Nicola Sturgeon under fire as she reveals new 2026 campaign

By Max Parry, News Reporter

Nicola Sturgeon successful the Scottish Parliament earlier this period (Image: Getty)

Nicola Sturgeon is readying to basal again for the Scottish Parliament successful 2026, and activists person descended connected the Glasgow Southside constituency she intends to tally in.

The erstwhile First Minister remains nether probe by Police Scotland, according to The Scottish Sun, implicit alleged embezzlement of SNP funds.

Despite the ongoing proceedings, the ex-leader is plotting her instrumentality to Holyrood successful the adjacent predetermination to the devolved parliament successful May 2026.

As a effect of her candidacy, announced past week, pro-Union activists equipped with leafleats slamming the SNP's grounds successful authorities took to the streets of Glasgow Southside - the constituency Ms Sturgeon is moving in.

Scotland successful Union volunteers leafleting successful Glasgow Southside (Image: Facebook)

The Scottish Daily Express spoke to Alastair Cameron, the seat of Scotland successful Union, who was scathing astir the erstwhile First Minister's tenure.

"We stay progressive crossed Scotland, due to the fact that arsenic agelong arsenic the SNP are successful power, they volition prioritise their run to interruption the UK apart, alternatively than focussing connected people's day-to-day needs", helium said.

"Our volunteers met galore radical successful the erstwhile First Minister's constituency who are sick of the nationalists' obsession, and their incompetence moving the country."

The erstwhile First Minister has been mired successful contention since leaving bureau (Image: Getty)

Mr Cameron continued: "Like nationalist leaders earlier and aft her, Nicola Sturgeon appeared to absorption connected gathering up her idiosyncratic powerfulness and pursuing the SNP's divisive agenda, alternatively than governing for each Scots.

"Our leaflets picture however Scotland is stronger successful the UK, arsenic good arsenic highlighting the harm that nationalism has caused. By voting the SNP retired successful 2026, Scotland tin yet get backmost to the things that truly matter."

Reacting to Ms Sturgeon applying to stand, an SNP spokesperson told The National: “The SNP is fortunate to number connected a beardown and divers acceptable of candidates.

"We look guardant to offering radical the accidental to ballot SNP successful 2026 for SNP candidates who volition enactment tirelessly to amended the lives of radical crossed Scotland and for an SNP Scottish Government that provides an alternate to Labour cuts.”