SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn accused Rishi Sunak of comparing people who are pro-Scottish independence to Vladimir Putin at PMQs.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has accused Rishi Sunak of comparing Scottish independence supporters to “extremist threats” in “puerile and pathetic” comments.
But Prime Minister Mr Sunak denied the claims and went on to accuse the SNP of being a “threat to the integrity” of the UK. “So can I ask him to rise once to the standards befitting of his office and apologise for those puerile and pathetic remarks?”Mr Sunak replied: “That’s not what I said, but I would say to the honourable gentleman that his party is indeed a threat to the integrity of the United Kingdom, and I hate to remind him that is literally their entire purpose.“They went on creating a Minister for Independence, focused on constitutional wrangling, ignoring the needs of the people.
In a second question, Mr Flynn said: “Let’s be clear, what the Prime Minister did was not just equate my colleagues and I to despotic and dangerous despots across the world, he proactively compared almost half of his Scottish population with a war criminal like Vladimir Putin, and he did so as their Prime Minister – as the man who represents them on the world stage, and the man who on these isles, is tasked with defending their liberties and their democracy.
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