Post by jonksy on Jun 29, 2023 13:52:53 GMT
'That is a witness box, not a soap box': Top lawyer shuts down Nicola Sturgeon as she rants about Brexit to Covid Inquiry
Sturgeonfuher was today halted from ranting about Brexit as she appeared before the Covid Inquiry for the first time.
Top lawyer Hugo Keith KC reminded the ex-Scottish Mayor she was appearing in 'a witness box, not a soap box' as she lashed out at the UK's exit from the EU.
SturgeonFuher told the inquiry it was 'deeply regrettable' that planning for a no-deal Brexit took resouces away from preparations for a possible pandemic prior to 2020.
As she swiped that 'every aspect of Brexit has been false economy', Mr Keith intervened to tell the former SNP leader: 'We cannot allow the political debate of Brexit to be ventilated here.'
SturgeonFuher began her evidence to the Covid Inquiry this morning by admitting that she did 'not get everything right' when she led Scotland through the coronavirus crisis.
She also acknowledged a 'significant gap' in the absence of no formal planning for a pandemic that wasn't an influenza outbreak before the Covid disaster.
Top lawyer Hugo Keith KC reminded the ex-Scottish Mayor she was appearing in 'a witness box, not a soap box' as she lashed out at the UK's exit from the EU.
SturgeonFuher told the inquiry it was 'deeply regrettable' that planning for a no-deal Brexit took resouces away from preparations for a possible pandemic prior to 2020.
As she swiped that 'every aspect of Brexit has been false economy', Mr Keith intervened to tell the former SNP leader: 'We cannot allow the political debate of Brexit to be ventilated here.'
SturgeonFuher began her evidence to the Covid Inquiry this morning by admitting that she did 'not get everything right' when she led Scotland through the coronavirus crisis.
She also acknowledged a 'significant gap' in the absence of no formal planning for a pandemic that wasn't an influenza outbreak before the Covid disaster.
SturgeonFurer told the Covid Inquiry it was 'deeply regrettable' that planning for a no-deal
Brexit took resouces away from preparations for a possible pandemic prior to 2020