Today’s reshuffle didn’t go exactly as expected. The one group you’d think would be self-aware enough not to mock a Government for losing their finance minister before a budget would be the SNP. At least Sajid didn’t leave in disgrace, unlike their Finance Minister…
The Scottish Sun‘s revelations of SNP Finance Minister Derek Mackay ‘creepy’ texts with a 16-year-old have thrown a grenade into Scottish politics. Scrolling through his social media, with hindsight he did have a track record of taking an interest in young people…
Sturgeon has now confirmed he’s been suspended from the SNP but remains as an MSP…
Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay, 42, has resigned Scottish Finance Minister after it was revealed he had been ‘pestering’ a sixteen-year-old boy over social media for the last six months. Mackay contacted the boy out of the blue last summer, continuing to send messages and suggest meeting the boy for six months.
In one late-night exchange, the senior SNP politician asked boy “Are our chats between us?”, going onto say “Cool, to be honest, I think you are really cute… Just as long as you know, but you can delete that message lol.”
Mackay’s resignation comes just hours before he was set to deliver the budget in Holyrood. Mackay has apologised “unreservedly” to the boy and his family.
Read Mackay’s statement in full below…
“I take full responsibility for my actions. I have behaved foolishly and I am truly sorry.
“I apologise unreservedly to the individual involved and his family.
“I spoke last night with the First Minister and tendered my resignation with immediate effect.
“Serving in government has been a huge privilege and I am sorry to have let colleagues and supporters down.”
