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Sturgeon and her genius messaging as Scotland begins exiting lockdown
Sturgeon and her genius messaging as Scotland begins exiting lockdown
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At what time?
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Cummings doesn't need his hand holding, unlike many of you it appears.
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How do I know. I do know the SNP responded to reports, claiming it was a security check the day before.
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What time at and what day?
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The all powerful Nicky, kowtowing to the press beating, who'd have thunk it
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She isn't weak, unlike Boris.
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hmmm the man who kicked 17 MPs out of his own party, creating a negative majority, turning it around to win an 80 seat landslide, so weak
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A monkey with a blue rosette on would have won the last election.
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Up to date polling has the SNP at 54%. That's the highest I can ever recall.
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The Scottish Sun published pictures of a family trip to coastal town Earlsferry, despite the lockdown.
The newspaper reported Dr Calderwood walked across a golf course yesterday (Saturday April 4). On 5 April 2020 she was visited at home by officers from Police Scotland and warned about her conduct. On the afternoon of the 5 April 2020 First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced that Dr Calderwood would be "withdrawing from media briefings for the foreseeable future" and explained that the government would be revising its public information campaign. Several hours later, on the evening of 5 April 2020, Calderwood resigned.She issued this statement: "People across Scotland know what they need to do to reduce the spread of this virus and that means they must have complete trust in those who give them advice". |
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So she was chopped on the day the story was published.
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It was published 4th, visited by police morning of the 5th, does the press conference afterwards after being visited by the police (lolz), resigns Sunday night.
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Which paper was it published in on the 4th and can you give a link please?
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.https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/5460581/coronavirus-scotland-catherine-calderwood-chief-medic-covid-19/#comments
Oldest comments dated 4th |
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The Scottish Sun on Sunday then asked why the Chief Medical Officer was ignoring official advice.
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." |
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So the story broke on the 4th. Do you think the SNP spokesman asked Calderwood what happened, or made it up
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The story broke on the newspaper of the 5th.
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The same day she was chopped.
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The SNP were asked for comment before it was published obviously. On the 4th.
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https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/31640547/dr-calderwood#flvWelcomeHeader
There is the thread on here, started on the 5th. |
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It's there in black and white, dated 4th. SNP had ample warning before the presser.
The only reason she resigned as the public face as CMO, (or was told to) was they couldn't face down the criticism. Not due to being caught flouting the rules. Their plan was to ride it out. |
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As I have explained to you, all papers bring out first edition front pages at 10pm the day before they publish. The story was in the paper dated the 5th. Feel free to find a reference to the story on the forum from the 4th April, or before even.
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I'm not inclined to think it should have cost her job either, but when you're the face of the advice and go on two separate family holidays it's harder to justify. I can see why she resigned.
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Just shows how weak Boris is. Sturgeon chopped her the day the story was published.
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As I have explained to you, SNP were asked to comment on the 4th. It's when they became aware of the flouting that is significant, not when the paper was in the shops.
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She was chopped on the day the story was published, that's good enough for anyone.
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Pish - she was the main medical spokesperson and appeared daily.
At 4.50pm, the First Minister said Dr Calderwood would continue to adviser her and the government but would not front media briefings and said the current public information campaign featuring the CMO was in the process of being withdrawn. The Scottish Government confirmed the revised campaign will not feature Dr Calderwood. Dr Calderwood's resignation announcement arrived just over four hours later. At the mid-afternoon coronavirus press briefing, Ms Sturgeon said it would be “damaging not to have the ongoing advice and expertise” of Dr Calderwood. After the pictures emerged of Dr Calderwood's visit, the Scottish Goverment defended the CMO, saying that her family's visit at the weekend was to "check on a family home in Fife as she knows she will not be back again until the crisis is over." The statement, which made no mention of a second visit, went on: "In line with guidance she stayed within her own household group and observed social distancing with anyone she was... passing in the village." On Sunday, Dr Calderwood that she had actually been to the same second home the previous weekend too, with her husband. "It's important to be clear, that I was also there last weekend with my husband, "she said at the daily coronavirus briefing. "I did not follow the advice I am giving to others. I'm truly sorry for that." Before removing Dr Calderwood from public-facing duties for the foreseeable future, Ms Sturgeon stressed that while she did not condone anyone breaking the guidance on preventing the spread of the virus, it would be “damaging not to have the ongoing advice and expertise” of Dr Calderwood. |
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Not correct, as the resignation was forced by the media. Not out of any duty or responsibility for breaking the rules.
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PP Changing your behaviour based on what Cummings did means you werent following the rules because they were sensible and you thought you were helping lives but just did because you were scared by the State.
If you really did think they were neccessary and are now going out putting lives at risk just because of Cummings that says a hell of a lot about you none of which is good. |
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twisted logic of the left
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Wetter than Tom Daleys sphincter.
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Jeremy Hunt.
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I think I am pretty fair. If you sat an independent person down that had no prior knowledge of the cases of Calderwood, Jenrick, Ferguson and Cummings and asked them to consider reports on what they had done, I would be surprised if they picked out correctly, when asked, the two persons that had been chopped as soon as the stories broke.
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At least he's a Tory
 Unfortunately doing a lot of after timing about being prepared for a pandemic and lack major testing infrastructure planning when he was health sec for over six years. I did like Boris saying to him the mistake was not learning from SARS or MERS |
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