Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation offers a moment to affirm the perils of Scottish independence
After months of being put on the political back foot, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister and the leader of the Scottish National Party , announced on Wednesday that she would be stepping out the door.
Ms. Sturgeon has also been on the defensive over her championing of the controversial Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which would allow Scots as young as 16 to quickly change their legal gender; the bill was vetoed by the U.K. government on the grounds that it would undermine U.K.-wide equality law.
More fundamentally, there had been clear internal party tension over Ms. Sturgeon’s approach to independence. Since the last referendum in 2014, she has repeatedly sought new ways to push the debate in her favoured direction, but almost a decade later, there is relatively little to show for it. Nonetheless, Ms. Sturgeon’s successor will continue to face major challenges in promoting the independence cause. For instance, there are huge uncertainties whether Scotland would benefit significantly from splitting off. Scotland’s public spending deficit has hit, and the country can better stomach that as part of a union with England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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