Nicola Sturgeon has been slammed for breaking the rules that she talks about every single day at her propaganda briefings.
The Scottish Sun has published a photograph of Nicola Sturgeon standing talking to three people at a social distance, but with her face uncovered.
The Scottish government’s Covid regulations say that customers in hospitality venues must wear a face covering except when seated – including when they are entering, exiting and moving around.
Anyone who breaches the face covering rules can be punished by a fixed penalty notice of £60.
In a statement released to the BBC, the first minister said: “Last Friday, while attending a funeral wake, I had my mask off briefly.
“This was a stupid mistake and I’m really sorry. I talk every day about the importance of masks, so I’m not going to offer any excuses.
“I was in the wrong, I’m kicking myself, and I’m sorry.”
Scotland’s national clinical director Jason Leitch told Good Morning Scotland he had spoken to Ms Sturgeon last night and she was “furious with herself”.
“She is absolutely mad at this little lapse in concentration – it’s so easily done,” he said. “We live in a completely different world from a year ago.
“She was leaving a funeral of a colleague of ours – a wonderful, wonderful individual who did a huge amount of work during the pandemic. It was an awfully sad day for many of us in the government who knew him and his family well.
“It just reinforces again to all of us, the nature of these instructions and this virus.”
David Clews, Lead Correspondent of UNN said: “Nicola Sturgeon has been at the forefront of the continuing extreme restrictions response to Covid 19. For her to so flagrantly break these rules and then think that an apology is good enough simply does not cut it. Sturgeon likes to be held to a higher standard than mere mortals and this should be done at all times.
Note the way in which the MSM has given her a free pass on this as they do on so many things. Nicola Sturgeon says that not adhering to her rules costs lives. By her own words she could have killed one of those three elderly ladies by her actions. She must be punished by Police Scotland and must receive a fine or else why should anyone else listen to her anymore?”
I know it is tough to lose a First Minister at the height of a crisis, but when it’s a choice of that or integrity of vital public health advice, the latter must come first. That’s the judgment Catherine Calderwood reached. Nicola Sturgeon should do likewise. pic.twitter.com/hrUONkhvAG
— AGP (@AgentP22) December 22, 2020
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