Alex Salmond told Sky News he was surprised at his successor's shock resignation and he feels for her personally despite difficulties in their relationship in recent years
The Alba Party leader told Sky News he was surprised at his successor'sHer"undoing" as first minister wasn't down to a single issue, he added.Mr Salmond highlighted the recent controversy surrounding the debate around self-ID and the Scottish government's Gender Recognition Reform Bill, which wasHe described it as a major"misstep", noting:"Because it was legislation which quite easily you could detect flaws in it to say the very least.
Mr Salmond also cited the delay of the dualling of the A9,"mounting problems" in health and education, and a"looming difficulty" over the bottle deposit return scheme as potential issues that may have led to Ms Sturgeon's decision.
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