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Nicola Sturgeon
Scottish
Politician
Born:
Jul 19
,
1970
Government
People
Politics
Think
Will
You
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Scottish politics, U.K. politics, is not really like American politics in this respect. Not everybody is absolutely obsessed with image. I'm not saying the United States is obsessed with image.
Nicola Sturgeon
Politics
Saying
Respect
Everybody
States
Absolutely
Obsessed
Like
Scottish
American
Really
American Politics
United
United States
Image
I wish we lived in a world where how you looked or what you wore wasn't an issue for men or women, and it's by and large not an issue for men, so I wish it wasn't an issue for women, but it is.
Nicola Sturgeon
You
Women
World
Men
Wish
Looked
How
Issue
Where
Wore
Large
Lived
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.
Nicola Sturgeon
Time
Hair
Every
Every Time
Way
Hideous
Wear
Cruel
Written
Like
Most
Looked
Well
Said
Camera
Commentary
Quite
Often
Being
Literally
I'm quite hypercritical of myself. It's a very Scottish thing, always thinking that you've got to be that bit better than everyone else to be good enough.
Nicola Sturgeon
Myself
Good
You
Better
Thinking
Enough
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Bit
Always
Got
Very
Scottish
Than
Quite
Thing
Scotland is not a region of the U.K.; Scotland is a nation, and if we cannot protect our interests within a U.K. that is going to be changing fundamentally, then that right of Scotland to consider the options of independence has to be there.
Nicola Sturgeon
Independence
Nation
Changing
Consider
Our
We Cannot
Protect
Within
Scotland
Options
Going
Cannot
Region
Then
Interests
Right
Fundamentally
The SNP became a minority government in 2007, then a majority one in 2011. But Labour viewed what was happening as some kind of aberration. They felt the problem wasn't theirs: they didn't have to change; the Scottish people had just gone down this wrong road, and if they waited long enough, they would find their way back.
Nicola Sturgeon
Government
Change
People
Problem
Minority
Long
Gone
Down
Enough
Back
Way
Kind
Would
Aberration
Find
Some
Had
Road
Wrong
Majority
Became
Felt
Waited
Scottish
Labour
Just
Happening
Then
Viewed
Scotland never voted for Margaret Thatcher.
Nicola Sturgeon
Never
Voted
Scotland
Thatcher
Margaret
Margaret Thatcher
People who think of a nationalist party sometimes think 'inward-looking and parochial.' The kind of nationalism I represent is the opposite of that.
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Sometimes
Party
Nationalism
Think
Kind
Parochial
Opposite
Represent
Nationalist
Who
I feel comfortable in a position of leadership, but that's not to say I feel complacent about it. I take it incredibly seriously.
Nicola Sturgeon
Leadership
Seriously
Complacent
Incredibly
Say
About
Take
Feel
Comfortable
Position
At these big set-piece events like the leaders' debates, that exterior of calm and serenity is nothing compared to what's going on inside most of the time.
Nicola Sturgeon
Time
Events
Big
Calm
Nothing
Inside
Leaders
Like
Most
Debates
Going
Serenity
Compared
Exterior
Social media is natural to me, and it's a very immediate way of saying something. It's the way politics are done these days. In modern politics, you can't ignore that even if you wanted to. I can't imagine doing politics without it.
Nicola Sturgeon
Politics
Saying
Me
You
Natural
Social Media
Way
Immediate
Something
Days
Without
Doing
Very
Modern
Done
Wanted
Social
Ignore
Even
Media
Imagine
I've had particularly unpleasant stuff, and it has been reported that I've had death threats. Twitter and Facebook give people who have always been out there a platform from which to hurl abuse, and all I can do is try to block it out and remind myself that tweets are transient and get lost in the ether after a few moments.
