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NICOLA STURGEON was left with no marks today after failing to answer an exam question designed for five-year-olds.
The First Minister stood flummoxed on the front bench after Scottish Labour leader Richard Leonard asked her for “another word for a hummingbird’s beak.” Ms Sturgeon replied that she could “not immediately” provide the answer.
Mr Leonard said it was the example of a Scottish National Standardised Assessment question for primary school pupils — and an example of why the tests should be scrapped.
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN
