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
I thought if people were going to talk about what I wear, wouldn't it be good if they were talking about who designed it, who made it and if that's a Scottish company, so teaming up with Totty Rocks has been fantastic.
I believe we should support people to live, and I am therefore in favour of good quality palliative care.
Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in.
For parents - women in particular - good quality, affordable childcare is vital.
A good education is the most important gift we can give our young people.
Isn't it the case, ... that there were deep divisions inside the executive over the issue and rather than tell the prime minister that, the first minister chose to abdicate responsibility and stay completely silent.
I've never had a voice coach, but I am about to name drop horrendously here: I did once get some advice on how to project my voice from Sean Connery, which was lovely. It's all about where you breathe. That's my claim to fame.
The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work.
Personally, I can think of no greater privilege than to lead the party I joined when I was just 16.
The teachers who taught me at Dreghorn Primary and Greenwood Academy were fantastic.
There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.
The total impact of the Tory/Liberal tax, welfare and public spending changes has hit the poorest 10% in society disproportionately hard - and women have been affected even more badly than men.
I was very proud, on just my second day in office, to appoint a gender-balanced cabinet - one of only three in the developed world.
Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.