Nicola Sturgeon still thinks she was right

The former first minister is due to publish her memoir later this year .

Sturgeon is a bookworm and an admirer of good writing.

Her passion for novels suggests a longing to get under the skin of the world.

But she has hardly been a model of self-reflection since leaving office.

She has seemed prickly and overly defensive when challenged on her record.

Sturgeon 's greatest failing as a politician was an apparent inability to see the other side of the argument that the opposing side might have reasonable points to make.

This played out most damagingly in the debate over gender law reform, where she was openly and provocatively critical of the women who campaigned against her changes.

There is something in her psychology that simply seems unable to tolerate dissent.