Overview

• Her memoir, Frankly, went on sale early after Waterstone’s broke the publisher embargo and she has since given multiple high-profile interviews to revisit her tenure.
• Sturgeon expresses regret over her handling of gender-recognition reforms, saying she should have paused the legislation to build broader consensus.
• The book revisits the 2023 Operation Branchform police raid on her home and her arrest, noting that Police Scotland cleared her of suspicion while her ex-husband, Peter Murrell, faces embezzlement charges.
• She offers new insights into her relationship with Alex Salmond, admitting lingering grief over his death and accusing him of preferring to undermine the SNP rather than see it succeed without him.
• Critical reception has been mixed, with some commentators praising her candour and others accusing the memoir of factual inaccuracies and partisan revisionism.