Loud noise, little importance

The news meeja seem to be devoting a lot of attention to Wee Burney Sturgeon, even though she’s just a provincial governor, not a member of the House of Commons and irrelevant to the coming general election. Which leaves we English asking why we should pay any attention at all to Nicola the Nose, who thinks amputation would be a good idea as it would allow her to strut the world stage unencumbered by the body which feeds her the subsidies that keep her alive. But for how long?