Nicola Sturgeon rules out SNP Westminster boycott after Alba Commons protest

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon speaks at a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh to launch a second independence paper. Photograph: PA

NICOLA Sturgeon has ruled out getting SNP MPs to join a boycott of Westminster as part of an independence protest, arguing it is their job to represent constituents rather than do “gesture politics”.

After Scotland’s First Minister unveiled her latest independence paper on democratic renewal, she was asked about her reaction to two Alba MPs’ Commons protests – which saw them removed from the Chamber and temporarily suspended.