“Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced her intention to resign after more than eight years as head of the country’s government.
“At a press conference at her Edinburgh residence on Wednesday, Sturgeon told reporters she’d wrestled with the decision for weeks, ultimately deciding that someone else would be better suited to the relentless pressure of the job.
“”Even if for many across the country and in my party, it might feel too soon, in my head and in my heart, I know that time is now, that it is right for me, for my party, and for the country,” Sturgeon said.
“”The nature and form of modern political discourse means there is a much greater intensity — dare I say it, brutality — to being a politician than in years gone by,” she added.”
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