perry)

How voters could be given more power over who becomes an MSP – Joyce McMillan

Proper management of the seas could enable fish populations to recover, allowing more to be caught, while protecting marine habitats and reducing carbon emissions (Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images)

Fishing industry must join fight against climate change – Nick Underdown

David Alexander is managing director of DJ Alexander

Don’t lock the market into a rent control ‘straitjacket’ - David Alexander

Scotland's first citizens' assembly published 60 recommendations including more powers for the Scottish Parliament

Permanent citizens' assembly needed to 'embed real people power in politics'

Former prime minister Gordon Brown warned of 50 years of conflict between England and Scotland.

Gordon Brown warns of ‘50 years of conflict’ between Scotland and England

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon appearing on the BBC1 current affairs programme, The Andrew Marr Show from her home in Glasgow.

Analysis: So is this an 'independence election' or not?

Leaseholders in properties with dangerous cladding face up to £100k bills - here’s how your MP voted on motion to hold developers liable (Photo: Shutterstock)

Leaseholders in properties with dangerous cladding face up to £100k bills - here...

There are 129 MSPs (Getty Images)

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Scots go to the polls on May 6, 2021 (Getty Images)

2021 Scottish Parliament election: voting date, will it go ahead during pandemic...

Scottish independence supporters march through Glasgow last January

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The 1979 devolution referendum split the Scottish electorate in half.

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The deep fried Mars Bar is a Scottish favourite.

Jacob Rees-Mogg confesses love of deep fried Mars Bar

Boris Johnson lacks the humility to even try to understand the appeal of the SNP and support for independence (Picture: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

Johnson's lack of concern for devolved nations may end Union – Joyce McMillan

Sir Keir Starmer has labelled Boris Johnson the “single biggest threat to UK”.

Sir Keir Starmer calls Boris Johnson ‘single biggest threat to UK’

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Scot Gov are considering contingency plan to postpone elections

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Sturgeon warns Holyrood hopefuls to expect abuse

If SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon misplaces their trust, she will be very harshly judged by the Scottish electorate

TV Covid briefings should be kept politics-free - Lesley Riddoch

Nicola Sturgeon delivers the Programme For Government in the Scottish Parliament. (Picture: Andy Buchanan/pool/AFP via Getty Images)

Nicola Sturgeon must focus on Covid, not independence – Scotsman comment

Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard during a visit to Summerhall, Edinburgh. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire

'Inappropriate' for UK Labour to oust Leonard

Nicola Sturgeon is backing John Swinney (Photo by Fraser Bremner - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Sturgeon hypocritical over Swinney and results – Letters

Independence Square. Ukraine.

Revealed: Scottish firms loom large in Ukraine dirty money blacklist

Old rivals John Lamont and Calum Kerr going head to head for third time for Bord...

Nicola Sturgeon pokes fun at Theresa May with Strepsils gag

Brian Wilson: Leave us Scots to our grievance agenda

Euan McColm: Dugdale’s toughest battle’s with her own party

Euan McColm: T in the Park row too much for Nats

Drumlanrig: Michael Matheson exposed on radio

Leader: Who holds winning hand in Labour contest?

Tom Peterkin: The English-born on independence

Euan McColm: Human rights aren’t manifesto pledges

Harold Wilson arrives to cast his vote in the EEC referendum in June 1975. Picture: Getty Images

Matt Qvortrup: History shows Yes campaign can win

Brian Adam

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Scottish independence: Spending on defence ‘sells Scots short’ by £1.9bn

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Phallic medal stuns Edinburgh Marathon runners

Analysis: Local focus alters big picture

Edinburgh City Council candidates 2012

Scots Tories in U-turn on coalition

Tiffany Jenkins: Check the history before making demands

Election update: SNP seals first Euro poll triumph

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SNP's membership surges by 60%

Fifa urged to investigate Team GB row

Between the lines: Regulation is still the bête noir of business

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