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Nicola Sturgeon - MSP
Nicola is an MSP and is Deputy Party Leader of the Scottish National Party. Born in Irvine, she was a Brownie in Dreghorn, North Ayrshire."If you believe in something, do it!"
Scotland and being Scottish...
I love Glasgow, not just because it is my home and I represent it in Parliament. It is a wonderfully diverse city - both in its culture and physical surroundings - and, despite its hard edges, one of the friendliest places in the world.
When, after 300 years, the Scottish Parliament was reconvened in 1999.
Flower of Scotland. Anywhere in a big crowd - it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Fighting for Scotland's interests and being one of the politicians who helped lead the nation to Independence.
The state of the NHS. The staff work so hard so it's not their fault, but too many patients don't get the service they deserve.
If you believe in something, do it!
I loved it when we played Rounders outside.
I think it's hugely important for young people to learn about the world they live in and the many different cultures that make it what it is.
Loyalty to friends.
Taking part in a Remembrance Day Parade.
I'd lift the glass ceiling completely. It's getting higher but its still there.
That anything's possible and you don't have to make impossible choices between being successful in a career and having kids. We have the right to do both.
Winnie Ewing, Margaret Thatcher, Barbara Castle, Benazir Bhutto, Wendy Alexander. It would be stimulating and, no doubt, explosive.
Yes. Women see the world slightly differently and it's important to have that perspective in politics.
The following part of 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns:
O, wad some
Power the giftie gie us
To see oursels as others see us!
It wad frae monie a blunder free us
An' foolish notion:
What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us,
And ev'n Devotion!
Modern Translation:
O would some Power the gift to give us
To see ourselves as others see us!
It would from many a blunder free us,
And foolish notion:
What airs in dress and gait would leave us,
And even devotion!
I hope…loyal, sincere and good fun.
Sunset Song by Lewis Grassic Gibbon because it is such a powerful portrayal of Scotland and Scottish values.
To find out more about Nicola please see www.nicolasturgeon.co.uk
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