Scottish Secretary Dismisses Sturgeon's Covid Inquiry Testimony
Alister Jack accuses Nicola Sturgeon of politicizing the pandemic and reveals he deleted all his WhatsApp messages due to storage issues.
- Scottish Secretary Alister Jack has dismissed Nicola Sturgeon's testimony at the Covid Inquiry, suggesting her emotional display was insincere and that she sought to politicize the pandemic.
- Jack accused the Scottish Government of implementing different Covid rules for Scotland as part of a political agenda, and of hiding an early virus outbreak in Edinburgh from the British government.
- Sturgeon, during her testimony, denied these allegations and insisted that she had never thought about independence less than she had during the early days of the pandemic.
- Jack also revealed that he had deleted all his WhatsApp messages due to storage issues on his phone, but insisted no government-related messages were removed.
- The inquiry is ongoing, with tensions between the Scottish and UK governments under scrutiny.