In full: Nicola Sturgeon survives 'no confidence' vote
Telegraph, 23 Mar 2021
Nicola Sturgeon survived a vote of no confidence today after a Holyrood committee found she had misled parliament over her handling of the Alex Salmond affair.
Opening the debate, Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader at Holyrood, told the First Minister "the honourable thing would be to resign" after the publication of a damning parliamentary report into how the Scottish Government had dealt with complaints against the former First Minister.
It is only the sixth no-confidence vote - and the first involving a serving First Minister - in the 22 year history of the devolved parliament.
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Opening the debate, Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader at Holyrood, told the First Minister "the honourable thing would be to resign" after the publication of a damning parliamentary report into how the Scottish Government had dealt with complaints against the former First Minister.
It is only the sixth no-confidence vote - and the first involving a serving First Minister - in the 22 year history of the devolved parliament.
Read the full story here: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/03/22/nicola-sturgeon-cleared-breaching-ministerial-code/
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