FIRST Minister Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to strengthen Scotland’s international connections, protect the NHS and other “precious public services”, and revitalise the economy through efforts to tackle climate change in her new year’s address to the country.
There was also a veiled hint at moving towards independence “with optimism and resolve” from the SNP leader.
Wishing everyone a happy new year, the First Minister said: “Thinking back to last Hogmanay last year – and indeed the year before that – we’re reminded of just how far we have come, from the very darkest days of the pandemic.
