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Nicola Sturgeon denies Scottish Government 'went too far' with Omicron restrictions over Christmas
20.01.2022 - 15:56 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has denied her government "went too far" by imposing more restrictions over Christmas in response to the Omicron variant.
The First Minister defended her "cautious" approach after the highly contagious type of coronavirus spread across Scotland last month.
Health officials told Scots to cancel Christmas parties and hospitality businesses north of the Border were forced to reintroduce social distancing measures.
That approach put Scotland at odds with England which allowed pubs and restaurants to operate as normal over New Year.
Speaking at First Minister's Questions today, Douglas Ross seized on a comment made by SNP MP Pete Wishart this week in which the veteran Nationalist appeared to agree that Scottish restrictions were excessive.
"He (Wishart) was asked 'has the First Minister introduced too many covid restrictions over Christmas?' and his response was 'that is a fair point'," Ross said.
The Scottish Conservative leader continued: "He, an SNP member, is saying the restrictions imposed over Christmas were too much.
"Because the First Minister imposed restrictions which had a massive impact on jobs, on businesses, on people's mental and physical health.
"We can now see they weren't needed.
"It was the Scottish public's actions - not the SNP Government's restrictions - that got this right.
"The First Minister has tried to build a reputation for caution during this pandemic - but she was far too gung-ho in imposing extra restrictions last month.
"Will she now accept her government went too far?"
The SNP leader hit back: "The public did comply - they complied with what the government asked them to do.
"I think Douglas Ross is striking a rather desperate note right now if he is seriously describing Pete
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