Nicola Sturgeon: Former SNP First Minister details how she nearly quit politics

Nicola Sturgeon: 'I thought about leaving politics after first Holyrood term'

The former First Minister spoke at a book launch event this evening.

Nicola Sturgeon: Former SNP First Minister details how she nearly quit politics

Nicola Sturgeon has revealed she nearly gave up on politics in the first term of the Scottish Parliament in 1999.The former First Minister told an audience in her current Glasgow Southside constituency that there was a moment where she nearly quit.

I considered leaving Holyrood after first term, says Sturgeon

Nicola Sturgeon spoke of feeling she had ‘failed’ when she did not win the constituency she stood in at the first Scottish Parliament election. Nicola Sturgeon considered leaving politics after just one term at Holyrood, she has said. The former first minister was first elected as a regional MSP for Glasgow in the first term of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. But speaking at an event in her Glasgow Southside constituency as she launched her mem…

I considered quitting politics after first term, says Nicola Sturgeon

The former first minister spoke of feeling she had ‘failed’ when she did not win the constituency she stood in at the first Scottish Parliament election.