Those heading up Scotland’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic have had some well-documented trouble separating their fandom for Nicola Sturgeon from their public health role. Professor Devi Sridhar, a member of the Scottish Government’s Covid-19 Advisory Group, has made so many appearances in Steerpike she merits her own byline. Sridhar has previously gushed that:
I truly believe … the First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, whatever your opinion on politics, independence has tried to do a good job through this crisis. She has tried to brief the public, she has tried to message clearly, she has tried to listen to the scientists.
Claiming that she is ‘fortunate to live in Scotland through this moment’ Professor Sridhar has also suggested an independent Scotland would have fared better against the virus and branded Unionists ‘anti-Scottish’. Any modelling for those claims Prof?
Now Professor Sir Gregor Smith, Scotland’s chief medical officer, has been accused of breaking civil service rules on impartiality by retweeting an SNP attack on the Prime Minister.
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