Scottish finance secretary quits over messages to boy, 16
Derek Mackay reportedly sent hundreds of messages to teenager on social media
Scotland’s finance secretary, Derek Mackay, has resigned hours before he was due to deliver next year’s budget after it emerged he had been sending messages to a 16-year-old boy.
The Scottish Sun published hundreds of messages that Mackay, 42, had sent the teenager, including calling him “cute”, discussing the boy’s new haircut, and inviting him to dinner and to a parliamentary event as his guest.