Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly taps into voters’ discontent over future of SNP
Critics reacted with fury but some activists felt nostalgia and ‘sense of loss for the independence movement’Nicola Sturgeon’s month-long promotional tour for her memoir Frankly comes to an end this Friday at the Southbank Centre in London where, according to one of many carefully placed...
<p>Critics reacted with fury but some activists felt nostalgia and ‘sense of loss for the independence movement’</p><p>Nicola Sturgeon’s month-long promotional tour for her memoir Frankly comes to an end this Friday at the Southbank Centre in London where, according to one of many carefully placed publication interviews, she may consider moving to escape the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0lwdjmx">“goldfish bowl scrutiny”</a> of Scotland.</p><p>The former first minister’s political memoir has generated a blizzard of headlines since its <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/12/frankly-by-nicola-sturgeon-review-the-ex-first-minister-opens-up">launch on 12 August</a>. Some were diverting but ultimately inconsequential, like her choice of future base, others rubbed salt in raw wounds, reprising two of the most divisive episodes in the SNP’s recent history – the Scottish government’s investigation into allegations of sexual harassment made against predecessor Alex Salmond, and her flagship gender recognition reforms.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/24/nicola-sturgeon-memoir-frankly-taps-into-voters-discontent-over-future-of-snp">Continue reading...</a>
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