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Lord Michael Forsyth questioned how Scotland would have fared in the Covid crisis if the SNP had won the independence debate. In a blistering attack on independence, the Conservative peer said that he can give 20 billion reasons why we are lucky to be a part of the United Kingdom as he cited the £20bn sent from the UK Treasury to deal with Covid. He attacked Scottish Health Secretary Jeanne Freeman, who also appeared on BBC Question Time, for spreading fantasy politics and fantasy economics .
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The remarks came during Thursday night s BBC Question Time during which the panel faced a virtual audience in North East Scotland. During the show, journalist Angela Haggerty was called on to discuss the potential fallout from the Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon row. She insisted the feud that has erupted within the SNP was unlikely to see First Minister’s stand down given Ms Sturgeon s popularity “is at quite incredible levels right now”.
BBC Question Time to have virtual audience from Scotland - here’s who is on the panel BBC Question Time returns to the virtual audience format from the north east of Scotland tonight. Fiona Bruce will be hosting BBC’s flagship political show from Scotland amid a week that is not short of political discussion points. With Scotland distributing over one million coronavirus vaccine first doses, the fallout from Brexit, the Salmond Inquiry latest and the upcoming Scottish election in May, there are a number of hot topics for the panel to discuss.
Lord Michael Forsyth, Conservative Lord Michael Forsyth will appear on the BBC Question Time and will likely be vocal about the issues facing the fishing industry. The former Scottish Secretary under John Major is the Chairman of the Economic Affairs Committee.