SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon ready for 'most important' election
With only four days to go to Scotland’s parliamentary election, the country’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has described the occasion as a “serious time” with only her party, the Scottish National Party (SNP), in possession of a plan.
In a combative interview with the BBC’s The Sunday Show (May 02), Sturgeon described the Holyrood election, scheduled for May 06, as the “most important” in modern Scottish history.
"Do you want to vote for parties who are vying for second place, openly saying they've got no plan for government - or do you want a serious First Minister, an experienced First Minister, leading a government that is serious about tackling the challenges?”, Sturgeon told interviewer Martin Geissler.
Sturgeon was also keen to describe the post-election political landscape, notably the challenges facing the Scottish government, including the Covid-19 pandemic and associated economic adversity.
"We are not saying there are not big challenges to address in this country, but we are the only party actually doing the work and putting forward the plans to actually do that - and that's the choice people have on Thursday”, the First Minister claimed.
Asked by Geissler if she would serve her full five-year term in the event of the SNP prevailing in the polls, Sturgeon curtly replied: "I am going to do the job people elect me to do if they elect me to do that job”.
"Elections are like job interviews, it would be absurd if I was to sit here and say 'give me the job but then I might not do it’”, the SNP leader added.
But crucially, and perhaps strangely, in this interview Sturgeon did not discuss issues directly related to Scottish independence.
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