Oh dear oh dear. Kate Forbes was the anointed successor to Nicola Sturgeon as Scotland's First Minister - by much of the media, anyway - but her campaign immediately went into meltdown when she revealed she'd have voted against equal marriage. How can a social conservative possibly be leader of an ostensibly progressive party - and how can someone who opposes civil rights for same-sex couples lead one of our nations?

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