Anas Sarwar 'felt sorry' for Nicola Sturgeon after she stepped down as first minister
dailyrecord.co.ukAnas Sarwar has shared that he felt "feeling sorry" for Nicola Sturgeon when she stepped down as first minister.The leader of Scottish Labour talked about his "emotional connection" with her, even though they don't agree on many things.
Sturgeon left her role on February 15 2023.Sarwar spoke about his relationship with her during an event at the Scottish Labour conference on Saturday.He also made a joke about Humza Yousaf, who took over from Sturgeon, saying it was harder to debate with her in First Minister's Questions.But he remembered seeing Sturgeon walking by herself to the train station in Edinburgh while he was going to the Scottish Parliament.He said: "For all the disagreements I'll have with Nicola Sturgeon, for all the fallout that has happened since she resigned as first minister, all the criticisms I would have of her time as first minister, I honestly still, on a human level, actually I do find it challenging when you see politicians that were at the peak of their power.""Politics can be brutal and public life can be brutal.""I was walking back to the Parliament (from the BBC) and as you do when you think someone recognises you, you say hello."After she went by, I went 'that was Nicola Sturgeon'.
She was walking by herself to the train station and I am going to be honest, I felt sorry for her."Sarwar revealed how he felt a wave of sympathy for Nicola Sturgeon as politics can be ruthless.He shared: "And the reason why I felt sorry for her was that, as high as you can be in politics, once you've played your part then politics moves on, and there's something great about that in our democracy and I think that's a good thing.""But also I think politics can be really unforgiving as well, so I did have that moment
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