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THE first FMQs of the new parliament and the smell of fresh meat hung heavy in the air. Having licked her chops after mocking Ruth Davidson all the way to the House of Lords, Nicola Sturgeon settled down to dine on her successor, Douglas Ross. However the new Scottish Tory leader proved a tougher beast than she might have hoped. He began by listing multiple moans from businesses struggling under the extended lockdown in Glasgow, Ms Sturgeon’s home turf. The First Minister understood the frustration of businesses, but you know, Covid eh? What can you do? At least she wasn t Boris Johnson, the Prime Muppet who Dominic Cummings napalmed on live TV.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon during First Minister s Questions at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Picture: PA
Jim Fairlie, SNP MSP for Perthshire South, labelled the Scottish Conservative leader a “new-born calf” during the question-and-answer session.
He said: Douglas Ross actually wrote to all the farmers in my constituency four days after my nomination telling them that he was going to be the farmers’ champion here in Scotland and I’m just wondering if this is going to be one of those red lines he’s going to gayly skip over like a new-born calf. Would the FM agree with me that this would be a total betrayal of Scotland’s farmers as it has been with the fisherman?