Failed Nats receive ‘golden goodbyes’ worth thousands

Back to Scotland, the land of failing upwards. Very recently, Humza Yousaf held the top political job in the country for just over a year – despite the SNP’s former cabinet minister having a record of underdelivering while he held the posts of transport, justice and health secretary. Now the First Minister is John Swinney, a failed nationalist leader who was previously forced to step down after his party performed poorly in elections. Not much has changed there, eh?

Yet it transpires that these are just two examples of many who have received thousands of pounds in resettlement grants over their political careers despite not achieving, um, all that much. Dubbed by the Mail as ‘rewards for failure’, the grants were awarded to SNP figures who stepped down from high-ranking government roles – with many of them forced out of their ministerial jobs. As Mr S wrote last month, disgraced ex-health secretary Michael Matheson was awarded