Scotland’s First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has resigned after more than 8 years in the role. Sturgeon – who became the Scottish Nationalist Party leader after the country’s last independence referendum in 2014 – said the challenges of “giving absolutely everything of yourself to this job” mean that it “can only be done by anyone for so long”. In recent weeks, Sturgeon’s been tied up in a controversy over gender reforms and transgender prisoners after a convicted rapist was incarcerated in a women’s prison. She’s also been under pressure for her strategy on Scottish independence. A polling expert says Stugeon’s popularity is as low as it’s been, but Sturgeon denied that’s why she’s leaving. “Maybe I want to spend a bit of time on Nicola Sturgeon the human being,” the 52yo said. She’ll stay in the job until a replacement is found, although a specific timeframe hasn’t been set.