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Nicola Sturgeon names PM she ‘liked best’ but had ‘zero respect’ for another | Politics | News

Nicola Sturgeon names PM she ‘liked best’ but had ‘zero respect’ for another | Politics | News

Nicola Sturgeon has given her view on former Prime Ministers (Image: Getty) Nicola Sturgeon has named the Prime Minister she “liked best” in her time in office, but added that she had “zero respect” for another. The former SNP leader said people “often” asked her to rank the five different Conservative prime ministers she dealt with during her time as Scottish First Minister. While she insisted she was not going to do that, Ms Sturgeon told an audience at the Boswell Book Festival in the Scottish borders: “The one I liked best, in the sense that he was just easiest to get on with was David Cameron. The one I respected most, because she took the job seriously, always on top of her brief, even though we agreed on very little politically, was Theresa May.” READ MORE: The eight worst British politicians ever – number one isn’t Reeves or Starmer READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon humiliated by Boris Johnson as he issues brutal 3-word verdict Ms Sturgeon said she had no respect for Boris Johnson. (Image: …

Nicola Sturgeon bows out with some farewell advice | Politics News

Nicola Sturgeon bows out with some farewell advice | Politics News

Nicola Sturgeon, the nationalist firebrand who dominated Scottish politics for almost a decade, has bowed out with an emotional valedictory speech. Addressing the Scottish parliament for the final time, the former first minister said it was a wrench to leave Holyrood, but the time was right to move on. She was elected to the newly devolved parliament in 1999, and was Scotland’s first minister from 2014 until she quit in 2023 amid a Scottish National Party (SNP) financial scandal – but was later cleared. “I’ve been here for 27 years – that’s almost exactly half my life,” she said in her farewell speech. “So even though the time is right to move on, I won’t pretend that leaving isn’t a wrench. It is.” She was the political protege of Alex Salmond, and served as his deputy from 2007 until she succeeded him as first minister after the SNP lost the 2014 independence referendum. Image: Nicola Sturgeon fell out with her former mentor and predecessor as first minister, Alex Salmond. Pic: PA But they fell out …