Scottish Political Drama Moves to Election After Ugly Few Weeks

  • Sturgeon survives no-confidence vote after inquiry reports
  • Outcome of May 6 election could be pivotal to U.K.’s future
Nicola Sturgeon departs her home in Glasgow, U.K., on March 22.Photographer: Andrew Milligan/PA Images via Getty Images
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Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will seek to shift the focus back onto her push for an independence referendum after facing the biggest threat to her job since coming to power more than six years ago.

The Scottish National Party leader survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives had hoped would derail the separatist movement by removing its champion.