If you come across Nicola Sturgeon on a desert island, expect to find a "hot-headed, impulsive" character, blasting out a Cilla Black record and reading a biography of Lady Thatcher. Don't take my word for it. Scotland's first minister has appeared on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, so these choices of words, records and books are hers, not mine. "My childhood obsession with the wonderful Cilla Black," the SNP leader tells Kirsty Young, led to "the first ever tantrum I remember". Her mum and dad had said no when she asked if they would buy her Cilla's new album. But her "wonderful grandad" saved the day and bought it for her instead. Nicola Sturgeon's desert island choices:...
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