The Smirk Has Gone!
Breaking news: Michael Matheson quits as health secretary over £11k iPad data charge scandalhttps://t.co/1BQZ8XVv8I
— The Herald (@heraldscotland) February 8, 2024
So yet another chapter ends in the tawdry life of the SNP with the news that Michael Matheson, Scotland's health minister, has finally resigned over his handling of an £11,000 bill for his iPad.
Humza Yousaf should go to for his ill-judged defence of this two-faced minister who tired to spin and lie his way out of a self-inflicted scandal.
Scotland's scandal-hit Health Secretary finally quits over £11k iPad bill scandal https://t.co/pr2Yqaunx9
— Chris Musson (@ChrisMusson) February 8, 2024
SNP - Mired in Sleaze and Scandal (December 04, 2023)
Conor Matchett in The Scotsman is spot on with his assessment of the Michael Matheson affair and its effect on Humza Yousaf's leadership.
The Matheson affair has drained Mr Yousaf of authority. Every day he remains in post, that grip on power loosens, his enemies spot weakness, and rifts that rippled underneath the smooth exterior of the SNP during the Sturgeon years bubble up to the surface.
The game is up for the SNP - Matheson is doomed and so is Yousaf.