Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Sturgeon
Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon PCis a Scottish politician who is the fifth and current First Minister of Scotland and the leader of the Scottish National Party, in office since 2014. She is the first woman to hold either position. Sturgeon has been a member of the Scottish Parliament since 1999, first as an additional member for the Glasgow electoral region from 1999 to 2007, and as the member for Glasgow Southside since 2007...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 July 1970
CityIrvine, Scotland
U.K. welfare cuts are pushing more children into poverty; that is beyond dispute.
American companies based in Scotland employ large numbers of people - in fact, we are the best performing part of the U.K., outside London and the southeast of England when it comes to attracting foreign direct investment.
I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.
The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.
Instead of an end to austerity, Labour has made clear that it wants to impose more austerity cuts.
Tax credits are designed to help people who work hard but who, through no fault of their own, don't earn enough to keep their families out of poverty.
Parties that win elections should form the government, not parties that lose elections.
My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.
Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments.
True gender equality in Scotland - and elsewhere - is still some way off.
It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life.
I and Alex Salmond are not in competition - we are on the same side; we are on the same team, working together.
The decision on whether there is another referendum is down to the Scottish people.
To every woman out there who thinks that they might like to get involved in politics or stand for parliament, I say go for it. If I can do it, so can you.