Nicola Sturgeon has said she was “part of the problem” on transgender issues and this was partly why she stood down as First Minister. The Telegraph has the story.
The former Scottish leader said she had received more abuse for her views on trans rights than any other topic, as she condemned “despicable” culture wars.
But she suggested that the trans rows that engulfed her, which peaked with the furore around sending male
-bornrapist Isla Bryson to a female jail, contributed to her downfall.Explaining her decision to resign, the 53-year-old told the Charleston literary festival in Sussex: “I think in politics you reach a point where you know in yourself that you don’t have as much to give anymore.
“I also thought that politics in Scotland, like politics everywhere right now, is pretty polarised”, she said, adding that the country also has the divisive “independence issue” in the mix.
Ms. Sturgeon said she had “got to the point where I thought I was part of that problem” because there is no one in Scotland who “doesn’t have an opinion about me whether good or bad – and I’m not sure many people are indifferent”.
“It felt as if every issue people were coming at that issue in terms of how they thought about me – that felt true on the trans issue, it felt true on a number of issues – so I thought, well, if I take myself out of that maybe the politics, the discourse and the debate in Scotland will be a bit more healthy.
“It hasn’t quite worked out that way, but yes that is why I decided to stand down.”
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