Pandemics, Politics and First Ministers

Nicola Sturgeon's chief of staff, Liz Lloyd, gives the lie to the claim that Scotland's First Minister did not behave 'politically' during the Covid pandemic.

Liz Lloyd: "Think I just want a good old fashioned rammy so can think about something other than sick people"

Nicola Sturgeon: "Yeah I get it. And it might be worth doing."

Sturgeon has come in for criticism from the Covid inquiry for deleting all of her WhatsApp messages along with other SNP ministers including John Swinney.

Now we can see why.




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