Scottish government Covid briefings on the BBC

I was very impressed with Nicola Steedman today as well.

I'm with you on this Paddyanne. As a shielder, I found them very helpful and I am not an SNP supporter.

I think part of the problem is that when you compare Boris' performance at the briefings with that of Nicola S, Boris looks like a bumbling fool, who never really addresses any questions put to him.

I also have to say I really like the no nonsense approach of Professor Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality and Strategy. No faffing about, just straight to the point.

It IS political "Lord" Foulkes and Jackie Baillie apparently are taking the credit for having the briefings removed.Sadly this will leave a lot of the elderly and deaf without an update .I had several friends msg me last night saying their parents in their 80's and 90's were livid as they depended on getting SCOTTISH updates from Ms Sturgeon.

.WM briefings giving UK figures bear no resemblance to Scottish figures .When we had no deaths for 6 weeks we were still being included in UK deaths of over 1000 a week .I'm not annoyedMaizieD I'm fuming .
This will be the WM effort to keep the elderly in the dark then when the election comes round in May they'll spread the same lies they did last time to try to get the votes they would have lost IF people had been given facts.Labour went round care homes and clubs for the elderly and told folk they would LOSE their pensions if Scotland gained Independence and a lot of other dirty tricks beside .No wonder they're dead in Scotland

I am amazed that the Scottish FM's daily briefings have been dropped by the BBC. It seems to me to be a political move. If I were Scottish I'd be very annoyed.

I think they've probably been very valuable (and I'm sure that they will be continued by another media company). Sturgeon has been very clear in her explanations and it's good that the information has been available in an accessible format.

I don't think that resuming daily Westminster briefings would be particularly useful. We know that a large part of the briefings were lies or evasions and that the health experts were only tolerated if they toed the tory line in what they said. Any hint of dissent and they were never seen again...