Craig Robertson

“@TheSNP ran up £148,000 taxpayer bill at Cop 27 climate conference’ “SNP delegates who attended last year’s Cop 27 climate conference spent a night in Italy and two weeks at a luxury Sharm El Sheikh beach resort, running up a taxpayer bill of nearly £150,000. @NicolaSturgeon and other officials spent £44,665 on 25 rooms at the Parrotel hotel, which boasts seafront access, five restaurants and three swimming pools, according to data published under the Freedom of Information Act. Flying the delegation out to the Egyptian holiday resort cost more than £14,000, with many attendees staying overnight in Milan en route to their final destination. Ms Sturgeon is understood to have travelled by train to London to fly direct. Her return flights were the most expensive, costing £1,562. A spokesman said that the then-first minister flew economy, despite her fare being higher than others.” “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. The expenses details also show SNP delegates spent nearly £3,000 on food, including orders of ice cream, pizza and sushi. A 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”