Nicola Sturgeon and the Covid Inquiry: another blow to her reputation?

Scotland's ex-leader provokes outrage with testimony to Covid Inquiry about deleted WhatsApp messages from pandemic

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon departs Edinburgh International Conference Centre after giving evidence to the COVID inquiry in Edinburgh, Scotland
The former SNP leader promised in 2021 to hand over all messages to the inquiry, but admitted last week she had deleted them
(Image credit: wan Bootman/Anadolu via Getty Images)

During the pandemic, Nicola Sturgeon was seen by many as "a cut above the others", said Katy Balls in the i news site – a leader whose measured and compassionate response to the crisis was in contrast to that of the "bumbling" Boris Johnson in London. 

How far she has fallen since then, said Balls. Already tarnished by her alleged involvement in a party-funding scandal, Sturgeon's reputation for honesty and transparency now risks being shattered by the Covid Inquiry

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