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Nicola Sturgeon has said her “political appetite” has been “reawakened” by the writing of her recent memoir – but she ruled out returning to frontline politics.

Speaking with six months to go to the next Scottish election, she suggested a deal could be done that would see the SNP and Labour work together to lock out Nigel Farage’s Reform.

The former SNP leader, who is stepping down as an MSP at the election, also said she understood why some struggled to believe her resignation as first minister was not linked to the Police Scotland investigation into the SNP’s finance

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