Nicola Sturgeon has announced she is to resign as First Minister of Scotland, saying: “My decision comes from a place of duty and of love, tough love perhaps, but nevertheless love [of] my party and my country.”
Her decision to step down comes a month after the UK Parliament blocked radical gender reforms which had been passed by the Scottish government, a move she described as a “full-frontal attack.”
On Jan. 17, Scottish Secretary Alister Jack said the UK government was making a section 35 order prohibiting the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from gaining royal assent in its current form. It was the first time since devolution was introduced in 1998 that the UK government had pushed through such an order….