rejected advice from civil servants to admit he gave an inaccurate answer about Scotland's renewable energy potential. Instead, the First Minister and his special advisers (SpAds) instigated a costly operation to "spare his blushes".
The full details of the latest scandal to rock Holyrood emerged at First Minister's Questions today, with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar saying the crooked SNP have allowed a "culture of secrecy and cover-up" to "thrive" in Scotland.
In a blistering attack that underlines the utter lack of trust that many people now have in this administration, he said: "In the short time Humza Yousaf has been First Minister, the record of this Parliament has had to be corrected three times because of wrong information he has told this chamber.
"Once was in response to the serious issue of the Covid inquiry and deleted WhatsApp messages. Another was in response to me in this chamber when the First Minister gave an inaccurate answer about Scotland's renewables. But instead of immediately correcting the record, he took up hours of civil service time to try and spare his blushes."
The saga began on June 22, when Yousaf falsely claimed to MSPs that Scotland had the majority of the UK's renewables. His error was immediately spotted by Tory MSP Liam Kerr, who raised a point of order.
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