Confidence in the Scottish government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic is falling and may decline further, experts have claimed.
A survey interviewing thousands of residents every week found 17 per cent of Scotland’s population have had full confidence in the way the administration was handling the crisis.
This is down from a peak of 34 per cent when lockdown was easing in July and the infection rate had fallen.
Daisy Fancourt, professor of epidemiology at University College London and leader of the UK study, said confidence in the SNP administration could be eroded further after Margaret Ferrier, one of its MPs, travelled by train between Scotland and London after being diagnosed with Covid-19.
Dr Fancourt said the UK government’s ratings fell after Dominic Cummings, chief