Nicola Sturgeon

With climate policy it’s not easy right now to stand firm on what is necessary to tackle climate change, but it is absolutely essential to do so.

I would not be for new exploration in the North Sea.

We need to transition them into clean industry, not continue to pretend that oil and gas either should, or will, because it is a declining asset in the North Sea, provide those jobs in the future.

It's not a question, it's a challenge, right. Can she get through more than, I don't know, 30 seconds of an answer to any question without talking about me?

Thank you for that reaction to these yobs.

I would always take responsibility for the things I do.

No, Alex Salmond was not fitted up. Alex Salmond was responsible for his own behaviour. I wasn't responsible for it.

Politicians had to put their disagreements on independence on hold and 'cross the dividing line' on policies like immigration.

They don’t cower in the face of pressure from the right-wing media or corporate vested interests. And I think that wins respect, even from people who don’t support them.

It was the Scottish Greens, who, in my view, came closest to injecting a sense of hope for the future into the campaign.

Why would I spend my time on one that's shit?

I'm afraid it's not reciprocated. It's an unrequited obsession.