Janey Godley remembered by Nicola Sturgeon
20 January 1961 – 2 November 2024
The former first minister hails the talents of the Scottish comedian and actor who made people laugh in the darkest of times, not least with with her parodies of the politician’s Covid briefings
Very early in the pandemic, somebody in my office said, “Have you seen these voiceover videos of your Covid briefings that Janey Godley is doing? They’re really, really funny.’” So I watched a couple of them and they really, really were.
Obviously, Covid was such a hard and dark time for everybody, and for me as first minister, it was stressful, but after finding out about Janey’s voiceovers, I remember quite quickly getting into this kind of pattern: after I did the briefing every day, half an hour later I’d go to see if Janey had posted anything – she used to post her videos quickly – just to lift my spirits and cheer me up. They always made me laugh.
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