Last night, Nicola Sturgeon was declared the Herald Scottish Politician of the Year 2019 for her unprecedented influence over the UK political system.
The Herald event, which recognises the key contributions being made in politics saw a number of awards being handed out with Joanna Cherry winning the Best Scot at Westminster award, Jackie Ballie taking home the Community MSP of the Year award and the Public Campaign of the Year being won by the British Heart Foundation Scotland.
READ MORE: Nicola Sturgeon named The Herald Scottish Politician of the Year 2019
You can see the full list of honours won at the awards ceremony HERE.
The First Minister said: “I'm delighted to receive this award and I congratulate all of the other winners tonight.
"This is a recognition of the strong stance the Scottish Government and the SNP have taken in protecting Scotland's interests over the past year.
READ MORE: Scottish Politician of the Year 2019: Winners in full
"Brexit and its effects are posing the most profound challenges , and we will continue to stand up for our national interests in the year ahead."
All pictures by Stewart Attwood.
Why are you making commenting on The Herald only available to subscribers?
It should have been a safe space for informed debate, somewhere for readers to discuss issues around the biggest stories of the day, but all too often the below the line comments on most websites have become bogged down by off-topic discussions and abuse.
heraldscotland.com is tackling this problem by allowing only subscribers to comment.
We are doing this to improve the experience for our loyal readers and we believe it will reduce the ability of trolls and troublemakers, who occasionally find their way onto our site, to abuse our journalists and readers. We also hope it will help the comments section fulfil its promise as a part of Scotland's conversation with itself.
We are lucky at The Herald. We are read by an informed, educated readership who can add their knowledge and insights to our stories.
That is invaluable.
We are making the subscriber-only change to support our valued readers, who tell us they don't want the site cluttered up with irrelevant comments, untruths and abuse.
In the past, the journalist’s job was to collect and distribute information to the audience. Technology means that readers can shape a discussion. We look forward to hearing from you on heraldscotland.com
Comments & Moderation
Readers’ comments: You are personally liable for the content of any comments you upload to this website, so please act responsibly. We do not pre-moderate or monitor readers’ comments appearing on our websites, but we do post-moderate in response to complaints we receive or otherwise when a potential problem comes to our attention. You can make a complaint by using the ‘report this post’ link . We may then apply our discretion under the user terms to amend or delete comments.
Post moderation is undertaken full-time 9am-6pm on weekdays, and on a part-time basis outwith those hours.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel