Here is an excellent review by J K Rowling of Sturgeon's much hyped autobiography:
https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/the-twilight-of-nicola-sturgeon-j-k-rowling-reviews-frankly/
It is quite long but very amusing and well worth reading. It sums up Saint Nicola really well in my view.
I would have thought those on the left would have welcomed some SNP's policies: free tuition fees (Salmond: Hell will freeze over before I introduce them.."), free NHS prescriptions, free travel for the over 60s, the Scottish Child Payment for families with over five children, the baby box.
Yes, there is an obsession with independence, and I'm sure there is some anti-English sentiment which drives it. But as a party they are far removed from the IRA, who used indiscriminate violence to further their cause and don't take their seats in Westminster, whilst having the gall to take the office allowance.
The gender issue is divisive and I think Sturgeon was wrong. Trans people should be offered support, not hormones. It's always difficult when two rights collide: abortion where the right of the woman to control her own body conflicts with the right of the unborn child, the right to freedom of speech and demonstrate on the streets without inciting hatred, and in this case the right to self-identify one's sex without infringing women's rights to feel safe.
I can't help but think J.K. Rowling and others are a tad jealous of Nicola's success, rising to the top in a man's world, even if her legacy is mixed. One issue I do agree with her on is the drugs crisis, which is shocking. It suggests that life in Scotland is not as rosy as some people have portrayed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_crisis_in_Scotland
