If I was Sturgeon I'd make a clear statement declaring her actions unacceptable but in this current time she's needed in her position which, after this has passed, would be vacated and somebody new brought in.
If you are standing on national TV telling the public to lockdown. You have to lockdown also within the boundaries of doing a nationally important job.
as such, you cannot go on a jaunt to your other home!
This has always infuriated me about politicians (granted she's not a politician but she's in that sphere). Many years ago I worked in Gamestation. If I had stolen a pre owned game worth less than a tenner, I'd have been fired without question.
It's just a weird part of our society that the more responsibility you have, the more you get away with.
As a senior civil servant in a position of huge responsibility she made a massive error in judgement, especially at a time of national crisis. She clearly should have known better and has now fallen on her sword, personally i find that disappointing as there are far bigger issues at stake and we need the best people in place to tackle this
The fact that anti independence supporters and the pro union media are / would continue to use the issue as a stick to beat the SNP is standard behaviour up here and for that reason alone it's probably for the best she's gone so minds can be focused back onto the priority of tackling this virus
As a senior civil servant in a position of huge responsibility she made a massive error in judgement, especially at a time of national crisis. She clearly should have known better and has now fallen on her sword, personally i find that disappointing as there are far bigger issues at stake and we need the best people in place to tackle this
The fact that anti independence supporters and the pro union media are / would continue to use the issue as a stick to beat the SNP is standard behaviour up here and for that reason alone it's probably for the best she's gone so minds can be focused back onto the priority of tackling this virus
Prof Pennington is far more qualified for the job but he's not a nationalist which rules him out.
Why is any criticism of the SNP government and its advisers considered a no no, they are no different from any other political party when it comes to misbehaving and Sturgeon is no different when it comes to offering her full support to those that have been caught out.
Calderwood should have resigned immediately end of story instead of coming on TV to issue a worthless apology and then tell us that she is not leaving her job.
Party politics are entirely irrelevant with regards to whether she should've lost her job. Anyway, it's prob best for this thread to either be locked or allowed to fall away as the issue has been resolved.
Prof Pennington is far more qualified for the job but he's not a nationalist which rules him out.
Why is any criticism of the SNP government and its advisers considered a no no, they are no different from any other political party when it comes to misbehaving and Sturgeon is no different when it comes to offering her full support to those that have been caught out.
Calderwood should have resigned immediately end of story instead of coming on TV to issue a worthless apology and then tell us that she is not leaving her job.
Prof Pennington is in his 80's and has been retired for many years other than to get rolled out for interviews, yes he's a health expert but in no way would be suitable for that role why would you even mention him....oh because he's a unionist that just proves my point. My thoughts are it should be Gregor Smith as he's the deputy, i have zero idea of his politics before that's brought into it
I never said criticism was a no no but it's all entirely predictable and always runs along party and social lines, for example i could guess with almost certainty the football team the OP supports purely from reading what he's posted in this thread. That's the way it is, before i went to bed this morning i read a tweet Jackson Carlaw posted saying that was the end of it and that he had faith in NS to see us through this crisis, some of the replies from his own supporters and the anti SNP crowd were utterly vile and when i got up tonight he's had to delete it, that says it all
Anyway i see Tory MSP's are frantically deleting embarrassing tweets given all that's gone on, it's even made the S*n