NICOLA Sturgeon has revealed the "biggest mistake" she made as first minister.
In an extensive interview with the Institute for Government think tank, the former SNP leader was asked what her “biggest mistake” was during her time in power.
Sturgeon responded that there are “loads of things”.
The SNP MSP added: “I regret big infrastructure failures, like ferries that people talk about all the time. I could sit here for the next four or five hours and tell you why I think that went wrong, but probably you're not interested.”
Sturgeon said she “wouldn’t single out one single mistake” and that it’s important to reflect on and learn” them.
She went on: “But maybe I'm just at the stage of my life and career where I'm not particularly interested in sort of consuming myself with it anymore. Other people will do that for me.”
Meanwhile, Sturgeon also revealed what she is most proud of achieving during her time in office.
“There is so much I am very proud of. Obviously there are lots of things I wish I'd done better or differently and things that I didn't even try to do that I wish I had,” she said.
“The Scottish Child Payment ... I think there will be kids today that grow up into adulthood with better opportunities and better success in life because of that policy now making a real difference.”
The SNP MSP added: “Similarly with the expansion of childcare. It’s still got a way to go, but I think the work we've done, and are still doing, has already transformed life for a lot of care-experienced young people.
“I’m also proud of the work we did, and that is still ongoing, around the renewable energy revolution, particularly in offshore wind.
Sturgeon went on: “So there are loads of things that I'm very proud when I look back. But like everything in every government everywhere, everything for time immemorial is a work-in-progress.”
