ANDREW NEIL has launched a scathing attack after branding a new claim from a Scottish independence group as a lie of Trumpian proportions as a new row erupted with nationalists over Scotland s proposed split from the rest of the UK.
But MSPs have today said that the Scottish First Minister is overstepping the mark and collectively voiced the FM should step down from fronting them after she raised the issue during FMQs today.
They claim Nicola Sturgeon should be replaced by a medical or science expert in the Scottish Government daily briefings, as they could give her an unfair election advantage.
Holyrood is set to be dissolved on March 25, ahead of the elections on May 6 which leaves a six-week pre-election period or purdah period.
During FMQs today, the First Minister referred to when Scottish Labour interim leader Jackie Baillie met with former BBC Scotland director Donalda McKinnon to address the issue.
Scientists running the Covid symptom tracking app said that after a five-week period of sustained drops in UK infections, there had been a hitch in the data, with case starting to trend up again .
SNP ministers have pledged to stay aligned to the EU after Tory UK politicians said British participation in Erasmus+ would not be in the interest of UK taxpayers .
LORD HESELTINE has declared Scotland would be better off as part of the UK and claimed Scottish independence would be a historic tragedy if it were to occur.