Angus Robertson

2023 - 2 - 15

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'Air Miles' Angus Robertson lives up to nickname as he suns himself ... (Scottish Daily Express)

The constitution secretary - and bookies' favourite for the top job - sent his reaction to Nicola Sturgeon quitting from Fuerteventura in the Canary ...

The [SNP](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/snp)'s constitution secretary is the bookies' favourite to take the reins at Bute House. Gender rebel Ash Regan is also understood to be considering a tilt at the top job. Between January and October last year, he spent almost a month out of the country in total trying to push his Scexit cause - at a cost of £8,000 to the taxpayer. The 53-year-old was previously the SNP leader at Westminster before he lost his Moray seat to current Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross in 2017. Even with that, the participation rate was well below what was expected. Since then, he has taken advantage of his ministerial role. I am hugely grateful to her for all she has contributed and warmly wish her well." [here](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/newsletter-preference-centre/). He said: "Nicola Sturgeon has been a tremendous First Minister, SNP leader, public servant and advocate of Scottish independence. [Kate Forbes](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/kate-forbes) is believed to be Mr Robertson's closest challenger for the leadership, but some may feel she is too 'right-wing' for the party. [Angus Robertson](https:// https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/angus-robertson) has lived nickname after appearing to tweet his reaction to [Nicola Sturgeon](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/nicola-sturgeon)'s resignation from sunny Spain. [Scottish Government](https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/all-about/scottish-government) abroad.

Angus Robertson: From 'real opposition leader' to crushing defeat in ... (Press and Journal)

Angus Robertson spent 16 years representing Moray until being toppled by Douglas Ross in 2017 in a headline-grabbing victory.

I am hugely grateful to her for all she has contributed and warmly wish her well. The first minister immediately sought to install him in her cabinet as Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture. The MP co-ordinated the party’s election victories at Holyrood in 2007 and 2011, as well as the party’s landslide at Westminster in 2015. He resigned as the SNP’s depute leader in February 2018, after losing his seat in the Commons. A fluent German speaker, he served as a European and international affairs adviser to SNP MSPs at Holyrood before he was elected to Westmister in 2001 to represent Moray. After his studies, he entered the world of journalism, working as a foreign and diplomatic correspondent in Central Europe for the BBC World Service.

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