Nicola’s political balancing act

SHE has spent the whole election campaign tilting to the left.

But yesterday Nicola Sturgeon was trying her best to stick to the centre – even leaning to the right at times.

However, it was not political gymnastics being performed by the SNP leader. Instead she was joining youngsters on the beam and parallel bars during a visit to a gym in Cumbernauld.

Miss Sturgeon was launching her party’s youth manifesto, joined by actor Martin Compston, the star of police drama Line of Duty. Compston said Scottish Nationalist MPs would ensure the voices of Scotland’s youth were heard.