He has stood down with immediate effect

  • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    11 months ago

    U wot? 😂

    There must be something more to the resignation than “I said I’d do five years and I have”. Although… with Mark it could quite well be the case.

    Let’s hope he’s not a nonce or has done a Sturgeon the party funds are just resting overnight in my new campervan thing.

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      11 months ago

      I’m pretty sure it is just he said 5 years and it’s been 5 years. It was expected he would resign in 2024 but guess he wanted Christmas off.

      I think it’s better this way so that the next First Minister gets a few years in before the next election, rather than change just before an election.

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        11 months ago

        Also he was leader during a pandemic which will have been especially stressful and his wife died earlier this year. I suspect he’s done with politics (he’s an academic in a previous career) and wants to do other things with his life.