Nicola Sturgeon

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695 appearances 5 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 22 Aug

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Newscast · Nicola Sturgeon speaks to the BBC · 31 May 2026 podcast

And I didn't sit here meaning to be defiant, but I do feel really strongly that that's not right.

that I'm a politician of many years standing I should be held to account for the things I did and decisions I took and you've done some of that today and I've tried my best to explain the reality around these things but I guess I do feel a little bit defiant that I am not prepared to be held responsible for the things somebody else did and and I think that's important for me and I can only speak for me but I do think there's a bigger there is a we live in a

a society a world where it remains true and I know I'm a special case because I was the first minister and the party leader but it still remains true that when a man does something wrong there are some people whose first instinct will be to look for the woman to blame and and I'm not going to be part of that and I've got a lot I've got a long road ahead of me and come into terms with this and

trying to heal the wounds that my ex-husband has inflicted on me, repair the damage he's done.

And I'm probably in a very early stage of that.

But I'm also determined.

I think the word I would use about myself more than defiant is determined.

I'm determined that this doesn't wreck my life.

I'm determined that it doesn't stop me going on to do the things I want to do, that it doesn't stop me trying to find a bit of happiness in the next phase of my life.

So if there is a bit of...

to use your word defiance, my word determination, then it's better than lying in a crumpled heap because there are times this week where it wouldn't have taken much for me to fall over into that crumpled heap and I'm determined not to do it.

Nicola Sturgeon, thank you so much for giving us your time today.

Thank you.

The News Agents · Why is Reform standing by a 'sexist' candidate in Makerfield? · 26 May 2026 podcast

Just be very careful, all of us, about suggestions that there are problems with the party's finances because we depend on donors to donate.

There are no reasons for people to be concerned about the party's finances.

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