Posted 1/4/2024, 3:00:00 AM
Souter and Sturgeon Administration Seek to Bury Hatchet over Business Dinner Outreach
- Scottish government asked controversial business chief Brian Souter, who previously shunned Nicola Sturgeon, to help arrange an industry dinner
- Souter previously broke from SNP during Sturgeon's leadership due to disagreements over socially liberal policies
- Emails show first minister Humza Yousaf's team worked with Souter to organize business leaders dinner to repair government-business ties
- Souter offered to "nudge" business figures to attend dinner and was "happy" with proposed invitee list
- Outreach suggests warming relations between Yousaf and Souter, though it could raise eyebrows given Yousaf previously touted his socially liberal record