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Nicola Sturgeon has criticized claims that it gave Glasgow preferential treatment over Aberdeen when it imposed coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
The Prime Minister was responding to allegations by Aberdeen council co-leader Douglas Lumsden, who tweeted that Glasgow escaped a total lockdown because it was a “Yes” city, referring to the 2014 independence referendum.
Sturgeon was pressed on the claim during a press conference Thursday.
She said, “Actually, it just gets me down, for a couple of reasons.”
Transmission of the virus was based in Aberdeen pubs and Glasgow homes, he said.
The Prime Minister continued: “I think if there are still people who are willing to think that I am making these decisions from some partisan and crazy political point of view, then they will always believe the worst in me and there is probably nothing I can do to convince them.
“But I hope that kind of opinion is the minority and I hope that the majority of reasonable people, whether they agree with my policy or not and agree with the decisions that we are reaching or not, have the feeling to try “. take them for the right reasons. “
She said Lumsden had been part of the initial decisions on closing Aberdeen, adding: “I’m not going to say anything more about that because I think it’s just ridiculous.”
Lumsden, who is the leader of the Conservative group on the council, said the difference in restrictions was unfair during a radio interview with Northsound News on Wednesday morning.
Hotel companies had to close during the Aberdeen closure, which is not the case in Glasgow.
He said: “It seems pretty unfair and a little confusing to be honest.
“I think we’ve long seen a huge bias of the central belt from the SNP government. This seems to add to that narrative.
“I said at the time that it felt like we were being punished in Aberdeen and now it feels even more so.”
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