The New Statesman
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Michael Matheson is facing demands he step down after trying to claim said amount on expenses.
His two teenage sons used his parliamentary iPad to watch football matches while holidaying in Morocco last Christmas .
He has promised to repay the sum, but is refusing to resign his post.
But the First Minister added that “there never seems a right time to have that conversation, given the pressure on the NHS. We’ve just come out of a really tough summer with Covid cases rising and we’re heading for a really tough winter .” To my ears, this only makes the case for getting on with a frank and honest debate about reform stronger. If Scotland ’s NHS is to be rescued, Michael Matheson hardly resembles its shining knight. [See also: Rishi Sunak’s fiscal brag].
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