Sturgeon Bids To Be First Female Scottish Leader

Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon refused to rule out another referendum as she made her bid to become the first female Scottish First Minister.

Ms Sturgeon said if a second referendum was in the Scottish National Party (SNP) manifesto then it would be a mandate for her to push for another vote on independence for Scotland.

And she added she was not bound to wait for another "generation" before putting the matter to the Scottish electorate again.

The 44-year-old she said she was not preparing for a referendum, but warned Westminster it needed to deliver on the promises it had made to the Scottish people.

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She said: "If I am elected to lead, I pledge today that the SNP and the Scottish Government will be full, active, genuine and constructive participants in that process of change, wherever it happens - in Holyrood, in meeting rooms and, most importantly of all, in discussions across Scotland.

"There will be no sitting on the sidelines."

She said the deal on further powers for Holyrood must be one "that maximises devolution in substance not just in rhetoric".

Ms Sturgeon is the clear favourite to succeed Alex Salmond after he announced last week he would be stepping down following the No vote.

Launching her leadership bid, Ms Sturgeon said: "I am putting myself forward for two simple reasons: I want to serve my party and my country. And I believe I am the best person for the job.

Ruth Davidson, Johann Lamont and Willie Rennie

"I also hope that my candidacy, should it succeed, will send a strong message to every girl and young woman in Scotland: no matter your background or what you want to achieve in life, in Scotland in 2014 there is no glass ceiling on ambition."

Should Ms Sturgeon be successful in her bid then all three of the leaders of the main parties in the Scottish Parliament will be women.

Scottish Labour leader Johann Lamont and Conservative leader Ruth Davidson both played significant parts in the Better Together referendum campaign.

The only male party leader is the Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie.

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