Demi-God?

[douglas9401]

Or good old-fashioned control freak?
I grow weary of this grandstanding, thrawn besom and her nonsense.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60928806

[ToraToraTora]

well that's what you get for having JK running the country!

[JimF]

^^
Ignorant ***!

[Khandro]

Poor Nicola! Could it be that she favours masks so much because when the good Lord handed out looks, she was a bit of a way down the queue?

[tomus42]

Is covid causing any issues in Scotland?
Infection rates are irrelevant if no-one's becoming ill.

[royfromaus]

douglas, just do as she says and not as she does, there's a good lad.

[douglas9401]

The country would like the FM to deal with any number of current disasters but she insists on diverting attention with her shenanigans.

Dodgy ferries, health, 'spaceport' For Funks Sake, Prestwick airport, the list goes on, and on and on...

But no! Wear a rag and vote for third world status my drones.

Loathsome woman.

And that's not even the scary stuff, check out her 'cabinet' and picture the train wreck coming down the track when she goes.

[JimF]

Time to renew your Con party membership, dougie?

[douglas9401]

None of the above I'm afraid.

[anneasquith]

Khandro. I’m surprised at you , although I don’t interact with you on AB, I thought you were a ( man of God). Obviously not .

[ToraToraTora]

England stopped the mask BS weeks ago, Scotland continues, guess who has the worst stats? This is just a contrarian ego trip from the Anglophobic FM. It's the Scottish people I have sympathy for having this abomination running their country.

[anneasquith]

Dougie. Would you prefer the ref/ linesman ?

[Gromit]

// Infection rates are irrelevant if no-one's becoming ill. //

Over 300 deaths yesterday.

[bobbinwales]

And many businesses are being crippled by absences...some don't feel ill but many feel awful for several days and sensible business's know there staff and customers.. especially vulnerable... don't want people coughing and sneezing over them.
If masks help even by only 10% it's worth it IMO. who knows what Scotland rates would of been without masks

[ToraToraTora]

gromit: "Over 300 deaths yesterday. " - where do you get that figure, they seem to have stopped publishing daily deaths, only the 7 day average: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/

[Gromit]

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/uk/

March 29:
83,466 daily cases
303 deaths

[Gromit]

19,387 people in hospital

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/31C9/production/_123954721_optimised-hospital_cases_uk_30mar-nc.png

[ToraToraTora]

so you want another lock down?

[THECORBYLOON]

Who mentioned another lockdown?

[Khandro]

These 'deaths' figures may sound alarming, but we don't really know if covid was the actual cause or the final agent, to someone with either an underlying illness or simply dying of old age. Whatever it is,'Covid' will go on the death certificate, that's for sure.