[hibeejim21]

I'm inclined to agree about Sturgeon's lack of ambition over an immediate referendum. Given my opinion of her as a "nippy wee sweetie", one of her main strengths is being a thorn in the side of the UK Government.

She's possibly got a big problem with the Salmond case potentially undermining her authority, so I think the "power struggle" will have to be resolved first.

I'm almost certain her and/or hubby have done something very xxxx naughty here. Nothing else can explain the lies, the obstruction to the enquiry and the comically improbable story she and her civil servants have came out with.

Sturgeon is a very confident media presence normally, but she really lost her cool on SKY with ridge before xmas, I mean Ridge clearly wasn't briefed properly but still managed to fire in a few pertinent questions that turned Nicola into a blinking, slavering mess. She isn't used to that kind of quality of journalist up here. At that point i thought she is definitely 'at it'.

If I was as guilty as they say Salmond is, I wouldn't be wanting to go anywhere near the public arena with this stuff again. Yet there he is firing it all out into there again. Makes you think eh ? Question is of course just how interested are the general public going to be ?