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Sturgeon and Murrell are to divorce.

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GargoylesofBeelzebub · 13/01/2025 11:02

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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treadingonlego · 14/01/2025 14:28

That the announcement was on such a cheery-coloured background is bizarre. Obviously wanted people to notice it. 'Mon the case for the defence, eh Nicola?

BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2025 15:58

Carefully worded to show that they have effectively been separated for some time so she can skip the wait for a no fault divorce but basically banking the date of the split in case she can't manage to back date it.

BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2025 16:03

Though i'm pretty sure her sister posted about her BiL being at Christmas dinner so that might have scuppered her plans

EvelynBeatrice · 14/01/2025 16:08

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 14/01/2025 00:34

Sturgeon threw every single woman and girl in Scotland under a bus when she destroyed our rights with the GRR bill. Don't try playing the sisterhood card here.

Do we only behave as feminists and treat other women with civility and avoid prurient speculation on their sexuality when they agree with us on all matters?

Losing the ability to engage in civil debate however much we may despise the opposing view poisons our society.

ThatAgileCoralBird · 14/01/2025 16:34

I agree with your last paragraph @EvelynBeatrice

nicola sturgeon did say there would be no debate regarding gender self ID which was shocking.

also she was quite happy for her mouthpiece Devi Sirdhar to state that if you do not agree with and question SNP policy during Covid then you were not Scottish.

EvelynBeatrice · 14/01/2025 16:41

If the vast majority of the population are not morally superior to our politicians, then we’re in very dark times.

Tryingtokeepgoing · 14/01/2025 16:46

Well, I wonder who gets the campervan in the divorce settlement. And the ‘missing’ £600,000…

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 14/01/2025 17:37

Do we only behave as feminists and treat other women with civility and avoid prurient speculation on their sexuality when they agree with us on all matters?

I don't believe feminism means we can't criticise other females. I don't think her being a woman has relevance here as there would be similar speculation about a man. The only people who seem to think her sex matters are those trying to shut down the conversation.

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ThatAgileCoralBird · 14/01/2025 18:21

We should be holding politicians to a higher standard.

The media, governing bodies, and quangos have allowed this to happen in Scotland: what on Earth were they promised?

too many SNP politician have not resigned when confronted with appalling and substandard behaviour. I would argue that the shirking of accountability is not as absent in other political parties who have held power in Westminster.

Excuses such as:
I’m sorry,
there will be no debate,
covid made me,
it was my children who accessed the laptop,
but we did a consultation,
I cannot recall,
but look over at what happening in England, Wales etc
but it’s free
here’s a freebie

ThatAgileCoralBird · 14/01/2025 18:29

It’s more of a shame NS doesn’t feel the need to justify only speaking three times in holyrood over the whole of last year. actually doing her job…
one of those times being to tell the presiding officer that she could not vote as her button was not working.

DogBiscuitsInPocket · 14/01/2025 19:11

Nicola Sturgeon has treated women with utter contempt.

She told us that our concerns about self ID and the GRR were Not Valid.
Women like me who have experienced sexual assault and sexual harassment since being a child were labelled transphobes and fascists for daring to express legitimate concerns about safeguarding for our daughters and women in general.

Sturgeon was a peer of mine at Glasgow University so somehow she has managed to be completely oblivious to the challenges of being a girl and a young woman growing up in the 1970s and 1980s.

Woman have fought long and hard for the rights we now have.
Rights that she seemed only too happy to throw away.

I could not care less about her sexuality but what is in the public interest is that she was married to the Chief Executive of the SNP, a situation which should never have been allowed while she was First Minister.
It looks like Peter Murrell will take the fall.
You have to be a certain kind of gullible though to believe that Sturgeon knew nothing about it.

She has been in a protected and privileged position of power for more or less her entire adult life.
She is a disgrace.

Oh, and by the way, I wouldn’t hesitate to tell her this face to face in a calm, civil way - you know, Sister to Sister - should I ever come across her lurking in the Crime section of an Edinburgh bookshop.
I suspect she couldn’t give a shit about how betrayed women like me feel.

AccidentallyWesAnderson · 14/01/2025 19:32

@DogBiscuitsInPocket 👏👏👏 hear hear.

Kibble29 · 14/01/2025 19:54

I voted SNP at local and national level and voted Yes in 2014. I still can’t believe I did it, and I never will again.

Sturgeon lives (lived?) close to me, it’s a very affluent area. Then you look at Govanhill…

SassK · 14/01/2025 20:45

BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2025 16:03

Though i'm pretty sure her sister posted about her BiL being at Christmas dinner so that might have scuppered her plans

I can't remember if it was a sibling or cousin, but one of her (Sturgeon's) family has built up a big following on SM (amongst the more fanatical of SNP supporters...) posting family pics and stories, and is now using the platform/following to flog stuff 🙈😂

BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2025 21:01

SassK · 14/01/2025 20:45

I can't remember if it was a sibling or cousin, but one of her (Sturgeon's) family has built up a big following on SM (amongst the more fanatical of SNP supporters...) posting family pics and stories, and is now using the platform/following to flog stuff 🙈😂

Not sure, but her sister Gillian is v keen on social media but is a complete loon, She seems to have a troubled personal life too.

Clafoutie · 14/01/2025 21:20

@lovealongbath Fortunately my post also received supportive reactions, which restored my faith in other people.

SassK · 14/01/2025 22:01

BigBoysDontCry · 14/01/2025 21:01

Not sure, but her sister Gillian is v keen on social media but is a complete loon, She seems to have a troubled personal life too.

I had a look, yes its her. She's selling all sorts, spiritual life coaching (⁉️) and weight loss coffee (amongst other stuff).
And yes her hardcore followers appear to be lonely/impressionable SNP fanatics.

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 15/01/2025 07:37

Jeezitneverends · 14/01/2025 12:32

@Bodeganights the poster will be Sturgeon’s sister-she’s well known for kicking off on social media🤣

Edited

Yes, normally on TikTok with the camera focused on her breasts. She’s very strange.

SassK · 15/01/2025 08:36

Whatevershallidowithmylife · 15/01/2025 07:37

Yes, normally on TikTok with the camera focused on her breasts. She’s very strange.

Surely not 😬 How cringe - I think she only has one sister, and the sister I saw on FB is middle/late aged, older than NS I'd say!?
Though older doesn't always equal wiser, I guess.

wholettheturnipsburn · 16/01/2025 09:32

CowBoyz · 13/01/2025 17:42

Do they speak a different language in Scotland cos a lot of this I'm struggling to understand.

That's a shame for you

Different from whom/where? Then maybe we can help if you're struggling

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