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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Alasdair Soussi

After Sturgeon, what remains of Scotland’s independence bid?

Nicola Sturgeon launching the Scottish National Party's election manifesto in Perth, Scotland, in 2017 [File: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images]

Glasgow, Scotland – If a politician’s international relevance is measured by the scale of the global reaction to his or her resignation from high office, then the first minister of Scotland can claim to be one of the most significant world leaders of recent decades.

Following Nicola Sturgeon’s announcement last week that she would be stepping down from her role as Scotland’s head of government and leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), international reactions came thick and fast.

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