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" Voting Labour in the past hasn't protected Scotland against Tory governments. "
Nicola Sturgeon
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In The Past
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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's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised. "
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" I know you've got to earn people's trust, and you've got to earn it day after day after day. "
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" Scotland almost invented the modern world. I mean, all of these televisions, telephones, penicillin, we all - all of these things were invented in Scotland. "
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" I'm not a scientist. If there is a risk to our environment, there will be no fracking. "
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" Would I love to think that one day I would be First Minister of an independent Scotland? Of course. "
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" I am the granddaughter of an English woman. I love England and her people and, regardless of politics, consider you to be family... and always will. "
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" I was fascinated, long before I joined the SNP, in the world around me; current affairs really interested me. "
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" Many hard working people in low paid jobs get housing benefit. "
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" I think Scotland will become an independent country. I've always believed that. It means that if I'm right on that, there has to be another referendum at some stage. But the timing and circumstances of that will require careful judgment. "
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" Too often in the past, Scotland has been sidelined and ignored in the Westminster corridors of power, but that doesn't have to be the case anymore. "
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