Former Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon says Reform UK does not do as well in the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) election as she feared. Speaking at the Boswell Book Festival on Sunday, Sturgeon discussed the party’s rise and her expectations ahead of the vote. Both outlets report the same core message: Sturgeon acknowledges Reform UK’s increased visibility but argues the result is better than her prior concerns. The articles do not provide additional figures or detailed vote results in the excerpts provided, nor do they attribute further analysis to specific campaign strategies or comparisons with earlier polling. The reporting focuses on Sturgeon’s retrospective assessment of how Reform performed relative to what she anticipated. The accounts are consistent in tying her comments to the Holyrood election outcome and in noting the setting of her remarks at the Boswell Book Festival.