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Nicola Sturgeon has defended her use of VIP airport services after a massive data dump of her former Government’s credit card spending.
The ex-First Minister called for “perspective” and said Rishi Sunak spent a lot more on a single flight in a private jet.
Her comments came after the Record revealed details of nearly 60,000 credit card entries between 2019 and 2022.
This included around £10,000 of “VIP” upgrades for Sturgeon and her staff in a number of airports
Speaking at Iain Dale’s All Talk Edinburgh Fringe Show, she said: "The airport stuff, you know, a first minister has the ability to travel through an airport quickly and securely, I don’t know if that is an outrage, you can make up your own mind.
"I think I saw £10,000 over three years, I don’t know what the period was, that’s probably less than one private jet flight of Rishi Sunak’s.
"There's something about Scottish politics, is it uniquely Scottish politics? I don't know.
"But it's particularly the case in Scottish politics just now there's just something really kind of lacking in perspective about how we're debating and having these things reported.
"There’s definitely big issues there that perhaps should be getting more coverage than a first minister’s travel arrangements.
"There’s lots of issues around in Scotland that would be absolutely legitimate for scrutiny about how public money is spent, I’m not denying that that’s the case in Scotland, but maybe a bit more coverage about PPE contracts and the UK Government and things like that."
One of the firms used, Ace Handling Ltd, is based at Gatwick Airport and states: “We treat you like royalty.”
Her successor, Humza Yousaf, responded to the revelations by ordering a review of credit card spending.
He said: “It's fair
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