The previous Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon was visibly moved throughout her testimony on the Covid inquiry, saying there have been moments through the pandemic when she ‘felt overwhelmed’. Reflecting on her time as first minister through the outbreak of the virus, Sturgeon mentioned: ‘There’s a big a part of me that needs I hadn’t been first minister when the pandemic struck,’ however she defended her report, including that she ‘wished to be one of the best first minister’ she might be throughout that interval
