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Transgender people’s lives at risk of being made ‘unliveable’, says Nicola Sturgeon • May 7, 2025, 1:40 AM ET (The Guardian)
Nicola Sturgeon should apologise over trans laws, says SNP MSP • Apr. 28, 2025, 6:44 AM ET (The Telegraph)
‘Hypocrite’ Nicola Sturgeon uses low tax loophole • Apr. 10, 2025, 7:03 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Born June 19, 1970 (age 54) • Irvine • Scotland
Political Affiliation Scottish National Party

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Alex Salmond
Alex Salmond
Scottish politician
Humza Yousaf
Humza Yousaf
first minister of Scotland
Sir Harry Lauder.
Sir Harry Lauder
Scottish entertainer
John Swinney
Scottish politician
Charles I
Charles I
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Charles II, 19th-century engraving by William Holl.
Charles II
king of Great Britain and Ireland
Daniel Mytens: portrait of James I
James I
king of England and Scotland
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary
queen of Scotland
William Wallace
William Wallace
Scottish hero
John Napier
John Napier
Scottish mathematician
Robert the Bruce
Robert the Bruce
king of Scotland
John Campbell, 1st earl of Breadalbane and Holland
Scottish politician
James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell
James Hepburn, 4th earl of Bothwell
Scottish noble
David I
David I
king of Scotland
Alexander Henderson
Alexander Henderson
Scottish minister
George Gordon, 1st marquess and 6th earl of Huntly
Scottish conspirator
Andrew Melville, engraving
Andrew Melville
Scottish clergyman and scholar
Robert II, coin, 14th century; in the British Museum
Robert II
king of Scotland
James IV, painting by an unknown artist; in the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
James IV
king of Scotland
Alexander Leslie, 1st earl of Leven
Scottish army commander