Top Nicola Sturgeon civil servant who destroyed covid WhatsApp messages retired on £1.4m pension
A top civil servant who urged colleagues to destroy their covid Whatsapp messages retired with a pension worth £1.4m. Ken Thomson was also given a CBE despite his role in one of the biggest scandals of Nicola Sturgeon’s time as First Minister.Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said: “Families of the covid bereaved are still desperately searching for answers because people like Ken Thomson deleted their messages.
While he enjoys a comfortable retirement, the families may be forever waiting to learn what happened to their loved ones.”Sturgeon faced a huge backlash this year over revelations she and her senior civil servants deleted their messages during the pandemic.
They insisted mass deletion was in line with government guidance, but the families of covid victims alleged a cover up.Messages retrieved by the UK Covid Inquiry revealed Thomson, who used to be Director General for Strategy and External Affairs, was a key player in the deletion scandal.
He told colleagues in a WhatsApp group called ‘Covid Outbreak’ in 2020: “Just to remind you (seriously) this is discoverable under FOI.
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