ALL parties rip into 'arrogant' SNP over disgraced Michael Matheson & John Swinney's conduct

[@elainemackie1431]

He’s my MP and I would want him recalled - Douglas Ross is on point

[@jennyporraz]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@ianbrown6473]

Matheson and his SNP colleagues do not have the backbone to face the fact that Matheson's attempt to defraud the taxpayer was theft. He should have faced criminal charges.

[@paulwilliamford6789]

Absolutely

[@alexedwards6509]

What a tangled web we weave when we vote for liars and thieves

[@Worldsfucked]

Ty my e is entire to snp are criminals but all politicians are

[@jayaitch2194]

Clearly they'll do whatever it takes to help each other cling on to their £118k salary, disgusting behaviour. An obvious case of gross misconduct for which someone can be summarily dismissed.

[@paulwilliamford6789]

Indeed he should, anybody else that isn't him would've....... Unless you're a member of the SNP.

[@chickwood3883]

Swinney to walk out says everything about this party

[@Azureecosse]

You cannot defend theft and blatant deception, plain and simple. SNP trying to defend this tells anyone with a brain what they need to know about the thought process of SNP machine.

[@daffytree2605]

You and I would be sacked and charged with theft.

[@holsteincowboy]

Did he really pay back that 11K Where is the proof ? He said he did but frankly i don't beleive him

[@ianscott3180]

Had Humza Useless done the right thing at the beginning this would all have gone away. Useless as ever.

[@paulwilliamford6789]

That sleazy git Matheson has to resign, and why didn't Swinney appear, Oh wait, he did, but walked out because he cannot in good conscience defend the indefensible, Matheson, is a regular criminal just like the rest of the party, Douglas Ross speaks the truth.

[@jayaitch2194]

"in good conscience" at this point do any of us believe that SNP shower have a conscience?

[@paulwilliamford6789]

@@jayaitch2194 Emmmmm, No! 😊

[@paulwilliamford6789]

@@jayaitch2194 none

[@jennyporraz]

Good one ☝️ Douglas Ross 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Geezabrek]

This debacle over a clear cut case of theft is an insult to the country. There are far more issues in desperate need of debate than this. matheson should be out on his backside.

[@neilwhittaker8021]

Both should resign or be sacked. Disgrace. Hopefully, the people will vote them out. Nhs,schools and councils need help as well as the Scottish people....

[@paulwilliamford6789]

I agree with you, you're right THEY need to go, Swinney too.

[@mikee66]

I'm surprised that Patrick Harvie is still sucking up to the SNP after all the reversals the SNP have made against him and his party.

[@suzannemeldrum9957]

The SNP should not be allowed to substain

[@EdwardLowe-qv6yk]

He has had the chance to resign, now he should be sacked.

[@iansoutar5324]

Swinnie is a spinless coward, when he doesn't want to hear the truth, he walks out of the chamber, that tells you everything about Swinnie there is to know. And this first minister has been at the forefront of the SNP policy making in Scotland for decades.

[@maryannekenny8874]

Matheson knows where SNP GOVERNMENT bodies are buried all the corruption

[@Steviemacdonald6594]

Totally agree

[@efinna4004]

To hide to avoid responding to Mr Ross, incapable of holding his head up trying to defend Mathison who should have been sacked.

[@margaretwyatt6689]

Totally agree with you

[@paulluxford6009]

It's just one calamity after another with the snp. The greatest comedy minds couldn't have thought something as funny as this up.

[@gordonmcqueen3256]

Holyrood the Scottish comedy store

[@dotmac6480]

Matheson lied through his teeth he should have been sacked.

[@traceyrhoden9808]

Is he the one that extremely high phone bill

[@MarionFindlay-s9s]

This lining their pockets& its the people sticking up for this skullduggery. 😡🤬

[@paulwilliamford6789]

I think the difference now is that we know they're criminals

[@robertllubnrut]

Swinnie should not have been allowed to walk out. What kind of leader is he, Swinnie should be removed from office as an incompetent.

[@margaretwyatt6689]

Well we all know he is

[@efinna4004]

They consistently walk out of Holyrood when they know they can’t handle what’s coming. Cowards won’t answer questions and won’t face the questions they can’t handle they learned that from Sturgeon.

