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Nicola Sturgeon says politicians should "practice what we are preaching" after Susan Aitken social distancing row

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Susan Aitken was caught up in a social distancing row.The First Minister said people in public life must not give the impression the "rules apply to other people and not to us".She added that the public have a right to expect that "we will practice what we are preaching."Aitken, the leader of the SNP-run council, said sorry at the weekend for appearing to break social distancing rules days after coronavirus restrictions were tightened in the city.Pictures published in the Sunday Mail showed her enjoying drinks at Metropolitan in the Merchant City with three colleagues on Friday night.Scottish Government guidelines require groups who meet in bars do not include members of more than three households.Aitken was in the pub with Labour’s Aileen.

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