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" Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down. "

Nicola Sturgeon

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" I worry about the direction of the U.K. and U.K. politics and governance in the event of a Brexit. "

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" Labour long ago realised it could no longer automatically assume that it would win elections in Glasgow and other places where it has taken people's votes for granted for decades - as we have seen across Scotland at local council and Holyrood elections. "

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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. "

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" It still annoys me when I read really derogatory things about how a woman looks because you would usually not read these things about a man, and that still has the potential to put women off public life. "

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" Scotland's relationship with Malawi is perhaps unique - with almost every town or village in Scotland having some connection. "

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" The oil and gas sector in the North Sea does have a strong future if we do the right things now, but we've got to make sure that the infrastructure is right to support the sector, but also to support, over the next few years, diversification as well. "

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" I came into politics because of my opposition to what a Tory Government was doing to the community I grew up in. "

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" Literally every time I'm on camera, as well as there being commentary on what I've said, there'll be commentary on what my hair looked like, what I wear. Often it's written in the most hideous and quite cruel way. "

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