If anyone expected Nicola Sturgeon to appear diminished or defensive in front of the Covid-19 Inquiry in London on Thursday morning, they were soon put right. The former first minister may face significant personal and political troubles, but she remains a punchy public performer and took the chance to land a few blows on the Tories.
This was the Sturgeon Scotland grew so used to over the years – confident, eloquent and sharply political. The latter quality emerged often enough that Hugo Keith KC, senior counsel to the inquiry, had on more than one occasion to remind her what she was there for. “That is a witness box, not a soap box,” he said.
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