{"id":1848032,"date":"2023-02-15T10:36:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848032"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:41:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T15:41:54","slug":"scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-resigns-over-controversy-related-to-trans-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-resigns-over-controversy-related-to-trans-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland&#8217;s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon Resigns Over Controversy Related to Trans Policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotlands-first-minister-nicola-sturgeon-resigns-over-controversy-related-to-trans-policies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/article_sturgeon_resigns.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she is resigning after more than eight years in the role.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday&#8217;s press conference was attended by Sturgeon, who stated that she knew deep down that it was the right moment to resign and that this decision was the best for her. \u201ccomes from a place of duty and of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince my very first moments in the job, I have believed that part of serving well would be to know almost instinctively when the time is right to make way for someone else, and when that time came to have the courage to do so even if to many across the country, and in my party, it might feel too soon,\u201d Sturgeon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my head and in my heart, I know that time is now that it is right for me, for my party and for the country, and so today I am announcing my intention to step down as first minister and leader of my party.<\/p>\n<p>Sturgeon admitted that some people will be upset by her announcement. Others will not. \u201ccope with the news just fine.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch is the beauty of democracy,\u201d She added.<\/p>\n<p>Sturgeon\u2019s popularity has plummeted in recent months amidst the controversy male rapists in women&#8217;s prisons and the proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/un-says-scotlands-proposal-for-gender-self-id-poses-risk-to-women-and-girls\">Gender Recognition Reform Bill<\/a> That was it <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-uk-parliament-to-block-scotlands-gender-self-id-law\">Blockade<\/a> British Parliament, but Sturgeon claimed her decision to resign was not an arbitrary one. \u201creaction to short-term pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sturgeon claimed she had a lot of experience \u201cnavigating choppy waters to resolve seemingly intractable issues,\u201d  \u201csoldiering on when walking away would be a simpler option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While social media responses were largely focused on the gender issue, Sturgeon was asked by reporters at Wednesday&#8217;s press event if she was prepared to answer questions about the finances of her party. Sturgeon declined to comment on a police investigation.<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Stewart McDonald, Scottish National Party MP, revealed last week that he was hacked and had his emails stolen. Craig Murray, an ex-diplomat, said that he had received the email cache and declared his intent to publish material he considers to be non-personal or in the public interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-scotland-64601774\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Murray was sentenced to eight month in prison for contempt of court for writing blog posts regarding the Alex Salmond trial. The former First Minister Salmond was being tried for sexual assault allegations. He was acquitted. Prosecutors raised concerns that complainants could be identified by the information contained within Murray\u2019s coverage.<\/p>\n<p>Murray, who has been critical of the SNP government for a while, plans to release material from \u201clegitimate public interest, relating to interactions with NATO, the British military and MOD, the Integrity Initiative and journalists in that crooked network, parliamentary committees, intelligence agencies, foreign powers, UK government defence institutes and conservative think tanks,\u201d Murray stated this in an article published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.craigmurray.org.uk\/archives\/2023\/02\/i-have-stewart-mcdonalds-emails\/\">His blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Police Scotland told the BBC that a \u201creport has been received and is being assessed.<\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story, and we will update it.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland\u2019s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that she is resigning after more than eight years in the role. 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