DECEMBER 9, 2022 JANUARY 2 , 2023

Things could not have been sweeter as Nicola Sturgeon gains the largest satisfaction rating of any party leader in the UK in an Ipsos poll, scoring an impressive 52%.

The gender recognition row explodes as Isla Bryson, pictured, a transgender woman found guilty of raping two women before transitioning, is moved to Scotland’s allfemale jail, Cornton Vale, only to be returned to a male prison after the First Minister intervenes.