Should you not have sacked Michael Mathieson months ago? He is a first minister facing yet more scandal, a leader who lost his Health Secretary. First Minister, this has been a humiliate to get- Every shuffle to go on with. Here is Michael Mathieson, a loyal and long-time SMP government minister who racked up an £11,000 data roaming bill on a family holiday to Morocco. Political pressure piled up, too, accused of lying and giving excuses to save his skin.

I wanted to protect my family from being part of the political and media scrutiny associated with this, something I believe any pair would want to do.

Now he's gone, saying he doesn't want to distract.

He's served as parliament in this country for a number of decades.

The reality is, though, that he lied to the press, he lied to the public over this. Was it not an error of judgment for you to stand by him for so long?

Michael apologized. He explained why he It was dishonest in that respect, and he explained because he was trying to protect his family, and particularly, protect his children. It was the wrong thing to do.

There could be no doubt this episode has been another headache for Humsey Youssef. Another humiliation in a premiership plagued by internal party issues and personalities. Some fear the optics of this latest setback in a big general election year.

Some of the problems that Hamza Youssef has are inherited problems that are not really of his doing. Some of the have been somewhat self-inflicted. This is something that happens to a lot of political leaders. What's happened today, this resignation is not unique to Hamza Youssef or to the SMP. It's a fairly run-of-the-mill political event in the grand scheme of things, but it's something that he could obviously do without.

You all happy? The first minister has reshuffled his cabinet. He's lost experience in Michael Mathieson. A moment their opponents will seize if they see weakness in the SMP's top team. Conor Gillis, Sky News, Edinburgh. Thank you.