The revelations are linked for Nicola Sturgeon. Since her surprise resignation in February, the end of the career of the former Scottish Prime Minister has looked like a slow descent into hell. Involved in an investigation into the illegal financing of her party, the former independence leader now sees her expense reports spread out in the press. The tabloids The Sun And DailyMailknown for their sensationalist and unethical editorial line, published the details of the expenses of his team during COP27, in Sharm-el-Sheik.
The former Prime Minister is thus accused of having spent more than 150,000 pounds sterling for a 15-day stay in a luxury hotel. In reality, this sum covers the expenses for his entire team. Thus, the 25 rooms reserved for two weeks in the luxurious Parrotel Beach Resort cost nearly 45,000 pounds, or about 120 pounds per night.
Pizza, Pringles and Burger King
This luxury hotel offers direct access to the beachfront, four restaurants, three swimming pools and three tennis courts, specifies The Sun. Also on the expense menu are 18 receipts for burgers, including a Burger King “Whopper Large” highlighting the DailyMail, as well as pizza, ice cream and Pringles, or about 3,000 pounds of food. A meeting room was also rented for 5,000 pounds. Finally, 17 telephones with their SIM cards were purchased for 1,000 pounds. At the time, Nicola Sturgeon maintained that her presence in Egypt was “really important” despite criticism.
Scottish Conservative Douglas Lumsden, spokesman for Energy, denounced these “surprising” expenses to The Sun. “People will be appalled that at the height of the cost of living crisis and the SNP’s brutal cuts to public services, no expense was spared in sending the former prime minister and her entourage to Sharm el- Sheikh. »
A proof according to him that Nicola Sturgeon had “chosen to concentrate on promoting himself on the world stage, rather than dealing with the real problems facing ordinary Scots. »