[@JayJay-hv9mc]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@robfarquhar7780]

It took Matheson almost 1yr to admit to this theft and only after his expenses claim was investigated

[@theboybrand]

It appears too much to ask that our politicians have upstanding moral character. The fact the SNP continue to back him is no longer a surprise. Two years ago they might have just had my vote. Now, the best option might just be a spoiled ballot.

[@MARTINA-gc3tq]

Why haven’t the police and the PF investigated the fraud?

[@Azureecosse]

Dorothy Bain.

[@bobbycaldwell4132]

This could be owing to the fact that the funding of police Scotland is in the hands of SNP , john mason standing up and speaking and showing himself up as a horrible individual with no other thought process other than self help and party cover up

[@thesource5153]

The utterly crazy and shameful SNP. Vote them out.

[@deanjames2476]

If you resign from your job in disgrace you should not receive any payment from the taxpayer

[@aileenspence3080]

Unbelievable SNP as usual. Swinney wouldn’t even stay. Can we just please hear the last of these SNP crooks

[@Hamish2016]

SNP are the worst government in Europe

[@janice506]

No they’re not that would be the English government

[@Hamish2016]

@@janice506 there isn't such a thing as an English government it's a British government..you can't honestly say SNP have done a good honest job ...a get you want independence but SNP come on surely even yourself being a nationalist wouldn't vote SNP again ...alba it's got to be

[@resicran3005]

Yes, but Scotland loves the SNP.

[@Hamish2016]

@@resicran3005 a take it your being sarcastic

[@allandonnelly6926]

Pity the facts don't match your personal opinions.

[@kimmac231]

Corrupt snp

[@gordonmcqueen3256]

Do we have enough jails to house them?

[@scotthoggan2115]

Im not a tory but big dug is spot on

[@breaghboo-gc7ub]

And I'm no Labour voter but so was Jackie Baillie

[@scotthoggan2115]

@@breaghboo-gc7ub your to young to vote away and playon your bike

[@alexcull9379]

Harvey what a grandstanding creep

[@Steviemacdonald6594]

He is a horrible little man

[@topcat1358]

I do not think that ANYONE believes that there are only football matches being viewed on that infamous IPad during it's Moroccan holiday! The contents of the IPad need examined closely.

[@soapybacon4358]

Jackie bailey was wrong its not just the cover up there was a really serious breach of security here and it's not being addressed. It's a police matter

[@jimmymcdonald426]

🎯

[@gordonmcqueen3256]

Do we still have a police service?

[@styuggs]

I wonder where and why John Swinney went

[@Rambo-2468]

It’s a disgrace that he can get £13,000 for committing fraud and resigning from his ministerial post. He should be sacked and charged in a court of law.

[@blackislepeastoo]

Spineless set of SNP MSP bar stewards. In covering up for Matheson they've achieved the death of the SNP and punted Independence into the long grass for 20-30 years (if ever).

[@georgekennedy2496]

Someone needs to report him to Police Scotland end of.He allowed the use of a Government issued I Pad by minors . What the hell is going on. A foreign entity could have got hold of sensitive information.

[@jamesfindlay7186]

WE KNOW WHAT MATHESON WAS WATCHING THATS WHY THE I PAD HASNT BEEN HANDED OVER HES FINISHED LIKE HIS PARTY

[@jimmymcdonald426]

It wasn’t football he was watching for sure

[@jamesfindlay7186]

@@jimmymcdonald426 FINED 11 GRAND FOR HAND BALL

[@Culbokie_croft]

Yes, get rid of the List system in Scotland so MSPs can be recalled if necessary.

[@margaretwyatt6689]

I don't adhere to that Only one X

[@AlVlogs1603]

Swinney shows he's got no spine,Matheson is a weak melee mouthed cheat and the whole of Holyrood should be disbanded

[@gordonmcqueen3256]

Spot on comment

[@stanross]

And...I have to admit it DOUGLAS R is Right again !

[@jennyporraz]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@markymark13ification]

They are arrogant because they got away with it

[@jeanrees1502]

Snp are a disgrace

[@Worldsfucked]

Humza not voted by the people swinney the same i thought we lived in a demicracy

[@bernieb5233]

All out the door in 24, Dug sending them all off.

