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A GOVERNMENT scientist who breached his own coronavirus social distancing advice by letting a woman into his home has had to step down.
Professor Neil Ferguson had publicly emphasised the need to maintain “significant levels of social distancing — probably indefinitely until we have a vaccine available.”
Today it was revealed that he has stepped down from the government’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) after he was reported to have let the woman, who lives with her husband and children, into his home.
On the release of her memoir that reveals everything except politics, Sturgeon’s endless media coverage has focused on her panic attacks, sexuality and personal tragedies while ignoring her government’s many failures, writes PAULINE BRYAN
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