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Nicola Sturgeon’s resignation as First Minister has been brutally cheered by her critics, with one beaming: “Goodbye and good riddance!” The SNP leader is due to speak at a hastily-arranged press conference from her residence at Bute House in Edinburgh. She will remain in office until the SNP elects a sucessor. Ms Sturgeon also stands down without realising her key political mission – Scottish independence – which is now shrouded in doubt following the recent UK Supreme Court ruling.<\/p>\n
But several of Ms Sturgeon’s critics have been quick to take to social media to rejoice at the news of her resignation.<\/p>\n
TalkTV presenter and journalist Julia Hartley-Brewer tweeted: “Any politician who tells you that a man can magically become a woman is stupid, insane or a liar.<\/p>\n
“Goodbye @NicolaSturgeon and good riddance. And the same to every other politician who claims the same thing. You are a danger to women and girls. We will not tolerate it.<\/p>\n
GB News presenter Darren Grimes wrote: “Nicola Sturgeon is resigning! Happy days my friends. Scotland deserves better than this separatist menace.”<\/p>\n
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Broadcaster Dominique Samuels tweeted: “Good riddance to divisive Nicola Sturgeon resigning as First Minister. Her arrogance in attacking women’s rights in the name of gender ideology was ultimately her downfall.”<\/p>\n
Ms Sturgeon will resign as the longest-serving and first female First Minister since the creation of the Scottish Parliament.<\/p>\n
She has been at the forefront of leading the SNP to repeated election victories at UK, Scottish and local level.<\/p>\n
But the First Minister has been engulfed in controversy over recent weeks as her Government tried to push through gender reforms, only for them to be blocked by Westminster.<\/p>\n
The SNP leader has also faced a fierce backlash with the issue of housing transgender prisoners in women’s facilities.<\/p>\n
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