He succeeded Ruth Davidson, about to be installed as Lady Davidson, having being given a seat in the House of Lords, as the party’s leader in February after previously acting as her deputy.
Month: July 2020
Matt Hancock’s half hour speech is a disaster
Hancock raised a few eyebrows by opening his speech with a section on the positives to be taken from the Great Fire of London in 1666 [I almost fell off my chair laughing at that bit. Ed].
COVID CLUSTER SPIKES ACROSS RIVER IN INVERCLYDE
However, the First Minister warned, people must not lose sight of the fact that every death is a tragedy, and she sent her condolences to everyone who has lost a loved one to the virus.
SCOTLAND’S EXCESS DEATHS THIRD HIGHEST IN EUROPE
However, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: “These statistics paint a devastating picture of the toll the coronavirus has taken on communities across Scotland.
Social distancing on ScotRail trains has been reduced
ScotRail operations director David Simpson said: “We’ve worked closely with staff, trade union colleagues, and the government to satisfy ourselves that we have sufficient safety measures in place to move to a minimum of one metre physical distancing on trains and at stations.”
COMPLACENCY WILL BE DEADLY, WARNS STURGEON
We want to open up society and the economy as quickly as we safely can, and we do not want to have to reimpose restrictions because the virus has taken off again, or to shut down again sectors that have already reopened.