To lead to a failed bid, by interviewing under caution as part of the operation branchform Scottish freedomNicola sturgeon’s time in the office – and the subsequent years – were far from simple.
In his long -awaited memoirs, clearly, the former Scottish first minister description is how the police have raided the house shared with their ex -husband Peter MurrailAlso highlighting his relationship with his predecessor Alex salmond And the line on trans rights which dominated her last months in jobs.
HereIndependent Ms. sees the major takeaairs from the explosive memoirs of the sturgeon.
‘Completely mistrust’ when police raided his house
The former SNP leader underlined his huge feelings when his house became the subject of a police raid on the SNP’s investigation, which ended in the arrest of her then husband in April 2024. He said that when he was raided, he felt “completely mistrust”.
He said, “With police tents around it, it looked like a murder scene, which was always for me compared to the place of security. I was destroyed.
After this, Ms. Sturgeon said, “It seemed as if” had fallen into the plot of a diastopian novel “.
He also said that his arrest, which took place two months later, was the “worst day” of his life and described it as an experience. [she] Will ever end ”. Ms. Sturgeon was later excluded, but her ex -husband has been accused of embezzlement.
Domination
Ms. Sturgeon also used her memoirs to highlight the division of trans rights, dominating her last months in the office, something she described as the time of “rainser and division”.
While she admits that many people have legitimate concerns about women’s spaces, they argued that the debate has “abducted with voices”.
“Uncomfortable truth”, she argues, “many of the most vocal derivatives of trans rights, when the surface is scratched, homophob also becomes furious. Some are also racists. And irony is that … there are more than some deepest misunderstandings.”
But the pre-SNP leader also admitted to regret how she was trying to enact laws to make people easier to change, weighing whether she should hit the “Stop button” when she realized how to try a polarized debate and reach a consensus.
While she still argues in favor of gender identity, she said that thinking that she wants to be targeted for a consensus on the issue.
The epidemic still brings a ‘edge of emotion’
Naked the challenges of the leading Scotland during the epidemic, the former first minister said it was “almost indescribable” and “physically and mentally took a heavy toll,” physically and mentally ” – found himself sleeping only three or four hours at night on lockdown.
She also said that she came to a “close to a break” around her appearance in front of Kovid -19 inquiry, saying that she would be upset with the apprehensions forever that she could have saved more lives before going to the lockdown.
Speaking about that when she broke into tears when she broke into tears, Ms. Sturgeon wrote: “For the first time in my life, I sought professional help. Before I was able to pull myself back from the verge, it used to take many consultation sessions.”
Rumors about a round with a French diplomat
The book of Ms. Sturgeon also saw her address that what she said was “wild stories”, who was about having a homosexual relationship with a French diplomat, saying that speculation was vested in homophobia.
“For many of them, it means ‘lesbian’ and ‘gay’ as an insult. There was naked fanaticism behind my effort that bothers me deeply, because what it still says about the prevailing prejudice in our society.”
The politician also said that he had never seen his sexuality as a binary.
“Long -term relationships with men have calculated more than thirty years of my life, but I have never considered sexuality, my own, to be binary. Also, sexual relations should be private matters.”
Alex Salmond and The Independence White Paper
Ms. Sturgeon suggests that Alex Salamond, as her anterior, first minister and former patron, did not share her share of heavy raise before the 2014 Scottish freedom referendum, accusing her of failing to read white paper on freedom.
She recalls that she was left in charge of preparing paper draft, which she said that she was “away from the sense of sheer impossibility” and left “complete disappointment”.
“I ended on the floor of my home office, crying and struggling to breathe. It was definitely some kind of terror attack”, Ms. Sterzon wrote.
He later stated that Mr. Selmond showed “a little interest in expansion”, saying: “He promised that he would read it on the plane. I knew that his good intention would not contact with the first glass of in-flight champagne.”
‘Wich-hunt’ MSPS Investigating Sturgeon ‘was directed by Selmund’
Ms. Sterzen said that she believes that some MSPS who investigated the scottish government to deal with allegations of sexual harassment against Alex Selmond by the Scottish government “Take direction” from him.
He wrote that he either thought Mr. Salmond or his colleagues were guiding some opposition MSPS what to ask themAccusing him against his opponents in a special Holirud committee of a “witch-shikar” against him.
The committee eventually misled the Scottish Parliament on the Sailamond inquiry.
However, he said that there was an investigation that “really matters” was an independent investigation by senior Irish lawyer James Hamilton, which approved him to break the minister’s code.
He said, “From the first day, it seemed clear that some opposition members of the committee had little interest in establishing the facts, or to ensure that they were learned as they were looking for some way to blame all this for me”, he wrote.
“I was told, and I am confident that some opposition MSP was taking direction from Alex himself – although possibly through a mediator – to ask more questions on further points.”
Ms. Sturgeon also said that her infamous falling with her predecessor was an “injury episode” of her life, as she accused Mr. Salamand of creating a “conspiracy principle” to save himself to save himself with allegations of misconduct, of which he was approved in court.