[@robbiebicker5227]

Why didn’t the presiding officer pull harvie up on his language??

[@stvnewscensoringcommentson1585]

or the wearing of rainbows which is banned at Holyrood

[@raygem1943]

This proves my point that this Fun Factory should be Closed Down as it is a Laughing Stock and an Embarrassment to Scotland

[@Stephan74]

Snp are so corrupt

[@Hamish2016]

HARVIE you are nuts

[@holsteincowboy]

Can anyone explain how watching 1 football match on a iPad can cost 11,000 Quid for data ???? Strange that no one asked that question including the MSM

[@blackislepeastoo]

Too much like hard work for the MSM, they'd prefer to have someone else put in the hard yards and then 'leverage' it.

[@CarolAnnGrantCoker-bt5yt]

No-one has ever asked why his children were able to access their father's office laptop. Why did they have access to it and presumably knew his password?

[@timdurham2080]

I think it was out of contract as he’d failed to put a new SIM card in for the new contract so presumably they charge a massive amount per unit of data. I’m happy to be corrected though.

[@Calcearius]

Why is no one bringing up the fact that it was an illegal football stream as well! He was on twitter asking for links to the game!!! lol

[@AndyA1234]

All political parties who have been in unopposed rule for over a decade go the same way. Smugness, arrogance, aloofness & corruption. Scotland needs a change.

[@thomaspurvey]

When your bosses are on the fiddle then everyone goes on the fiddle. SNP are Done.

[@graemebarron-ef5bi]

They need every SNP ministers votes to make anything work.

[@lubberwalker]

Same old champagne socialism.

[@davidwatson1538]

Yes a new low for the SNP. 🐷🐷

[@affleck80]

Matheson must have given the SNP password to his kids, that in itself should be called out as well.

[@JohnZokas-hf3qw]

They might have did good things like free bus travel free medicine.. but they have wasted some amounts of money on vanity projects.. trams ferry’s and the parliament itself.. they could,not even address decent public toilets.. a disgrace in scotland

[@noreenclark2568]

No such thing as a free lunch , so no free prescriptions or bus passes , we may not pay for these freebies but someone else does.

[@robertingram2590]

People on low incomes would have free prescriptions under any government. What the SNP are doing is taking money FROM the NHS, by allowing the folk who can afford to pay, instead pay not one penny. They are charlatans. Check EVERY word they say. as the truth is, on the whole, alien to them and their Green cohorts.

[@norahstuart9147]

They weren't responsible for free bus passes. They just claim the credit for it.

[@blackislepeastoo]

​@@noreenclark2568 Aye TAXPAYERS pay for all the free stuff, £ 220,000,000 was the cost for the bus passes for under 22s, £1,750,000 /year for crew wages for the ferries which aren't even in service, £ 7, 700,000 / year for the pretendy embassies, £ 1,500,000 /year government limousine bill, £ 112,000,000 for Gaelic road signs, £ 10,000,000 /year on spin doctors / market research - none of those are truly beneficial, any company doing a ROI (Return On Investment) would can the SNP immediately.

[@janice506]

I don’t mind the Gallic road signs Scotland needs to preserve our own culture language aside from the rest of gb .

[@kriswoodward7623]

That Patrick Harvie is a deplorable creature, How anyone can argue that he shouldn’t be sacked when in any other walk of life it’s gross misconduct and sacking is a disgraceful abuse of the public and a case of the greens and SNP thinking they are above the workings of a normal place of work. It really is a new low for Holyrood!!

[@derekjarman5156]

For a Tory he speaks a lot of sense about what is wrong in the Scottish Parliament.

[@AndyA1234]

Ferries, campervan & Independence funds. Sounds like a title for a film?

[@DarkAngel-ph9on]

What else was he claiming and stealing over the years.He dosent stand for me in Falkirk

[@jimmymcdonald426]

Yes this wasn’t a one off for sure.

[@lez501]

Something I've not seen mentioned - is the parliamentary iPad not secured with passwords (surely it should be)? Why was his children allowed access to the device and password? - sleazy Matheson must've known how the roaming charges were accrued. Doesn't matter about the process, he lied to parliament and the public and should've been sacked.

