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Line 59: − The dictator resorted to spreading a conspiracy theory that the UK Government was trying to make Scotland poorer in order to keep the Union together.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dfS62ZW0v6UJ:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/13/independence-works-insists-nicola-sturgeon-urges-scots-resist/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Nicola Sturgeon accuses Tories of using Brexit to make Scotland poorer and more dependent on UK]</ref>+ + +
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Sturgeon was slammed as "discourteous" and "insulting" by Mayor of Greater Manchester [[Andy Burnham]] in June 2021 after she banned people from the City of Manchester from visiting Scotland.<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-nicola-sturgeon-accuses-andy-burnham-of-generating-spat-with-her-over-greater-manchester-travel-ban-12337734 COVID-19: Nicola Sturgeon accuses Andy Burnham of 'generating spat' with her over Greater Manchester travel ban]</ref>
Sturgeon was slammed as "discourteous" and "insulting" by Mayor of Greater Manchester [[Andy Burnham]] in June 2021 after she banned people from the City of Manchester from visiting Scotland.<ref>[https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-nicola-sturgeon-accuses-andy-burnham-of-generating-spat-with-her-over-greater-manchester-travel-ban-12337734 COVID-19: Nicola Sturgeon accuses Andy Burnham of 'generating spat' with her over Greater Manchester travel ban]</ref>
In September 2021, the dictator began spouting a [[conspiracy theory]] that the UK Government was trying to make Scotland poorer in order to keep the Union together.<ref>[https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:dfS62ZW0v6UJ:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/09/13/independence-works-insists-nicola-sturgeon-urges-scots-resist/+&cd=12&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=uk Nicola Sturgeon accuses Tories of using Brexit to make Scotland poorer and more dependent on UK]</ref>
During the course of the October 2021 COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon came under intense criticism for using the meeting as a photo opportunity after posting social media pictures of her meeting world leaders.<ref>[https://www.thenational.scot/news/19698067.nicola-sturgeons-photos-world-leaders-spark-twitter-row/ Nicola Sturgeon's photos with world leaders spark Twitter row]</ref> Among those she was pictured with were Canadian dictator [[Justin Trudeau]] and self-proclaimed US President [[Joseph Biden]].
In January 2022, Sturgeon attempted to make her regime's "emergency" [[CCP pandemic]] powers permanent. The move was condemned by former SNP deputy-leader Jim Sillars.<ref name="Sillars22">[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jim-sillars-launches-attack-on-nicola-sturgeon-over-snps-authoritarian-covid-powers-7zv8bcqgp Jim Sillars launches attack on Nicola Sturgeon over SNP’s ‘authoritarian’ Covid powers] </ref>
In January 2022, Sturgeon attempted to make her regime's "emergency" [[CCP pandemic]] powers permanent. The move was condemned by former SNP deputy-leader Jim Sillars.<ref name="Sillars22">[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jim-sillars-launches-attack-on-nicola-sturgeon-over-snps-authoritarian-covid-powers-7zv8bcqgp Jim Sillars launches attack on Nicola Sturgeon over SNP’s ‘authoritarian’ Covid powers] </ref>