Nicola Sturgeon's month-long promotional tour for her memoir Frankly concluded at the Southbank Centre in London after a launch on 12 August that produced widespread headlines. Some attention focused on personal choices such as a possible move, while other coverage reopened divisive issues: the Scottish government's investigation into allegations against Alex Salmond and the proposed gender recognition reforms. Critics condemned Sturgeon's portrayal of Salmond and rejected her assertion that reforms were weaponised by far-right forces. Many in the SNP privately resented the timing nine months before Holyrood elections, calling the publication premature, self-serving, and leaving unresolved questions about her legacy. Contempt of court rules limited comment on Peter Murrell's forthcoming trial.
The former first minister's political memoir has generated a blizzard of headlines since its launch on 12 August. Some were diverting but ultimately inconsequential, like her choice of future base, others rubbed salt in raw wounds, reprising two of the most divisive episodes in the SNP's recent history the Scottish government's investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against predecessor Alex Salmond, and her flagship gender recognition reforms.
Her many critics reacted with fury at Sturgeon's refusal to back down on her position that those reforms were weaponised by forces on the far right. Her depiction of her former mentor Salmond, who died last autumn, as a lazy, bullying opportunist was denounced as cowardly and cruel by his surviving family. Sturgeon herself has faced a fierce online backlash.
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