How long will Sturgeon cling on in Holyrood?

To Scotland, where Nicola Sturgeon is, er, not very busy. In fact, Mr S can reveal the SNP’s former Dear Leader has made a grand total of two spoken contributions in the Holyrood Chamber over the last 12 months. One was during a debate on Ukraine while another speech reminded MSPs that more needs to be done by her own government to protect Scotland’s young people. Talk about taking a back seat, eh?

The former first minister may be keeping a low profile in the Scottish parliament but she has suggested, rather curiously, that she might not quit frontline politics just yet. It transpires that Sturgeon has submitted her application to the SNP to be considered for the election – and she has passed internal vetting. Speaking to local radio station Glad Radio, Sturgeon first insisted it was ‘bunkum’ to say she spent too much time on gender politics as SNP leader before warning other politicians against ‘sucking up’ to Donald Trump.