Nicola Sturgeon announces £75 price-tag for Edinburgh meet and greet

The former First Minister is charging fans £75 for a meet and greet ahead of an interview in Edinburgh.

The former leader of the SNP will appear at Usher Hall on Lothian Road as part of a promotion for her upcoming memoir “Frankly”.

Billed as “an evening with Nicola Sturgeon”, the event is charging between £33.25 to £73.95 depending on the seat. This is separate from the £75 (plus additional £7.75 booking fee) for the pre-show meet and greet.

The venue describes the event as an “in-depth interview followed by audience Q&A” in which Sturgeon will “offer personal insights into leadership” as “one of the most influential political figures of our time”.

Since resigning as First Minister, Sturgeon has received significant media attention: her husband has been arrested, Sturgeon herself has been arrested, then cleared of wrongdoing, and then announced her divorce (via Instagram story – iconic?).

Sturgeon resigned in February 2023 after leading the Scottish National Party for nearly a decade.

In June that year, she was arrested following a Police Scotland investigation into SNP finances, which were alleged to have been diverted from their intended recipient of the Scottish Independence campaign.

She was later cleared, with police confirming she was no longer under investigation and would not face any charges.

At the beginning of this year, Sturgeon announced that she would be divorcing her husband of 15 years, Peter Murrell after he was charged with embezzling SNP funds as part of the same investigation.

Political meet and greets have been all the rave, with Boris Johnson also hosting an upcoming meet and greet at Edinburgh’s Usher Hall. The former Prime Minister has one-upped the former FM, charging £121.25 for the pleasure. Locals launched a petition to cancel the event with the “pre-eminent global leader” (as described by Usher Hall), acquiring hundreds of signatures within hours.