Irish Examiner view: Scottish National Party hits the low road

The SNP's recently departed leader and CEO, Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell, have left a legacy of chaos

Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon and CEO Peter Murrell, who is her husband. The prospects of Holyrood acting as a bellwether for the North have receded this week. Picture: Andrew Milligan/PA

Viewed from the island of Ireland, there has always been an exceptional level of interest in the political fortunes of Nicola Sturgeon.

It is easy to understand why: Leader of a nationalist party seemingly beyond challenge in a devolved government; a doughty and combative political campaigner; symbolic head of a country which was decisively in the remain camp over Brexit; the natural heirs, as the SNP likes to present itself, to the theories and traditions of the Scottish Enlightenment.