Scottish National party leader announces decision at press conference in Edinburgh
over a double rapist being sent to a female jail after announcing she was a trans woman.
“So if this was just a question of my ability or my resilience to get through the latest period of pressure I wouldn’t be standing here today, but it’s not. This decision comes from a deeper and longer-term assessment. I know it may seem sudden, but I have been wrestling with it, albeit with oscillating levels of intensity for some weeks.
Yet a series of opinion polls have shown popular support for Sturgeon personally and for the SNP and independence has fallen in recent weeks, partly fuelled by the intense controversy over the rapist Isla Bryson. However, Swinney briefly served as SNP leader in the early 2000s after Alex Salmond unexpectedly quit as party leader. Swinney had a difficult time and in turn resigned to allow Salmond to resume as leader.
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