Nicola Sturgeon’s shock departure from office and from Scottish politics has left supporters and opponents alike reeling—and also wondering where this leaves the campaigns for and against independence.
Pro-independence supporter, the journalist, Lesley Riddoch, suggested Unionist opponents were heaping praise on the outgoing Sturgeon to try and signal the campaign for independence was finished without her: “Let’s not be fooled … the unionists come to praise Nicola Sturgeon and bury independence. No one is stupid enough to be dancing on her grave. They’re dancing on the grave of independence.”
