Nicola Sturgeon says her instinct would be to back a united Ireland

Scotland's former first minister has said Westminster governance has not served Northern Ireland well.

Nicola Sturgeon said her "political instinct would be in favour of a united Ireland".

However, she added that "detailed assessments" over whether Northern Ireland's future should be in the UK or as part of a united Ireland were "for people in Northern Ireland to make".

First elected to the Scottish parliament in 1999, Sturgeon was Scotland's long serving first minister when she stood down after eight years in the role in March 2023.

"And I get a bit prickly sometimes if people from outside Scotland start to sort of say what's best for Scotland," she told the BBC's Stephen Nolan Show.

"I'm a supporter of Scottish independence. I think Westminster governance has not served Scotland well… I'm not sure that it will have served Northern Ireland that well.

"What Brexit did to Northern Ireland and has done to Scotland is probably an example of that."

Sturgeon has released a memoir, titled Frankly, and announced that she will not seek re-election at next year's Holyrood election.

by zoomanjo

24 comments

  2. Breaking news someone who doesn’t support the union also supports other regions leaving.

  4. I was going to write that her opinion on it is mute, (edit: moot – typo) but got me thinking.

    Obviously the key stakeholders are those in NI, but a UI would ‘break’ one union and ‘create’ another.

    So how much say should the British in GB and the Irish in RoI have on the issue of a United Ireland, and by extension the EU as we would hypothetically be rejoining. (I suspect out of the three, the EU would be most supportive)

  5. Look, I want a united Ireland. But we don’t need commentary from corrupt cunts like her

  6. A united Ireland should be up to the people of Northern Ireland to decide not a Scottish politician.

  8. Westminster aint the one who shuts down for years at a time because they can’t/won’t get on.

  9. I think it would hilarious if Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland ended up became a union.

  11. Real headline: A traitor supports other traitors

  12. Most people in the U.K. would basically have the same attitude as they did when Scotland voted for independence:- if they do fair play, if they don’t good on them, whatever they want , you do you.

  13. She’s not got the best instincts.

    She actually believes that in 20 years time a united Ireland will be in a federation with scotland and the remaining UK and all of them out of Europe. She said so in her book.

  15. Wow, the woman who supports one part of the UK breaking away also supports another part breaking away, this is quite a piece of journalism. Only the most informative stuff when it comes to the BBC.

  17. Failed William Wallace supports a United Ireland….who’s surprised?

  18. Normally when folk disgrace themselves like she did they keep a low profile. Not this brass necked cunt it seems.

  19. Not trying to stir here ,, but can some explain to me how Scotland had a vote to become  independent and northern Ireland hasn’t had a say weather they want to leave ?? surely by the same logic we should have had a vote by now ??

  20. Get it right up in ye, ye hure ye yeooohhh. The enemy of my enemy is my fwend. Uppa Sterge

  21. Although i’m getting out of Northern Ireland as soon as I can, it would be weird to be Irish again after so long. A lot of people here were raised British so to just shift to a completely different culture would be very difficult. Especially especially for the elderly. I think it’s just best to leave it be.

  22. I’d be more interested in her review of camper vans

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