Dead Man Walking
Humza Yousaf has enough on his plate without spending so much time defending the indefensible Michael Matheson. If he can’t find it in himself to sack his health secretary, Matheson should do the decent thing and resign. My @scotonsunday column: https://t.co/MQ1Pn0qsKB
— euan mccolm (@euanmccolm) November 26, 2023
Michael Matheson is a 'dead man walking' as far as his SNP ministerial career goes, but the biggest loser in this long drawn out saga is Humza Yousaf.
Euan McColm in Scotland on Sunday:
"We’re three weeks into the scandal of Matheson’s expenses and it’s stubbornly refusing to go away. And the longer it drags on, the more damage it inflicts on Yousaf.
"The First Minister has repeatedly tried to shut this issue down, insisting – time and again – that, as far as he was concerned, the matter was closed. It is just as well that Yousaf has been wrong every time he’s said that. After all, if the matter had been closed on the First Minister’s demand, we would never have known the truth about Matheson’s actions."