Sturgeon and Murrell are to divorce.

[GargoylesofBeelzebub]

It's always sad to see a marriage come to an end, but really this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone.

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Will this be the start of an airing of dirty laundry

More like 'i didn't know, it was all him' I suspect

I thought exactly the same.

Suspect she is preparing to sling him under the bus

Perhaps she'll suddenly remember all sorts of things

"time to bring others up to speed" - is anyone even remotely surprised by this? I'm just surprised it wasn't earlier

Arse covering exercise on her part, doesn’t want to be labelled a thief. The woman is a disgrace.

Hmmm...

The marriage of convenience is no longer convenient. 🙄

Bus. Under. Not me m'lud.
I really hope this means Branchform is finally going to DO something !!
(although it seems this is prep for St Nic being 'fully exonerated')

Maybe she hopes she can stay out of jail!

Well, that's a surprise - said no one.

The only speed upping here is the one she's currently doing in the direction of North Korea in the camper in case Murrell decides he's not taking the blame for her anymore and the divorce is about to get nasty.

Don’t know why they don’t get an annulment as I can’t imagine the marriage as been consummated.

edit, just googled annulment and the marriage has to be less than a year. So that’s ruled out.

So, so true 😁

"To all intents and purposes we have been separated for some time now" - that's if you buy into the story that they were ever together in a romantic sense in the first place. Again, Ms Sturgeon ditching the deadweight baggage of a "husband" and preparing for the new phase of her life after the Scottish parliament with a new job, new place to live possibly abroad and a new partner.

I would say it's more surprising that they have lived this lie so long but then I remembered it's Nicola Sturgeon we're talking about. Queen of liars, misremembering, deleted whatsapps etc etc.

I suspect she’s had the nod that she’s not going to be charged as part of Branchform so now she can start to reinvent herself and Pete can take the fall for it all.

First on the list - mini break at a well known Edinburgh hotel near the Bridges and some Nat 5 French lessons?

@CharityShopChic Aye. And some ironing was involved, I heard ? !

This was my thinking too

Scotland is so small surely if the Nat 5 french was true there'd be more info than every taxi driver saying it.

At least she has a good friend to turn to

What's the Nat 5 french thing?!

@okright I've certainly heard it in Edinburgh legal circles & from two different friends (one a 75 y/o civil servant, one a younger staff member from the hotel where the fracas occurred). I imagine NS benefitted from her very successful conflation of personal support/support for the SNP being seen as the same as 'support/loyalty/pride in Scotland' for a long time. Plus SNP MSPs were effectively silenced over all manner of things: it was 'built in'.

An ambassador from a country known for their kisses in a hotel with the name of a royal holiday house.

Get the popcorn in. Which one is going under the bus?