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They joined forces to sweep the country's last national election in 2022, but have fallen out in recent months as they pursued separate agendas.

That was partly drawn from her mandate - an extraordinary run of election wins that made her leader of the third placed party at Westminster.

Kirk has a history of making false and outlandish statements, echoing President Trump’s lies about the 2020 election being stolen, promoting antisemitic tropes and stoking racial discord, among other ingredients of his political celebrityhood.

As long as the Democrats make it all about big bad Trump, they are sticking with the low-dominance strategy that has cost them election after election and now threatens to cost us our democracy.

Sturgeon led the SNP to a series of election victories at UK, Scottish and local level.