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" I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" The SNP became a minority government in 2007, then a majority one in 2011. But Labour viewed what was happening as some kind of aberration. They felt the problem wasn't theirs: they didn't have to change; the Scottish people had just gone down this wrong road, and if they waited long enough, they would find their way back. "

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