Sturgeon Faces Backlash Over Deleted Messages and Lack of Transparency in Scottish Government's Pandemic Response
• Audience member Alexander criticizes Sturgeon and Scottish government for lack of transparency based on mass deletion of WhatsApp messages and failure to minute crucial meetings
• Spectator editor Fraser Nelson says there was a "culture of secrecy" in Scottish government approach, with systematic and routine deletion of messages by Sturgeon and civil servants
• Labour MP Ian Murray accuses Sturgeon of misleading bereaved COVID families by promising not to delete messages, then deleting them that same day
• Messages show national clinical director gave Health Secretary Humza Yousaf advice on not having to wear a mask
• Multiple audience members slam Sturgeon over revelations from COVID inquiry showing questionable government conduct