FILE PHOTO: Scotland's Finance Secretary Derek Mackay makes a speech during the SNP autumn conference in Aberdeen, Scotland, Britain October 14, 2019. REUTERS/Russell Cheyne/File Photo
LONDON - Scotland’s finance chief has resigned after a newspaper report that he had sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy.“I have behaved foolishly and I am truly sorry,” Scottish Finance Secretary Derek Mackay said in a statement. “I apologize unreservedly to the individual involved and his family.”
“Serving in government has been a huge privilege and I am sorry to have let colleagues and supporters down,” he added. The Sun newspaper reported that Mackay, seen as a potential leader of Scotland, had sent about 270 messages to the boy on Instagram over a six-month period, telling the boy that he was “cute” and inviting him to dinner.
Mackay had been due to deliver the Scottish government’s annual budget on Thursday, when the report came out on the front page of the Sun’s Scottish edition.Sturgeon said that Mackay’s behavior “failed to meet the standards required” and that the public finance minister will deliver Scotland’s budget instead.
Now that is real moral corruption
Nicoliar Sturgeon the most accomplished liar in British polotics, now that is an accomplishment.
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Isn't the age of consent 16 in the UK. Sort of like Louisiana where it is 12 but only if you marry your sister
Did he know he was 16
The appropriate action was taken pending all investigations. But the Tories trying to make political capital out of what most be terrible for the young person is beyond the pale and a new low for the Scottish Tories.
Derek Mackay? More like Derek MacPedophile.
Why so many prominent people involved with inappropriate behavior?
Would get you a seat in the GOP in USA
So many far left pedo's.
Ok now do Drake & Milly Bobby Brown
oh dear
Sick
Revolting queer behaviour
Extraordinary way to destroy a decent career
cause that nigga did it that’s why