[@trevorhart545]

VOTE SNP or Scottish Greens and YOU AGREE NO MORE Barnett Money. You pay MORE Income Tax that is about £9,000 EXTRA a year per family. The rest of the UK will not accept these THIEVES. You decide LOSE £9,000 per family EVERY Year or get rid of All SNP and Green MPs and MSPs.

[@janice506]

Who are you trying to fkn blackmail into not voting the SNP. I will vote them up up yours

[@janice506]

Blackmail doesn’t work I will be voting for the SNP over any English party ie Tory labour etc

[@Ken-yy9us]

It seems that telling you the truth doesn't help either!! By the way, any idea where all the money went?

[@Calcearius]

@@janice506 Why are you voting SNP? They are a failure. Even if you only vote for them because you support indy it's still the dumbest decision you can make. They've been promising you indy for 17 years and fail to deliver. They're taking the mick out of you... Can you really support a party of thieves, child abusers and people who sexually harass others? At least I know my conscience is clear.

[@RevGary]

​@@janice506you don't deserve the right to vote 🤡

[@skithengolf]

When will this embarrassment of a circus stop. We need competent people governing in our best interests. Instead we have a broken political system and a few good persons outweighed by the majority of MSPs who do not have the competence, experience or integrity required to hold the office

[@johncarney9049]

Is that all they got Matheson? Really they been beating that dead horse for what? A year now?

[@nanunanu8745]

Deviant Harvie has lost the plot

[@lyndamyles8354]

Douglas is so right

[@blakeperkins8717]

He only paid ot because he got caught. In any case, it's good to see the parties (not the greens) working together for what appears to be a good step forward

[@maryannmacdonald9236]

Just trying to get the SNP out evils.

[@janice506]

I think the SNP are scared to sack him he’s got plenty on them all 🔥

[@efinna4004]

The public are the ones who are more important than Michale Mathison being defended by Swinney. Both need to go.

[@fergusallan7187]

Harvey is a disgrace. Any other job and he would be sacked. Greens and snp - get real

[@austinrider5221]

Harvie and the Greens, now that’s robbery!

[@guslyness7189]

Douglas Ross etc shouldn't be discing this as it is clearly a situation of fraud and ought to be a police matter ! FFS - why is it not a police matter and how can Hollyrood insult the people of Scotland by allowing Matheson to ever enter that building ever again.

[@tomsteedman1882]

Swinney talked sbout Matheson getting natural justice, if he had, he would have been sacked , possibly reported to the police .

[@elainemacdonald1668]

I do like some of Douglas Ross's politics but unfortunately he's the wrong party for me.😄

[@andrewrobertson3737]

Spin to get the snp out,it was his son.

[@daviecanning1180]

Harvey trying his hardest to sound important and failing miserably.

[@andyforr1]

A right wing anti SNP anti independence paper …sorry toilet paper

[@henrysteedman8868]

Still not believing the football story.

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

Excellent comment

[@Gary-le7dz]

SNP in chaos and will lose half there seats , Tory’s be lucky to win ONE seat up here …..

[@lyndhurstcollins9189]

First class

[@MayorofDipshittery-lq7if]

Ripped a new ring-piece is the term I’d use.

[@DarkAngel-ph9on]

Jackie Baillie the best MP in the UK without ant doubt

[@janettejackson7077]

TORY Ross couldn't rip his way out of a wet paper bag. 😁😁

😊😛😛😛😛😛

[@markfrankham1]

Very good 😂

[@richardgilbert5339]

We Douglas Ross had been using money from Westminster,funded by the Taxpayers to cover travel expenses for his Assistant Refereeing duties ? Refereeing duties that often clash with his parliamentary duties. Aye duggie fit ye got tae say aboot that ?

[@alanborwell1595]

Patrick Harvey summed up DRoss and his vindictive “holier than thou” political diatribe.

[@PaulEcosse]

Dead eyed. Absolutely dead-eyed Douglas Ross. Doesn't know where he is.

[@ianjacko9585]

SNP THIEVES

[@hallneville1376]

time to abolish this tenth rate talking shop