Nicola Sturgeon has announced her resignation as first minister of Scotland at a press conference in Edinburgh after leading the party for more than eight years
The race for a new leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) has begun after Sturgeon's surprise resignation
The Independent takes a look at the first minister’s most likely successors.
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