Nobody ever accused former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon of possessing a great sense of humour but, surely, she must be joking. Writing in the Guardian about proposed justice reforms in Scotland, Sturgeon has blamed deep political divisions for some taking fixed positions before examining the evidence.
This is like an arsonist explaining that while, yes, they may have petrol-bombed that Pizza Hut, they hadn’t expected the place to burn down
And then the killer punchline. On the issue of polarisation, Sturgeon says she had ‘underestimated the depth of the problem’.
This is like an arsonist explaining that while, yes, they may have petrol-bombed that Pizza Hut, they hadn’t expected the place to burn down.
Nicola Sturgeon has, without question, been the driving force behind the polarisation of Scots in recent years. She has othered opponents and treated the views of the majority with energetic disdain. Her actions have been entirely deliberate.
When Scots rejected the nationalists’ separation plans in 2014, the pugnacious Alex Salmond quit as SNP leader and Sturgeon stepped up, promising to be a leader for all Scots, regardless of how they had voted in the independence referendum.
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