How Reporting Scotland helped smear Michael Matheson

The person at the centre of the Michael Matheson story is former SPA Head Andrew Flanagan. In June 2017 Flanagan was criticised by *two* Holyrood committees over governance and secrecy at the SPA. Flanagan subsequently announced his intention to resign.

In July when Phil Gormley became the subject of an investigation by the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner, the SPA still under Flanagan, ignored requests for Gormley to be suspended.

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Source : Indyref2.scot
Publication Date : Feb 5, 2018
Image Source : Thomas Nugent [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia

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