Nicola Sturgeon
Death
Myself
Facebook
People
Try
Lost
Few
Twitter
Twitter And Facebook
Out
Has-Been
Hurl
Unpleasant
Threats
Give
Had
Remind
Stuff
Abuse
Particularly
Always
Block
Been
Get
Reported
After
Which
Transient
Ether
Who
Moments
Tweets
Platform
Being a housewife is not important to me, but I'm never happier than when I come home and shut the door.
Nicola Sturgeon
Home
Me
Important
Never
Come
Housewife
Than
Being
Door
Happier
Shut
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.
Nicola Sturgeon
Future
Strong
Few
Right Things
Sector
Diversification
Support
Over
Also
Well
Make
Sure
Does
Got
Years
North
Oil
Infrastructure
Next
Sea
Now
Right
Things
Gas
Our MPs will take decisions on how they're voting on a day-to-day basis. But I'm the leader of the party, and in terms of our overall strategy and how we vote on key issues, then ultimately, those decisions will be mine.
Nicola Sturgeon
Vote
Key
Voting
Will
Leader
Party
Strategy
Our
Mine
Those
Take
Day-To-Day
Overall
Terms
How
Issues
Ultimately
Decisions
Then
Basis
I think the Tories are doing - and are intent on doing - damage to things I hold dear.
Nicola Sturgeon
Think
Tories
Dear
Doing
Intent
Hold
Things
Damage
I want there to be another independence referendum at some stage. I want Scotland to be independent, but I wouldn't choose to have it happen because England votes to come out of the E.U.
Nicola Sturgeon
Independence
Stage
Independent
Out
Some
Come
Votes
Another
Because
Referendum
Scotland
Want
Happen
Choose
England
Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are.
Nicola Sturgeon
Time
Fight
Matter
Politicians
Back
Bit
Fact
Vast
Vast Majority
Driven
Sincere
Terms
Majority
Because
Motives
Same
Maybe
Little
Little Bit
Themselves
Notion
It's very much the currency of discourse on social media where political disagreements very quickly become very personalised.
Nicola Sturgeon
Political
Social Media
Become
Disagreements
Discourse
Very
Quickly
Currency
Where
Social
Much
Media
I do struggle to identify an occasion when I was held back because I'm a woman... You don't think about it at the time, but looking back at it, of course.
Nicola Sturgeon
Time
You
Struggle
Woman
Looking
Looking Back
Think
Back
About
Identify
Occasion
Course
Because
Held
People don't want to go back to the days, pre-referendum, when the Westminster establishment sidelined and ignored Scotland. They want Scotland's voice to be heard.
Nicola Sturgeon
People
Back
Voice
Days
Go
Heard
Scotland
Westminster
Establishment
Want
Ignored
Our opposition to Trident is very clear, very firm, very long-standing, very principled, and we would seek to build an alliance to prevent the renewal of Trident.
Nicola Sturgeon
Build
Our
Would
Seek
Prevent
Alliance
Clear
Firm
Long-Standing
Principled
Renewal
Opposition
Very
Haggis is delicious. It is wonderful. It's spicy, it's tasty, and you get vegetarian haggis as well.
Nicola Sturgeon
You
Wonderful
Spicy
Delicious
Vegetarian
Well
Get
Tasty
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.
Nicola Sturgeon
Love
Politics
Family
You
Woman
People
Will
Consider
Always
Am
Regardless
Granddaughter
England
English
Her
I am quite a shy person. You say that to people, and they say, 'You do interviews, speeches. How can you be shy?' But, fundamentally, I am.
Nicola Sturgeon
You
People
Interviews
Say
How
Am
Person
Quite
They Say
Fundamentally
Shy
Shy Person
Speeches
I don't feel we need to be independent for me to feel confident in my Scottish identity. I think Scotland is pretty comfortable in its identity. We won't need independence to preserve it... if we don't become independent, it won't disappear; it isn't under existential threat.
Nicola Sturgeon
Me
Independence
Become
Think
Independent
Threat
Pretty
Disappear
Feel
Identity
Comfortable
Existential
Scotland
Scottish
Confident
Need
Preserve
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