Nicola Sturgeon, the nationalist firebrand who dominated Scottish politics for almost a decade, has bowed out with an emotional valedictory speech. Addressing the Scottish parliament for the final time, the former first minister said it was a wrench to leave Holyrood, but the time was right to move on. She was elected to the newly devolved parliament in 1999, and was Scotland's first minister from 2014 until she quit in 2023 amid a Scottish National Party (SNP) financial scandal - but was later