{"id":134924,"date":"2023-11-28T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=134924"},"modified":"2023-11-28T07:49:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T07:49:00","slug":"nicola-sturgeon-pretended-she-was-pm-of-an-independent-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/nicola-sturgeon-pretended-she-was-pm-of-an-independent-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicola Sturgeon &#8216;pretended she was PM of an independent country&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Nicola-Sturgeon-5088525.jpg?r=1701156833509\"><\/p>\n<p>Nicola Sturgeon &#8220;pretended that she was prime minister of an independent country&#8221;, a Scottish Labour peer has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Lord George Foulkes accused the former Scottish First Minister of having &#8220;hijacked&#8221; devolution.<\/p>\n<p>He said it started with her predecessor Alex Salmond and continued under Ms Sturgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the Holyrood magazine, Lord Foulkes said Ms Sturgeon &#8220;pretended that she was prime minister of an independent country\u201d while ignoring issues the Scottish government and parliament have power over.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cShe\u2019s a very able politician and a very effective communicator but wasn\u2019t good at running the Scottish Government and all the areas that she should have been running.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the one thing I\u2019ve had a bee in my bonnet about.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They should be required to stick to spending the money they get, by whatever means they get it, on devolved areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1839774\/nicola-sturgeon-scotland-lord-foulkes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicola Sturgeon &#8220;pretended that she was prime minister of an independent country&#8221;, a Scottish Labour peer has claimed. 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