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Demonstrators holding placards during a protest outside of Bute House, as Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation on February 15, 2023.

Demonstrators outside of Bute House, as Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced her resignation on Feb 15, 2023.

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Janan Ganesh

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Exactly when the tide turned, I don’t know. Perhaps a year ago, when US President Joe Biden in his State of the Union address

said he would “fund the police”.

Or last week, when

Penguin bowed to pressure

to keep Roald Dahl’s sometimes cruel work in print. Or the

fall of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

over, among other things, a gender Bill. Or the resilient sales of J.K. Rowling.

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