Nicola Sturgeon accused of using disgraced ex-minister as ferries scapegoat

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🔴First Minister claimed Derek Mackay, her former finance secretary, had approved the troubled deal before he quit politics over pupil scandal

Nicola Sturgeon has been accused of trying to blame a disgraced former minister for Scotland’s ferries fiasco, after she revealed he approved the deal before he quit politics over inappropriate messages he sent to a 16-year-old schoolboy.

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