When Nicola Sturgeon announced her impending departure from the leadership of the Scottish National Party, she assured her supporters that there was a wealth of talent vying to take her place.
As Scotland Correspondent Libby Brooks tells Hannah Moore, the resulting leadership contest has been a period of cold realization for many supporters of Scottish independence. Not only do they not have a successor of anything like Sturgeon’s stature, the candidates are divided on both economic and social policy and even the best path to independence.
For a party accustomed to success at the ballot box and iron internal discipline, it has been a bracing contest now in the hands of party members. On March 27, they will announce a new leader and perhaps the fate of their party.
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