UNIONISTS have been left furious after one of Nicola Sturgeon’s top civil servants was caught on video telling colleagues his job is about “breaking up” the UK.
Ken Thomson, who serves as director-general of strategy and external affairs, is one of the most senior civil servants in the Scottish Government.
At an internal government event earlier this month, dubbed “mastering the civil service craft”, he said: “I’ll tell you a secret about why I’ve got ‘strategy’ in my job description.