Nicola Sturgeon has 'competed step one' in her bid to become a driver after passing her theory test.
The former First Minister shared the news that she had overcome the first hurdle on social media on Saturday afternoon. The 52-year-old achieved full marks in the multiple choice, scoring 50 out of 50.
Meanwhile, in the hazard perception she scored 56 out of 75, easily surpassing the pass mark of 44. Posting a picture of her pass certificate on Twitter, Sturgeon wrote: "Step one complete", followed by a tick and a car emoji.
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It come after she was snapped returning home from a driving lesson in April, as she began adjusting to life after stepping down as First Minister. Sturgeon, who remains MSP for the Glasgow Southside seat after quitting the top job in February, was snapped getting out of a blue Toyota Yaris with L-plates run by the Caledonian Learner Driver Training motoring school.
She stopped the car outside her home in Glasgow, where police were pictured the previous week as part of an ongoing inquiry into SNP finances. The ex-FM has never held a driving licence, instead relying on public transport, government chauffeurs and Mr Murrell to get around.
But she revealed in a recent BBC podcast series that she was finally taking lessons after handing the reins of the Scottish Government to Humza Yousaf last month.
Friend Nicky Bell told the Nicola Sturgeon podcast: "Anyone who knows Nicola knows she has been signalling for a wee while she was likely to go. And I think the big thing was she said she was taking driving lessons.
"You don't need driving lessons if you are going to be chauffeur driven about as the First Minister. She said to me many years ago she didn't want to sit her driving test in case she failed, because up until that point in her life she had never failed an exam."
At the time Sturgeon told the podcast the driving lessons were "in the early stages". She said that getting behind the wheel is about "achieving a bit of personal freedom that I have chosen not to have to the same extent" while at the peak of her political career.
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