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So now we are allowed to visit second homes.......

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Loadsadosh · 05/04/2020 09:30

Is this a case of do what I say, not what I do......
“The Chief Medical Officer in Scotland, Catherine Calderwood, 51, was snapped strolling across a golf course with her husband and kids after flouting lockdown advice by heading to her coastal property this weekend.”

The response from the Scottish Government......
”An SNP Government spokesman replied: “Since this start of this epidemic, the CMO has been working seven days a week preparing Scotland’s response.
“She took the opportunity this weekend to check on a family home in Fife as she knows she will not be back again until the crisis is over.
“She stayed overnight before returning to Edinburgh. In line with guidance she stayed within her own household group and observed social distancing with anyone she was in passing in the village.”

I am sure everyone else who has a second home would like to use it, or check on it, as well! Am I being unfair in thinking this is double standards and an absolute disgrace that this has been defended by a Government spokesman.

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BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:29

Some silliness on this thread. Who needs it in the current hell?

Electrical · 05/04/2020 23:29

Oh, has she resigned now after all? So she can fuck off back to indulge herself in her holiday home, I bet.

I live in a rural area, with a lot of holiday ‘homes’ around, the rich people who own these buildings keep descending on the rural community to horde resources from local shops which are not sticking to cater to tourist population swells, and no doubt will demand medical care from our rural GPs and half-shutdown small hospitals, whilst spreading death on their non essential, self indulgent little holidays. One bloke even brought his horse along for his death-spreading holiday. Fucking appalling scumbags who think they’re above the law, above drowning to death in their own lungs, and more importantly, killing other people through their own greed and entitlement.

BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:31

We are dealing with a pandemic and Sturgeon needs to go too? Talk sense.

Malvinaa81 · 05/04/2020 23:31

The selfish woman has resigned now.

But she keeps some kind of job?

So is that resigning?

It so very difficult at the moment for those with second homes!

We really should be more sympathetic.

WaxOnFeckOff · 05/04/2020 23:31

Some silliness on this thread. Who needs it in the current hell?

Is that you Catherine? Nicola?

What silliness are you referring to in particular?

BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:33

I am glad she has fallen on her sword, however. Arrogance shone out of her face.

WaxOnFeckOff · 05/04/2020 23:34

I agree that Sturgeon needs to stay. I am not a fan in general and am anti SNP. However, even including this debacle, this is the best I've seen of her and the rest are worse.

AnyFucker · 05/04/2020 23:37

God no, Ms Sturgeon doesn't need to go.

Unless she has been skipping off to her wee hideaway too

AnyFucker · 05/04/2020 23:39

Imagine.

The PM dies of Covid-19 and the Scottish FM is sacked. My head will explode if that/either happens.

WaxOnFeckOff · 05/04/2020 23:40

In other circumstances she would need to go. She publicly supported Catherine and really shouldn't. She should have fired her immediately.

So technically I think she has shown appalling judgement. However, this is not the time and there isn't anyone better waiting to step in.

BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:53

How many UK PMs have supported a minister in trouble, initially, only to let them go ASAP?
That's the position the FM has been in. God, why would she need crap like that when she enough to deal with. She is the best we’ve got.

BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:53

...has enough

BelleharePenguin09 · 05/04/2020 23:54

I hope the PM recovers soon. Scary times.

WaxOnFeckOff · 06/04/2020 00:14

She is the best we’ve got.

Well she's usually a slickish operator in terms of the PR stuff and she's probably the best the SNP have, but she is still pretty shit.

This isn't a minister here doing something slightly ill advised. this is the Chief medical Officer who has disobeyed the instruction to stay at home in the middle of a pnademic. this is the same person who has appeared live everyday confirming that message and is being pumped into all our homes multiple times a day telling us to stay at home.

And this isn't something she's done once, she's admitted doing it multiple times and either lied to Nicola about it (knowing it's wrong) or has told Nicola she's doing it, making her complicit.

In any circumstances, Nicola should have sacked her when it became known (similar behaviour with Mr Message boy where they attempted to legally quash the story rather than sacking him). Instead she supported her and allowed her to continue to attend the daily press briefing.

The FM now has a history of poor decision making and frankly needs to go, but I agree that now is not the time.

DidoLamenting · 06/04/2020 00:15

How many UK PMs have supported a minister in trouble, initially, only to let them go ASAP?

Calderwood isn't a minister. She's a Civil Servant employed by the Scottish Government.

She very clearly and publicly failed to abide by the social distancing rules. She didn't do her job properly. That isn't comparable to a PM being loyal to an MP.

DidoLamenting · 06/04/2020 00:36

I wouldn't want Calderwood as my gynaecologist.

She isn't doing any hands on medicine at the moment but she was responsible for formulating and implementating policy so effectively every single person living in Scotland was under her care. We are all her patients- she hasn't treated us with much respect.

BelleharePenguin09 · 06/04/2020 00:58

DidoLamenting

How many UK PMs have supported a minister in trouble, initially, only to let them go ASAP?

Calderwood isn't a minister. She's a Civil Servant employed by the Scottish Government.

I know. It’s a parallel. 🙄🙄🙄

DidoLamenting · 06/04/2020 01:05

I don't think it's a valid parallel.

At the end of the day Calderwood is simply a poorly performing employee. I don't see why the First Minister should be sticking up for a poorly performing employee.

There isn't and actually , shouldn't be, anything resembling the sort of loyalty one might expect from a PM to a party colleague

Makeitgoaway · 06/04/2020 07:06

Usually when a PM supports a minister who's been caught out doing something stupid, it's entirely unrelated to their job. I can't think of one where they've been caught out doing something that was exactly what they were being paid to tell the rest of us not to do.

Rubyupbeat · 06/04/2020 07:48

Out of respect more than anything, we should stay away from our second homes.
We could be spreading the virus even further.

Boireannachlaidir · 06/04/2020 08:19

Sturgeon would have gained more respect from across the spectrum had she sacked the CMO for her disgraceful behaviour. As PP say Sturgeon has quite a history of poor decision-making, you only need to see the recent case of the finance minister who was caught grooming young boys.

Making such grave errors of judgement particularly at a time like this is not what Scotland needs. The sooner she goes the better.

Rosehip10 · 06/04/2020 08:27

She has gone...

Chemenger · 06/04/2020 08:29

She should, without a doubt, have been sacked. What could she have done that would have been worse?

Oblomov20 · 06/04/2020 08:36

She went there twice, 2 weekends running, the news said?

Rosehip10 · 06/04/2020 08:37

@Oblomov20 She admitted it herself in the press conference.

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