Nicola Sturgeon's demise has been as steep as her rise
Betrayal of women will be Sturgeon’s lasting legacy.
As she announced she was quitting the political arena, Nicola Sturgeon took many people by surprise. Not because she was finally going, having decided not to stand for re-election next year, but because she was still there.
Her dramatic exit as first minister two years ago, before being arrested as part of an ongoing fraud inquiry over SNP finances, brought her nearly nine years in power to an end and the political obituarists got to work.