Nicola Sturgeon to resign as Scottish first minister

Conrad Hoyt

February 15, 05:25 AM February 15, 05:25 AM

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Nicola Sturgeon is reportedly set to resign as Scotland’s first minister after more than eight years in the position.

Sturgeon is expected to make the announcement at a news conference in Edinburgh, according to BBC Scotland. The Scottish National Party leader has been first minister since November 2014.

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Sturgeon is the country’s longest-serving first minister. It is not yet clear when exactly she will leave office, but a source close to the first minister told BBC, “She’s had enough.”

In June of last year, Scotland’s leader announced plans for a referendum in October 2023 for independence from the United Kingdom.

Sturgeon, a proponent of Scottish independence, pushed for another independence vote in the aftermath of the 2016 Brexit vote. In the 2016 referendum, Britain as a whole voted to leave the European Union, but Scotland voted to remain.

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Sturgeon said this past November that Britain’s next national election would be an effective referendum on Scottish independence, per Reuters.