![]() While there was a case to send representatives from Holyrood, having been given an inch officials have taken a mile. “It speaks volumes about the nationalists’ priorities that she chose to focus on promoting herself on the global stage, rather than deal with the real issues facing ordinary Scots.”Ĭonor Holohan of the TaxPayers’ Alliance added: “Scottish taxpayers will be livid that they’re footing the bill for a foreign jolly. ![]() ![]() “People will be appalled that, at the height of a cost-of-living crisis and savage SNP cuts to public services, no expense was spared sending the former First Minister and her entourage to Sharm El-Sheikh. The largest single expense was £75,705 for office space and the pavilion at Cop 27 – an amount that is shared with other members of the ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, an organisation of local authorities that campaigns against climate change.ĭouglas Lumsden, Scottish Conservative Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero, Energy and Transport, said: “This is an astonishing sum for the Scottish government to have shelled out so that Nicola Sturgeon and other SNP figures could grandstand at Cop 27. Rishi Sunak’s delegation stayed at the sister hotel, the five-star Parrotel Beach Resort Resort, a spokesman for the Scottish government said. The four-star Parrotel Aqua Park Resort boasts “a private beach, 2 dining outlets, an aqua park with 25 slides, swimming pools, a wave pool and a lazy river”, travel agents say. The expenses details also show SNP delegates spent nearly £3,000 on food, including orders of ice cream, pizza and sushi.Ī Boots meal deal, a Burger King Whopper and watermelon fingers from Marks & Spencer also feature on the eclectic list of expenses that runs to 24 pages, as well as almost £1,000 of spending on 17 phones and sim cards. ![]() Ms Sturgeon announced that Scotland would pay £5m of reparations to developing countries at the United Nations climate conference, which was also attended by a British Government delegation that included the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak along with other world leaders. ![]()
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