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Yousaf under fire for blasting officials in Covid WhatsApps

8 October 2024

10:35 PM

8 October 2024

10:35 PM

All has not been well in the Scottish government for some time – and the latest revelation that former first minister Humza Yousaf was slamming civil servant press officers in WhatsApp chats is hardly likely to repair relations. It transpires that hapless Humza and one-time national clinical director Jason Leitch turned on their own officials in Covid message exchanges, uncovered by the Scottish Sun via Freedom of Information request.

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