HOLYROOD today voted against a motion of no confidence in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon brought by the Scottish Tories.
Sturgeon spoke in defence of her position after Scottish Tory Holyrood leader Ruth Davidson, who brought the motion to parliament.
MSPs later voted by 65 votes to 31 against the motion, with 27 abstentions.
In her opening remarks, Sturgeon said that some within the parliament had made up their minds about her conduct weeks before an independent inquiry by James Hamilton into whether she had broken the ministerial code had reported its findings.
This report ultimately found no breach by the First Minister.
Sturgeon said that she would not be "bullied" out of her position and had the Hamilton report into whether she broke the ministerial code gone the other way, she would have been tendering her resignation today.
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She later spoke on the parliamentary term ending tomorrow, saying that it was "perhaps not a moment too soon" owing to the "toxic atmosphere" that had surrounded Holyrood over the past few months.
She hoped that the upcoming election campaign in May would bring with it some "fresh air" and a "rigorous and positive debate" about the future of Scotland and rebuilding from the coronavirus pandemic.
Watch the full speech below.
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