Nicola Sturgeon Quotes

Scottish - Politician | July 19, 1970 -

For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it is a much rarer event.

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People in Scotland don't take too kindly to being lectured by a Tory Chancellor.

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English businesses would face massive transaction costs if Scotland, their second biggest export market, used a different currency.

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The U.K.'s debt belongs legally to Westminster, so Scotland, by definition, can't default on it.

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Taxing people for having a spare bedroom and forcing them into rent arrears or the possibility of losing homes they have lived in for years has always been a cruel and heartless measure, and so it is good that the Scottish Parliament has been able to step in.

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Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit.

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I bow to no one in my ambition to see Glasgow be as successful as it possibly can be.

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The Scottish Government will continue to do all it can to get people into work.

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Tory governments are bad for Scotland.

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I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.

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Maybe unlike a lot of people who join the SNP today, I never had any expectation of a political career.

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If you have a Tory government at Westminster that takes us out of Europe against our will, there may be people in Scotland who think, 'You know what, we might be better off independent.'

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