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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Katrine Bussey

Sturgeon: I was not victim of ‘coercive control’ by former mentor Salmond

Journalist Kirsty Wark, left, questioned former first minister Nicola Sturgeon over whether her relationship with predecessor Alex Salmond amounted to ‘coercive control’ (Jane Barlow/PA) -

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon rejected claims she had been the victim of coercive control by her predecessor Alex Salmond, although she said she wished she had done more to stand up against his “bullying” of others.

She also said that her confidence could be “knocked” by disapproval from Mr Salmond – saying her former boss and one-time mentor “probably played on that a little bit”.

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