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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent

Nicola Sturgeon’s memoir Frankly taps into SNP discontent over party’s future

Nicola Sturgeon with a copy of Frankly
Many in the party criticised the timing of the publication nine months before the Holyrood election. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

Nicola Sturgeon’s month-long promotional tour for her memoir Frankly comes to an end this Friday at the Southbank Centre in London, the city, according to one of many carefully placed publication interviews, where she is considering moving to escape the “goldfish bowl scrutiny” of Scotland.

The former first minister’s political memoir has generated a blizzard of headlines since its launch on 12 August. 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 her predecessor Alex Salmond, and her flagship gender recognition law changes.

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