In the Herald, today in a clear and sickeningly cynical election run-up:

Anas Sarwar has called for a criminal investigation into Nicola Sturgeon and managers at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde after the board’s eleventh-hour admission that contaminated water at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital probably caused serious infections among vulnerable patients, including children with cancer.

The health board’s U-turn, revealed in closing submissions to the Scottish Hospitals Inquiry, comes after years of denying any link between the hospital’s water system and a cluster of infections that contributed to multiple deaths and left dozens of patients seriously ill.

Sarwar has been ‘working with‘ the parents for near on 10 years and once for maximum effect, he hoped, shouted ‘What about Millie Mae!?’ at Nicola Sturgeon, in a broadcast TV election panel debate. He has taken ‘ambulance-chasing’ to a new level but it will do him no good in May 2026. Even Labour folk see him.

As for his claim. The health board did deny the connection at first but that’s not the issue. The issue is that these infections did not directly cause death and that has not changed.

Nicola Sturgeon and members of the Scottish Government, based on a 55 document search did not ever comment, either way, on this. Responsibility lies with the health board as is the case in England, where there has only ever been one accusation against a PM and even that – Boris Johnson and the pandemic death rate – was not pursued by police.