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It came ahead of the publication of an investigation by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body - which has been examining whether Mr Matheson made an improper expenses claim.

His resignation comes ahead of the publication of an investigation into the incident by the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body - which has been examining whether Mr Matheson made an improper expenses claim.

In his resignation letter to First Minister Humza Yousaf, Mr Matheson said he had still not received the corporate body's report.

"The idea that the IRA as a corporate body is going to step up and go into a process, I don't think is a runner... I don't think it's going to happen."

But, if you’ve been paying any attention at all, that may be your instinctive reaction to last week’s report from the Washington-based Public Religion Research Institutequantifying that Republicans, as a corporate body, are the most racist folks there are.