FOLLOWING the shock resignation of Nicola Sturgeon just over a month ago, we now find ourselves quickly approaching the end of what has been a rather eye-opening SNP leadership contest.
WHEN Nicola Sturgeon announced last week that she was stepping down as First Minister of Scotland, having spent eight years in the top job, this sent shockwaves through the Scottish political landscape.
IT HAS now been over seven years since the first minister stood in Edinburgh and claimed that it was her driving mission to close the poverty-related attainment gap.
THIS month saw one of the most important events on the political calendar, as the SNP Government revealed their Scottish Budget for 2023-24.
IT WOULD no doubt be an understatement to say that the last two weeks has done very little to inspire public confidence in this SNP government's ability to manage our NHS.
LAST week, I was delighted to welcome Rishi Sunak as the new prime minister of the United Kingdom.
THINKING back several weeks to September 8, it seems that for many of us, this was the last time that life felt truly normal.
JUST as the Scottish public has finally begun to move on from the trials brought about by the pandemic for the last two and a half years, we have found ourselves facing an entirely different challenge, as the scale of the cost of living crisis becomes clearer.
IN THE current financial climate, it is understandable that politicians of all sides have been calling for decisive action to tackle the cost of living crisis.
THE one-track mind of the SNP Government and their obsession with securing a second independence referendum has long been clear for all to see.
