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Nicola Sturgeon at the height of her popularity, was a political rockstar. In 2014 12,000 people packed Glasgow’s Hydro arena - more accustomed to hosting pop stars such as Lady Gaga - to hear her speak. It’s more than two years since she unexpectedly resigned as Scotland’s First Minister and she’s faced some torrid times since then. Now she’s written her memoirs, a 464-page book called ‘Frankly’. On Thursday more than a thousand people filled Edinburgh’s McEwan Hall for her book launch. And many more watched around the world as the event was streamed online. Nicola Sturgeon was Scotland’s longest serving First Minister (2014-23) and the first woman to hold that role. She had been Deputy First Minister for seven years under Alex Salmond’s leadership. Together they took Scotlan...

Nicola Sturgeon received a rapturous reception when she walked onto the stage. The audience was overwhelmingly on her side with regular outbursts of applause in response to her comments. This was her first extended interview since she stepped down as Scotland’s First Minister five months ago. Her interviewer was the broadcaster, Iain Dale, who is also interviewing other politicians at the Festival Fringe. Although a Conservative, you cannot tell from Dale’s questions. His approach is conversational, not confrontational. Dale has a good rapport with Sturgeon who he’s interviewed twice before. It’s a wide-ranging interview on a host of subjects including some very personal questions. Dale reminds Sturgeon that at the start of the year she said she had ‘plenty left in the tank’ so wh...

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